Re: bAla rasAla nava
Prasad A. Chodavarapu (prasad@kodak.com)
Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:41:00 -0400
Ramana Juvvadi wrote:
> >From Arudra's smagrAndhra sAhityam:
>
> bAla rasAla pushpa nava pallava kOmala kAvya kanayakan
> kULala kicci yappaDupu kUDu bhujincuTa kanTe satkavul
> hAlikulaina nEmi, mari yantaku nAyati(??) lEni nAdu kou
> ddAlikulaina nEmi nija dAra sutOdara pOshaNArthamai
this seems like pAThyAntaram to me. i always read the version
that said
bAla rasAla sAla nava pallava kOmala kAvya kanyakan
kULala kicci yappaDupu kUDu bhujincuTa kanTe satkavul
hAlikulaina nEmi gahanAmtara sImala kandamUla kau
ddAlikulaina nEmi nija dAra sutOdara pOshaNArthamai !!
(see
http://www.ee.msstate.edu/~aravind/sanka.html/telugu/purana/potan.html)
>
> There is a misconception that this is pOtana's poem. Actually manchena
> said this in his "kEyoora bAhu charitramu". The kritipati of this
> piece is kAkartya gunDana. manchena uddESyam "kuLala kistE tappu
> gAni gunDana lanTi vAdikistE tappu lEdu"
>
> Is Arudra really right? You decide for your self?
>
> Ramana
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