An example, of a possible scansion (metrical structure) of a tripadi, is given in , where it is also stressed that it is not the form of the moras, but the number that is important.
\overbrace{\smile \smile \smile\smile}^{\mathrm{Foot 9}} | \overbrace{\underbrace{--}_{\mathrm{Brahma}}}^{\mathrm{Foot X}} | \overbrace{\smile\smile\smile-}^{\mathrm{Foot 11}} || (Line 3: 13 moras in 3 feet) .