This was posted on the Gantasala EMail discussion group.
I would like to post this on TELUSA as a tribute to this majestic singer who
through his voice single-handedly declared the greatness of every subatomic
particle of telugutanam.
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amaraga'yakuDu GamTasa'lakO cinni pushpam
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calanacitra ramga'na lalita samgiita samdra'na
Sa'striiya samgiita saudha'na Ganamaina Sra'vya kamTha'na
Ganulanu guNulanu nirguNulanu saitamunu
GamTasa'la a'namda DOlikalalO Ugisala'Dimpa!
telugutalliipaiDikamTha vEmkaTESuDu tana biDDaDEnani muriyamga
a'mdhrakaLa'matallii kamcukamTha ga'yakOttamuDu tana sutuDEnani garvimpaga
Baratama'tii Sra'vyakamTha ga'nabrahma tana da'SyaSRmKalamulanu temcenani
a'namdata'mDavamu cEyamga
dESadESa'mtaramulamdumDu tenuguva'ralu GamTasa'la ga'tramu svargamunakO
sOpa'namani hRdayadva'ramulanu terucukonamga!
samgiita Sa'stramunaku na'mdi aina sa'mavEdamu tanana'vahimpa
samgiita sarasvati tana veccani kaugiTa ii ga'yaka SiKa'maNini bamdhimpa
sakala kaLala kaLa'matalli aruvadina'lugu kaLa'kiraNamulanu GamTasa'lapai
prasarimpa
samgiitamanina ciidarimcukoninava'nikaina cirumamdaha'samu galgimceDi
ii maha'ga'yakOttama! GamTasa'la samgiita sa'rvaBouma!
jayadEvuni giitagOvimdamaina tya'ganna pamcaratnamulaina
anna annamayya tiruvEmkaTuni praSamsimcu padakavitalaina
pOtana'ma'tyuni GamTamunumDi veluvaDina ratnapooritamaina padya
paiDirEkulaina
ja'shuvakavi kalamunumDi pravahimcina kavitva vajradha'ralaina
karuNaSrii karuNa'rasa giita Ganavallaina
GaTajuDu vamTi ii GamTasa'la ga'na gajara'ju samgiita GamTa'padhamuna
sa'ma'nyuni UrEgimcu O daiva'msa samBootuDu
yaksha kinnera gamdharva dEvata'di samgiita kaLa' va'sanala SOBitumDu!
yumdura'! iTuvamTi GaTa'GaTiilu ii jagattuna GamTasa'laku saritoogamga?
konni poolu puTTaganE parimaLimcunaTa! tadupari kshiiNimcunaTa!
ka'nii! ii GamTasa'la madhura ga'na pushpamu niramtaramu parimaLamu
vedacalluniccOTa!
kamTikagupaDani GanagOlamu GamTasa'la ga'nasudha'mRtamu
SrOtala hRdaya'mtaramulamdumDeDi Gana paushamDamunu na'Tyama'DimceDi
ga'tra Ganajva'la! GamTasa'la!!
vEdavEda'mtamula Ganavallika Bagavadgiita'matalli
Gana'Ganuni saitamunu meppimpagala GamTasa'lava'rii
upanishadsa'ra'mSamunu yamadharmuni saitamu lekkimpaka
daridrama'navuni Baya Biiti rOga da'ridrya mRtyu koopamunumDi rakshimpa
Ganasa'kOdayamaina tana Ganamaina Sra'vyakamThamuna ga'namusEya!
aTuvamTi ga'na GanulumdurE ika munmumdu ii ilapaina???
----pAlana
2/12/96
2/14/96 (revised)
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