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This meter is called: `ra`, `jā`, `ra`, `jā`, `ra`, `jā`, `garū` (long), and `lahū` (short). Kati. 105. Sandharā: `mrā`, `bhnā`, `yo`, `yo`, with caesura at eleven, three, seven. Pakati. 106. Bhaddaka: `na`, `ra`, `nā`, `ra`, `nā`, and then `garū` (long), with caesura at ten, one. Ākati. Thus, in the Vuttodaya prosody, the section on equal-syllable meters Third Chapter. 4. Section on Semi-equal-syllable Meters - Fourth Chapter 107. If in odd lines: `sā`, `sa`, `la`, `gā`; In even lines: `bha`, three long syllables, it is Upacitta. 108. If `bha`, three long syllables, it is Dutamajjhā; If again it is `na`, `jā`, `jyā`. 109. If `sa`, three long syllables; If `bha`, three long syllables, it is Vegavatī. 110. If `to`, `jo` in odd lines, `ra`, `to`, `garū` (long); Here, `smā`, `jgā`, Bhaddavirāja, if `go` (long). 111. In odd lines: `sa`, `jā`, `sa`, joined with `garu` (long); In even lines: `bha`, `ra`, `na`, `gā`, `go`, it is Ketumatī. 112. Ākhyānakī: `ja`, `gā`, `go` in odd lines (Indavajira); And `ja`, `tā`, `ja`, `gā`, `go` in even lines (Upendavajira). 113. If `ja`, `tā`, `ja`, `gā`, `go` in odd lines (Upendavajira); And `tā`, `jo`, `ga`, `gā` in even lines, it is Viparītapubbā (Indavajira). 114. If `sa`, `sa`, `to`, `sa`, `la`, `gā` in odd lines in the same way; Na,bha,bha,rā becomes Hariṇaplutā. 115. If na,na,ra,la,gā, na,jā,ja,rā, And if then Aparavatta is desired. 116. If na,nā,ra,yā come to the odd; And na,ja,ja,ra,gā in the even is Pupphitaggā. This pair is a subdivision of Vetālīya. 117. That which begins with ya, is considered ra,jā,ra,jā, In the even lines, ja,rā,ja,rā and a guru should be. Thus, in the Vuttodaya on Prosody, the section named "Description of Semi-Even Meters" is the Fourth Chapter. 5. Fifth Chapter: Description of Uneven Meters 118. In lines of eight syllables, that which has snā at the beginning and (caesura at) four is Vatta. 119. In the even (lines), by (caesura at) four and je, it is called Pathyāvatta. 120. In the odd (lines), by je and (caesura at) four, that same is Viparītā. 121. If na is at (caesura at) four, this is called Capalāvatta. 122. That which has laghu as the seventh in the even (lines) is Piṅgala's Vipulā. 123. Setavassā in all (lines). 124. By bha at (caesura at) four, it is Bhabbipulā. 125. Thus, another ra at the fourth. 126. If na at (caesura at) four, it is Navipulā. 127. If ta at (caesura at) four, it is another (type). Subdivisions of Vatta. 128. That meter which is not seen here, if it is seen in usage; That, with uneven syllable lines, is called Gāthā by common name. Thus, in the Vuttodaya on Prosody, the section named "Description of Uneven Meters" is the Fifth Chapter. 6. Sixth Chapter: Division of the Six Methods Method of Expansion 129. In expansion, in all lines, the preceding (syllable) below, the following laghu is equal; The preceding guru, and these, should be made until all are laghu. Method of Loss 130. Whatever number there may be for the lost (pattern), in that, laghu if halved in the even (position); In the odd (position), however, with one added, if halved, it should be guru. Method of Indication 131. In the numbers, in order from one, write below the preceding, doubled; With the mixed laghus, with one, the indicated (number) should be. Method of All Gurus and Laghus 132. The number equal to the syllables of the meter, written one above the other; One by one less, from one, in the position, all gurus and so on. Method of Number of Meters 133. In the sum of the numbers of guru actions, the number should be combined; A sum of indicated numbers, one should indeed combine these. For the spoken path. 134. The number, indeed, less one from double, is the origin of width and length; And of the half-intervals of the spoken, and of the heavy syllables, a measure. Thus, in the Vuttodaya on Prosody, the division of the six factors, named the Sixth Chapter. Conclusion. 135. To the Elder Sīla, dwelling in the hermitage of mountain caves, may his feet, heavy with virtues, be glorious for me; Relying on whose power, even by one like me, this supreme goal, bringing desired success, has been accomplished. 136. By accomplishing the welfare of others, by the merit thus gained, may I, an accomplisher of others' welfare, be so in birth after birth. 137. Merely by observing, just as the six factors by me were accomplished, may they indeed accomplish even the desired purpose for living beings. Thus, the treatise Vuttodaya, composed by the Great Elder Saṅgharakkhita, is completed.