Re: telugu in tygaraja kirtanas

Nasy Sankagiri (narayans@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu)
Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:51:03 -0400 (EDT)

Prasad wrote
>one can consider "marugElarA..." as a romantic song
>written in madhura bhakti...where the lord is the lover
>and everyone else is the beloved.

I seriously doubt this. There is a lot of difference between the bhakthi in
tyaagaraaja kRtis and that of other admittedly madhura bhakti poets.
tyaagaraaja's bhakti is more philosophical. Initially, it is said,
tyaagaraaja was very fascinated by 'advaitam', but later on, he matured
even beyond that, to the level of pure bhakti. My opinions only.

Regards
Nasy