Re: AndhruDA! Duvvoori Rami Reddy

Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri (pkrishna@ARL.MIL)
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:01:49 -0400 

At 07:07 +0500 24/04/1998, DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA wrote:

>  kAlamu mAre; mrODayina kaTTenu gemjigurAku lottE; jam |
>  bAlamu namdu rakta daLa padmini mOsiDi pUlu pUce; nam |
>  dhAlaya maMdu svarNa kiraNAmkuramul jani yimci, bhAva bhU |
>  tAlanu bARa dOli chira dAsya tamassu naDamche nAmdhruDA! |     - kavikOkila

>mOsiDi anu prayOgamu sAdhuvugA kAnpiMcadu. mOsu yana molaka. mOsulettu
>anu proyOgamunnadi. mOlakettu anu mAtaku rUpAntaramu. idiyE jAnA
>tenugu rUpamu.

mOsu anTE molaka; mOsu+iDi anna padAniki, "molakanu icci" a la "gave rise
to a new shoot" anna ardhAnni sAdhincavaccA?

(which is in essence what Bh. Krishnamurti garu said - iDu aMTee peTTu,
moos-iDu aMTee ciguLLu peTTu ani arthaM. Bh.K.)

When I read this, I remembered the commentary (or was it in the intro of
the book) on the annamayya kRti "brahma kaDigina pAdamu", in the book
amRtavarshiNi by ivaTUri seetApati rAvu. There he takes the word "pAmiDi"
(in the line pAmiDi turagapau pAdamu - a line that was in some discussion
couple of months ago), derives the meaning (koncemu dUrAnvayam anipincindi)
- one who caused the destruction (paucity) of snakes", meaning garuDa. And
cites it as indicative of the linguistic command of annamayya in coming up
with such a usage.

Also, isn't duvvUri from the nellore region? Do we find usages that are
typical to that region in his poetry? Especially words related to
agri/horti-culture? I am not making a statement here, just posing a
question? With the anticipation of a wealth of answers.

I see a dASarathi poem posted by Bh.Kameswara Rao. Both of these poems are
posted w/o any intro, commentary, etc... It would be nice to see a
paragraph or two as to what prompted the post of a particular poem at a
particular time.

>   veluturubaakutaakiDiki vicchina chikkani kaalaraatri, gu
>   nDelu jilujillanan rudhira nirJharipaare diganganaa mukha
>   mmula navakumkumaprabhalu molchenu taamara moggalaTlu, ta
>   lpulu teruvunDu, ranDu, piluvunDu Sayinchinavaarinellaran!     -DaaSarathi

(a personal preference, one that I may not be following myself
consistently! In transliterated telugu would be easier to read if long
words are broken up - as, "veluturu baaku taakiDiki", "jilu-jillanan",
"nava-kumkuma-prabhalu" ...)

In the last line, is that word correct? "Sayinchinavaarinellaran" - meaning
all those are asleep? Isn't it "Sayanincina"

On and off, in posts on this group, I mentioned the name of Dr. Kovela
Sampatkumaracharya, retired telugu professor from Kakatiya University,
Warangal. To quote from a personal mail from someone, "He is one of the
finest scholars of this generation who can move with equal ease in
traditional and modern worlds. In the area of chandassu he is perhaps one
of the two or three living experts.". He is currently in US, visiting his
son in Virginia.

He is quite an engaging speaker. If any group near-by (or far, for that
matter) wishes to invite him for a talk, drop a note to his son at
Skovela@worldbank.org

Let me quote a few poems from two of his short, recent works.

	mRdutA karkaSatA prateekaluga ee stree-pum vibhAgammugA
	nadiyun citrame, vADokanDe purushunDou nannacO, talli yun-
	nadi kArkaSyamu vennamudda ganu cEyanjAlu Sree-SaktigA
	bradukan galgiti mandu cEtane - yateendrA, vyAja rAmAnujA!

("vAsu-dEvOhi purushah, stree prAya mitaram jagat" anna quote foot-note-lO
undi)

	nA muktyadhvamunandu bhAryayunu santAnammu naDDammanan
	AmEmankonu, santatEmanukonun; hAsa praveeNAdharA!
	ee mArgammuna nandarandariki nEdO vidhin tODpaDan
	tAmai vattu reringerungaka -  yateendrA, vyAja rAmAnujA!

(muktyadhvamu-mukti kOsam jaruputunna ya~jnamu)
("cuTTAlu dongalu, sutulu RNasthulu, kAntalu samsAra kAraNamulu" - annADU,
pOtana - lEdA anipincADu. When you say such things, what is a wife supposed
to think? How are children supposed to feel? The poet says that in this
journey of life, all of these people come to "aid" you in some way or
another, knowingly, or unbeknownst to them)

	stree youTal, purushunDu nouTa lanagA dEhammunun baTTi; dE-
	hAyattammagu nee vibhEdamunu AtmAyattamun jEsi, mO-
	hAyattammuga bhOgya-bhOktR-gata dushTA-hamkriyAdhikya bhA-
	vA yOgya praticarya lEmiTi? -  yateendrA, vyAja rAmAnujA!

	bassul gAlcuTa, raiLLu kUlcuTa, jana-prANammulan deeyuTal
	kassum-bussula viplavammu livi, sanghammun samAnincunA?
	hissA kOsamu campulADukonu tAmee nAyakul mAku SrE-
	yassun detture, nammuTeTTulu -  yateendrA, vyAja rAmAnujA!

	evarEn jacci-rakAla-mandana manassEmEmo younaTTi mAr-
	davamE jaccenu; caccu-campa baDu vArtal-lEni rOjunnadA!
	evarO kuptulu, nevvarO hatulugA himsA rati kshObha nit-
	ya vinOdammuga mAruTElaku? yateendrA, vyAja rAmAnujA!

	bandul prEleDu mandu pAtaralu oppandAlu hatyal vathal
	mundun venkala kAlpulun neduru kAlpul campuTal, caccuTal
	endAkee praja pEra sAguno prajA himsA riramsA vratam-
	mandU baddhame eppuDun praja; yateendrA, vyAja rAmAnujA!

The above are from his Satakam, -"antar-mathanamu".

The poems below are from another work -"kAla-spRha".
All the khanDikas here-in address some aspect of the seasonal aspect of time.

	ninnu gani Enu lata naiti, gunna mAmi
	Dini yayiti, kOyila nayiti; manasaTancu
	nunna prati vastuvaitinE, cinna nATi
	nEstamavu; neekunai Emi nEnu kAnu! 	                    -vasantAtma

  jeeral vOyina yenDu gontu savarincen gunnamAmiLLapai
  cErambOyina kOkilammokaDu vamSee nAda mugdhammugA
  hree ramyammagu kanne teeve talalO hElA manOj~nammu vi-
  sphArammayyenu krotta pUvokaTi vAsantOha spandimpagan    -vAsantee vilOkanamu

  manasEmunnadi yenni bandhamulu samprAptincinan, vAni madh-
  yana nE reetino labhyamaina pisarantan soukhyamun jUci man-
  nunu minnun mari paTTarAni gati santOshincu, nA yintalO-
  nane kalpincunu nUtanOhagata soundaryam-mavAryammugA                -AhvAnamu

  eerasametti nannu vaNikimpadu nee cali, kAni dESam-
  dAraya pillalun caduvuTandu, vivAhamulADuTandu, tA
  gourava miccuTanduna, nikan mari prEmala yandugUDa vyA-
  pArame sarwamai caneDu paddhati nan vaNikincu nentayun                  -cali

  emukalu vircunaTTidagu ee cali nan vaNikimpalEdu kA-
  ni mari maree mahAntamayi nityamu pallela paTTaNAla san-
  ghamulanu, samsthalan mari yikan mana cuTTarikammulandunun
  dumikeDu rAjakeeyamula dhUrtata nan vaNikincu nentayun                  -cali

  ika noka yinta nannu vaNikimpadu nee cali, kAni dESaman-
  doka yisumanta yEni tana kunDina bAdhyata nirvahimpakE
  sakalamu hakku-gOruTalu, sancita gADhata lEka pOvuTal
  vikalata pencuTal mariyu pekkulu nan vaNikincu nentayun                 -cali

Ramakrishna

PS/1: DVNS - I'll be in Secbad most of May - call me at 763-1902

PS/2: VCR and SBK are on blind copy of this mail, in cse they are wondering!

PS/3: If this happens to be a duplicate post, ....