> to "teluva" :-) as said by Sree sadaananda, let me share two poems, which I
> recalled while listening to an old song from TanguToori sooryakumaari. Thanks
> to Sreeyutulu pillalamar''r''i raamakRshNa, Syaamalaraavugaarlu for promptly
> providing the "pratipadaartham", when I had difficulties in knitting the
> words.
>
> parwata SrEshTha putrika pativirOdhi
> yannapenDlaamu attanu gannatalli
> pErmimeerina muddula peddabiDDa
> sunnaminchuka tEgadE sundaraangi
>
> parwata SrEshTha himavanta
> putrika paarvati
> pati Siva
> virOdhi manmatha
> (manmathuni) anna brahma
> (brahma) penDlaamu saraswati
> (saraswati) atta lakshmi
> (laxmini) kanna talli ksheera samudram.
By convention, I thought SamudruDu was male. So, wherefore the "talli?"
> peddabiDDa jyEshThaa dEvi.
>
> (anTE sunnam teesukuraavE "peddammaa"!)
>
> vESyaamaNigaari samaadhaanam:
>
> SatapatraMbula mitruni
> sutu jaMpinavaani baava soonunimaaman
> satatamu daalcheDu naatani
> sutuvaahana vairivairi sunnaMbidigO
>
> Satapatrambula mitruni sooryuni
> sutu karNuni
> jaMpina vaani arjuna
> baava kRshNa
> soonuni manmadha
> maaman candruni
Is there a legend that ChandruDu is the father of Ratidevi? There must be,
but I am not aware of it.
> satatamu daalcheDu naatani Siva
> sutu gaNapati
> vaahana eluka
> vairi pilli
> vairi kukka
>
> (sunnamidugOraa kukkaa!)
>
> Regards,
> Sreenivas
>