great sayings on TELUGU POETRY -11
PALANA (nparinand@cas.org)
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 00:31:18 -0400
My SUMMER has started now.
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"Bhattumurthi" alias Ramarajabhushana was a lAkshaNika, a scholar-poet, a
literary lover, and an artist-musician. He lived during 1510-1580. He was in
the court of Aliya Ramaraju (son-in-law of Krishnadevaraya) and was given the
title "rAmarAjaBUshaNa". sarasaBUpAlIyamu is one of his highly
(self)proclaimed and acclaimed works. rArABushaNa was a clever poet and the
following piece from his narasaBUpAlIyamu illustrates his self-dramatizing
exhibitionist nature:
"SatalEKinI padyasaMdhAnadhaurEyu GaTikASatagraMdha karaNadhuryu
nASuprabaMdha baMdhABi~nunOshThyanirOshThyanacalajihvOktinipuNu
datsamaBAshA vitAna~nubahupadyasAdhita nyastAksharIdhurINu
nEka saMdhOditaSlOka BAshAkRtya caturu nOShThyanirOshThyasaMkara~nu
namitayamakASudhI prabaMdhAMka."
--a scholar of both Telugu and Sanskrit
--a talented extempore poet
--a master of poeticising
--a great avadhAni.
rAmarAjaBUshana was also called the "saMgItarahasya kaLAnidhi". Probably that
musical expertise was the most essential requirement/ingredient for a
lAkshaNika. That is why he could create such masterpieces like the vasucaritra
and hariscaMdranalOpAKyAnamu. (Side track: What happened to the musical
background of many of the present day chandO poets? Oops! Too much Gaussian
Noise.)
A couple of examples of Ramarajabhushana's wordsmith art:
"BOgAMbuvAha vAhaviBAgEhABAvukAMga BAvaBavamahA
BAga mahIbAgamahA BOgAvahabAhu BOgipuMgava BOgA."
"hArahIrasArasArihAraSailavAsa vOrvIruhAhihAravEshaSEshahAsalAlasa
SrarasOruyUSa SAMSuSIla vairivIra saMhArasAra SauryasUrya harya vArya
sAhasA."
Both the above pieces are from narasaBUpAlIyam.
Certainly, one gets a lot of pleasure reading those two. NO Tongue Twisters!
A lot of meaning!
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Is it Poetry or pure Gaussian Noise amidst Bandwidth Noise?
Is it "accatenugu" or "tETatenugu" or "jAnutenugu" or "pruDhatenugu"?
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--pAlana
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