बिहारी सतसई (महाकवि बिहारीलाल - लाला भगवानदीन कृत सविastार हिन्दी टीका सहित)

wait, ह has ि which goes over to the left!

• The vertical line before ह is the left stem of the ि (i-matra) of हिं!

• YES! In Devanagari, the short 'i' matra ि has a vertical line that stands BEFORE the consonant!

• So प + ा = पा.

• Then व.

• Then the vertical line of ि belonging to ह!

• So the letters are: प ा व ि ह ं = पावहिं!

• Brilliant! It is NOT पावाहिं, it is पावहिं!

• Let's double check: प + ा (पा), व, then ि on ह with anusvara (हिं). Exactly: पावहिं!

• Now check कवित्तम,:

  • Is there an e-matra on म?
  • Look at म: above म, there is a comma after it, but above म there is no slant. But wait, could it be कवित्तमें where the slant broke off? Or कवित्तम?
  • Wait, look above म: