ullipaaya padyam

Sreenivas Paruchuri (sreeni@ktpsp1.uni-paderborn.de)
Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:19:42 +0200 (MET DST)

Once upon a time Bharadwaj Yadavalli asked:

> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 10:34:14 -0600 (CST)
> From: "S.Bharadwaj Yadavalli" <sby@cs.usask.ca>
> Subject: Re: ullipAya padyam :)

> SrI palana wrote:

> > Sri'na'dha's description on onion (ni'rulli):
> >
> > ThavaNimtun nuti ka'lakamThamakuTa'TTa'la pratOLi'miLa
> > tsava ma'na'mara simdhu bamdhura payassamBa'ra gamBi'ra va'
^^
sra
> > gvyavaha'raika duramdharatvamuna jihva'lOla mattallikin
> > jalikim dalliki, ga'ra velliki dhanurjya'valli niirullikin.
^^ ^^^^^^^
vi vEllika

> vi~julu yevarainA dIni pratipadArdham telupagalarA ? nAku okka
> mukka ardham kAlEdani ceppaDAniki cintistunnAnu :)

I hoped that one of the Net-Gurus would post the meaning atleast. Whatever
may be the reason it did n't happen. After a month long waiting for a reply
on Net, I sought help from home and got the meaning. Ever since I have been
wanting to post it, but never managed. Sorry, I don't have any "nighanTuvulu"
here to give "prati-padaartham".

Here is the "taatparyam". What a tough nut to crack!! And its written by a
Telugu kavi in Telugu. Hmm! Pl. read it in RIT:

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neerullitO koorabaDina kaakarakaayanu prEmatO tinaDam goorchi ikkaDa
prastaavinchaDam jarigindi.

Sivuni jaTaajuTam nunDi pravahinchE (=sravamaana) gangaa (=amara sindhu)
pravaahamu vanTi manOharamagu vaakpravaahamutO (=vaagvyavahaaraika),
ruchulalO SrEshTamainadiyunu, ruchulaku moolamainadiyunu (=chavikindalliki)
ayina neerullitO kooDina kaakarakaayanu (=kaara vEllika) stutinchedanu
(=ThavaNintun).

vaagvyavahaaramu = maaTa teeru
durandharatwamu naipuNyamu
jihvaalOlamu = ruchikaramagu
mattali = SrEshThamu
dhanurjyaavalli = alle traaDu (dhanussuku kaTTE traaaDu)

villutraaDunu laagitE vaccE Sabdam "Tham" (dhanushThankaaram).
madhura padaarthaalanu tina kutoohalamainappuDu vacchE "loTTala" :-)) dhwani
kooDa aTuvanTidE "Tham" :-).
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CORRECTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!!

Regards,
Sreenivas