Re: Different interpretations

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This question of "aDiginA kUDA", or "aDiginanta" has been perplexing
me for some time. I think Kalasapudi Srinivasa Rao raised this
question a few months ago, perhaps in a personal communication.

As sadAnanda says, it all depends on the availability of alternatives,
which most of us don't seem to have. Nowadays I hear a radio commercial
which goes like:

        A: Boss, how about giving me a raise?

        B: How about if I let you keep your job, and pay you the same?

        A: That would work.

So, it is not that everyone has a pair of "fast" oxen in the
backyard, and a title to a piece of land. Now. Perhaps then,
(quick, what is the relevant time period, of baddena?) these
things were plentiful. Especially if you were willing to till
some "banjaru" bhoomulu, and were successful in "bangAram
panDincaTam".

Finally, it is "maDidunnuchu bratuka vachhu mahilO sumatee!". Not
madilO! Except, this version gives it a "touch of reality", in that
baddena is saying that the alternative exists only in your "mind"!
He is then disabusing the poor guy of his mid-day dreams.

Ramakrishna

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