Re: reference to caste in tyAgAraja kIrtanalu
B Ravikumar (rabh@india.ti.com)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:02:15 +0530
Hello Friends,
This mail is reference to the chain of mails questioning/
criticising Saint Thygaraja's reference to caste.
Let me try to put forward my views. At the time of Tyagaraja
the castes were based on the nature of work and social responsibilities.
The references made are not respect to the caste in today's sense
how all of us and our power hungry polititions view it as.
It's like an Engineer can't go and perform a surgery or a doctor can
come and do the work of a radio mechanic or so. It is respect to the
expertise one has. In the older society, the expertise was with respect
to the group (Varnam) one belongs to. This ties with our older saying
"kula vruttiki sATi rAvu guvvala chenna". This may not have any relevance
to present society.
Comming to someone want to drop the lines of song "duDuku gala nannE",
the question itself should not arise. pUrvakAla sAmAjika paristitulanu
baTTi wrAsina sAhityAnni prastuta paristulaku anvayimchukoni tiraskaristE
manaku cheppukOvaTAniki sAhityamanEdE migalaka pOvaccu. goppa goppa vyaktulanu
ataDu mAkulamu vADu ani kondaru, aitE mEmu atanu cheppinadi vinamu ani
marikOndaru pravartistE manamu amdaramu garvinchadagga vyaktulanu navvula pAlu
cEsinaTTE.
Comming back to "duDukugAla", "sUdrula panulu" anE padAnni, kulamu drusTitO
kAka, appaTi sAmAjika paristitilO, tyAgaraja swAmy tanaku nirdEsimca baDina
panulu cEyalEka poyinanduku bAdhapaDutunnatlugA bhAvipagalarani nA manivi.
bhavadIyuDu,
Ravi