Chandassu

Sreenivas Paruchuri (sreeni@ktpsp1.uni-paderborn.de)
Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:56:12 +0100 (MET)

I am glad to see Sri Mohana Raogaaru on this list. Its no exaggeration when
I say that I subscribe to the Sanskrit Digest only because of his wonderful,
and highly informative series on Prosody.

Long, long ago I started working on a grammar chapter to be put on web (S!
yes, yes.. I am stiiiiiiiiiill working on it. No end in sight though :-(!),
and have compiled the following. Later I discussed on this with PRgaaru, who
was of great help in correcting the most, but some mistakes remained.

I am posting them here, requesting the members for help in correcting (esp.
the underlined words) the mistakes.

guruvulu mUDiDa magaNamu
paragangA nAdiguruvu bhagaNambayyen
dhara madhyaguruvu jagaNamu
sarasaguNA! yantyaguruvu sagaNambayyen

nagaNambu mUDu laghuvulu
yagaNambuna kAdilaghuvu yamatanayavibhA!
ragaNambu madhyalaghuvagu
tagaNambuna kantyalaghuvu dAkshiNyanidhI!

aadi madhyAvasAnEshu yaratA yAntilAghavam
bhajasAgauravam yAntimanautu gurulAghavam

bharata naga nala salambulu
varusane yiyyAr''unenna vAsavagaNamul,
mari nahamu linagaNambulu
----------?
saravindakkinavi yella jandragaNambul

na-la, na-ga, sa-la, bha, ra, ta, lu
nelamini nI yAru gaNamu lindra gaNambul,
ga-la, na- gaNamu lI renDunu
jalajApta gaNambulayye, jagadAdhArA!

1. bhAnusamAna! vin, bha ra na bhA ra la gambulagUDi viSrama
---? (meaning: bhaanusamaana! vinumu ....???)
sthAnamunandu badmajayutambuga nutpalamAlayai chanun
--utpalamAla

2. na ja bha ja jal ja rEphalu penangi diSAyatitODa gUDinan
trijagadabhistutA budhanidhI! vinu champakamAlayai chanun
--champakamAla

3. sArAchAra viSAradA! yina yatin SArdUla vikrIDitA
kArambai masajammulimmuga satAgaprAptamai chelvagun
--SArdoolamu

4. smayadUrA! vilasattayOdaSa yatin mattEbha vikrIDitA
hwaya mayyen sabharammulun namayava vrAtammulun gUDinan
--mattEbhamu

5. SrAvakAbharaNAnka vin-rasajAbha rEphala digwirA
mAnahambuga mattakOkilayanDru dIni gavISwarul
--mattakOkila

6. pravararudra virAmayukti nabhambulun rasajAgamul
kavijanASraya pondi yandamugA mahin daralambagun
--taraLamu

7. kramamuna nokka nakAramu nAr''u jakAramulun baraganga vakA
ramunu noDambaDi rAgavirAja virAjitamannadi rAmanibhA
---------------------
OR

ramunu noDambaDurA! kavirAjavirAjitamannadi rAmanibhA!
--kavirAjavirAjitamu

8. SrImanmuRtI makarASrita rabhanayayA sEvyamaisAnumadwI
SrAmambun sAnumadwi SramamunamaragA sragdharA vRttamayyen
--sragdhara

9. lasadudyatkI rtivallI lalitaguNagaNAlankRtAngasatAna stha
sarAgambul mahAsragdharaku vasumunisthAna viSrAntuloppun
--mahAsragdhara

10. kArakamul kriyagangonanEDu bhakAramu lokkagakAramutO
gAravamai chanagA vaLulanniyu galgina mAnini kAmanibhA
--mAnini
11. na na ma ya ya yu tambai nAgaviSrAntamai
yiTla nupamaguNa mAlinyAhwayambayye dhAtrin
--mAlini
12. kandamu triSaragaNambula
nandunu gA bha ja sa nala mu laidu gaNambul
pondunu nAr''iTa nala-jamu
landun, dudi guruvu, ja-gaNamoppadu bEsin
--kandamu
13. indragaNamulu mUDinagaNam bokaTi
chandrAsya dwipadaku janu renTavirati
--dwipada
14. Satamakha-tritayambu jalajAptu DokaDu
SatamakhatrayimIda januviSramambu
pratibha nI yaDuguloppaga renDu gUrpa
pratimIda nokkokkapAdamai tanaru
---- taruvOja

nalanAmagaNamu linagaNambutODa nAlugugA jEsi nATinchi yiTlu
kalayanga nenimidi gaNamulai renDu gaNamula tudi yatigAnilpi tudala
velayagapAdamul vaLLuvErvEr''anippATa viditamaiyunDa
-----------------------------------
salalitagati gRtichana jeppuDaniye jAnugA gavi janASrayuDu tarvOja
--------(meaning?)

There is a whole (one) indra gaNa missing in the second half of this line.
taruvOja is nothing but two dwipada lines combined as one line.
so it is: I, I, I, S, I, I, I, S or,
2
(I S)
3

15. inagaNatrayambu nindradwayambunu
hamsapanchakambu nATaveladi

16. sUryuDokanimIda surarAjuliddaru (#OR# sUryuDokkaDunDu sura....)
dinakaradwayambu tETagIti

17. indragaNamulAr''u ninagaNambulu renDu
pAdapAdamunaku baraguchunDu
aaTaveladiyaina tETagItiyunaina
jeppavalayumIda sIsamulaku

Regards,
Sreenivas