Re: Exception to gaNa vibhajana
Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri (pkrishna@ARL.MIL)
Mon, 24 Feb 97 16:06:43 EST
This topic was discussed ad infinitum in SCIT, and perhaps a little
bit in telusA. Trouble is one has to back a few years to find the
discussion.And the posts haven't been neatly arranged for easy
search. One of these days ........
The short answer to the question is that there is a pause between
the words "sahajamagu", and "prEma", and consequently the
"connection" between the syllables "gu" & "prE" is lost. Thus the
compound consonant syllable "prE" no longer influences the previous
syllable "gu".
This should be considered neither an exception, nor poetic liberty.
In the final analysis, whether a syllable is "scanned" (a latin
prosodical term) as a guruvu or laghuvu depends on the way it is
enunciated; not on an antique rule propounded by some orthodox
grammarians.
The same holds in the line
gunDe lOnunDi sUdulu grucci grucci
^ ^
Neither of those syllables in the "previous words" become guruvus.
On the other hand, when the two words are combined with a sandhi,
then of course the influence comes into play. Such as in,
dhara kharvATu DokanDu sUrya kara santapta pradhAnAnguDai
^
The indicated syllable becomes a guruvu, because of the sandhi
between the words. No matter how it is written with a space between,
for readability. Another example of the first kind:
Ayuvu galgu nAlgu gaDiyal kani pencina teeva talli jA-
teeyata diddi teertumu, tadeeya karammula lOna swEcchamai
^
Ramakrishna