60. (The deva said:)
"What is the basis of verse? What gives expression to verse? On what does verse depend? What is the source of verse?"
"What is the basis of verse?
What gives expression to verse?
On what does verse depend?
What is the source of verse?"
(The Bhagava said:)
"Prosody is the basis of verse. Verse is expressed in syllables. Verse depends on terms. The poet is the source of verse."
"Prosody is the basis of verse.
Verse is expressed in syllables.
Verse depends on terms.
The poet is the source of verse."
End of the Kavi Sutta.
the tenth in this vagga.
End of the Jan Vagga, the sixth in this samyutta.