1. 2nd-syllable rhyming in gOpIgItam is an inter-line rhyming which is not the one mentioned by me as found in Dravidian folklore forms such as proverbs, riddles etc. and in native Dravidian verse-meters and native Dravidian lyrical meters. Thus the inter-line second syllable rhyming in gOpIgItam can not be conclusive enough proof for a southern author's composition of Bhagavatam.

 

2. The inter-line second syllable rhyming in gOpIgItam doesn't seem to be comparable to the compulsory inter-line second syllable rhyming found in the Sanskrit-borrowed meters in the south (at least in Telugu) because these meters are usually the 'non-rhythmic' verse-meters such as S'ArdUlavikrIDita, whereas the meter of gOpIgItam is rhythmic verse-meter convenient for a rhythmic singing rendering. Sri Naresh Kirtiji too highlighted the song-like feature of certain verse-meters and such a feature in the verse-meters of gOpIgItam (the point highlighted by me on another list) 

 

3. The inter-line second syllable rhyming is followed by the first sankIrtana poet-singer of Telugu Sri Annamacharyulu (15th century AD, the author of the Sanskrit book sankIrtanalakshaNa) as a strict rule throughout his compositions. Whether followed as a compulsory rule or not, it seems to be found in rhythmic songs as a beat-point indicator and enhancer of the s'abdasaundarya at the beat-points, in the sankIrtana songs in other Indian languages too.      

 

4. Therefore the inter-line second syllable rhyming in gOpIgItam indicates its nature as a sankIrtana song composed in rhythmic verse-meters. How this identification can help in the dating and place of composition of Bhagavatam is an issue of further research.   

  

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