Re: reference to caste in tyAgAraja kIrtanalu
DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA (narayana@hd1.vsnl.net.in)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 02:09:53 +0500
At 06:57 AM 4/14/98 PDT, you wrote:
>when you hear "duDuku gaLa nannE dora koDuku brOcurA...", aren't you
>surprised at the 'duDuku' of tyAgayya when he says "teliyani naTa viTa
>SUdrula vanitalu svavaSamauTa kupadeSiMci, saMtasilli...."? why this
>reference to caste here? esp. when he is acknowldeging that his
>arrogance stopped him from finding god, how can he be so arrogant as to
>look down upon some of his own god's creation?
>
>also, are there any more kIrtanalu where tyAgayya refers to castes?
>
>regards
>prasad
>
In the same kriti
"modaTi kulajuDagucu sUdrula panulu salpucu nunTinigAka"
regards,
sarma.
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