Re: on chandas & sri-sri etc.

Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri (pkrishna@ARL.MIL)
Sun, 19 Nov 95 14:02:00 EST

not to be picky, but the line from bhaja gOvindam is

bhaja gOvindam, bhaja gOvindam, gOvindam bhaja mooDhamatE!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SrISrI in his book 'anantam', mentions this and appreciates the fact
that the third time instead of repeating 'bhaja gOvindam', Sankara
reversed it and said 'gOvindam bhaja'.

Even 'polAla nannee, halAla dunnee' follows the bhaja gOvindam style.
I think these are 16-mAtra ragaDa/khanDa jAti vRttas, wihh four 4-mAtra
gaNas in each line, UU, UII, IUI, IIU, or IIII. There rae times when
a ja-gaNam is not allowed. Remember the line by SrISrI,

jagaNamtO jagaDam kO-
ragA tagadu .......... siri siri muvvaa!

Ramakrishna

PS: Not following "yati" is only vecause of the difficulty (read my
inability) and not a wilful disregard for it.