Re: neo-laakshaNika grandha
sadananda (sada@anvil.nrl.navy.mil)
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 07:11:13 -0400
I had a heartful laugh after I read Sri Bocheti Sreedhara Rao gaaru's
recent post. I did not want to get into these arguments since we have
beaten to death the chando and non-chendo aspects and all the
classification-criterian aspect.
I was amused to read about the criterian about who is a poet etc.
Poet writes first for his satisfaction to express his feelings, just as
an artist paints.
The best out of him comes out when he is insprired.
The source of inspiration can be a bakti praadhaanyamu as in Potana
Bhagavatam - or social injustice as in some recent famenists
His joy is enhanced when others also admire, and he feels fulfulled.
But true inspired work is fulfilment in itself.
I am remined of my fathers's poem written when he was young.
kavita viDanaaDa nEnu tikkana kaviindra
rachana paripaaTi kidi saaTi raadaTanchu,
dEvaganikaa vadhuuTiki diiTu gaada
Tanchu viDajuuchu prEmampuTaali nevaDu! - Kuntimaddi Sesha Sarma
True to his words he went on writing till his last breath, whether
others appreciate or not.
Classification is normal scientific approach based on some generally
accepted criteria which evolved during a period of time based on
estatics and/or logic. But inspired works are more than just that
which fulfils classification. We also gets insprired when the poet or
writer establishes a rapport with his reader and takes the reader with
him to the same heights that he dwells -
We still enjoy when we read ...
Kuppinchi yagasina kundalammual kanti......
yevvanice janinche jagamevvani ....
Mandaara makaranda ......
indugala Dandu lEDani...
intalu kannulunDa ....
aTajani gaanche bhuumisuru ......
and many more in classics. Chandas may have added beauty to it. It is
more than just chandas. It is the inspiration of the poet that comes
out. These will inspire generations to come.
Ramayana and Mahabharata and Bhagavata will insprire generations to
come, not because of the chandas, not because they fall in some
classifications, and not because they address some temporal social
issues, but becuase they raise the inner consciousness of the reader to
a different pedestal. That poetry will be long lasting.
Hari Om!
Sadananda
>It should be chandO-free. (Better if there are no
>guruvulu and laghuvulu).
>
>It should be about current issues.
>
>All current issues are not current issues.
>
>Religion, God, love etc are not current issues.
>
>It should contain a social message.
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>It should blast a traditional belief.
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>Better if it blasts vyaakaraNa too.
>
>It should not contain any alankaara's including the
>simplest simile.
>
>It should not have any reference to prEyasi kannulu.
>
>It should not be for pure enjoyment.
>
>It shoud not be about God.
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>It should not be about religion.
>
>It should not be about an object of eternal / ephemeral
>beauty, whatever it is.
>
>It should make you cry, never laugh.
>
>It may be feminist.
>
>It may be dalit.
>
>It may have aspashTata.
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>It should be about poor man's problems.
>
>Rich man's problems, however honest / emotional,
>are not worhty.
>
>It should not be for / about the well-fed or the well-to-do.
>(It may be written by the well-to-do).
>
>It should not contain difficult words. No Sanskrit words.
>
>It should be easily understood. (Some may object to this
>as aspashTata is allowed).
>
>There should be only one word for one meaning (no
>thesaurus should be consulted, even in mind).
>
>Better if it is poetry without language.
>
>
>------- Please feel free to correct or add more rules.
>
>Written just for fun.
>Should I take a vacation now or face the flames?
>
>Regards
>
>Bachoti Sridhara Rao