Jaruk Saastry pEraDeelu - My turn Please!

Rao Veluri (rveluri@smtpgate.anl.gov)
Thu, 26 Jun 97 15:47:17 CST 

     
     The following is Jaruk's parody on the most popular
     Saanskrit meter, anushThup! 
     
     oka kaani okEkaanee renDu kaanulu ardhaNaa |
     mooDu kaanulu mukkaanee naalugu kaanulokaNaa | 
     
     Too monotonous and prosaic, like ' Sarasvatee namastubhyam
     varadE kaama roopiNee,' etc., isn't it?
     
     The second one was on kavisamraaT viswanaatha satyanaaraayaNa.
     
     Saa. kimcit tikta kashaaya baaDaba rasa kshE paatirE kaati vaa -
          ksamcaara pracayaavakaaSamulalO kavyudGha! gamDaaSmamul
          camcalleela nudaatta vaaggarimatO saadhimci vEdhimcumaa!
          pamcaarimci pravahlikaavRti kRtin paashaaNa paaka prabhoo!
     
     I like the above parody better than 'maagaayee kamdipaccaDee 
     aavakaayee pesarappaDamoo,' for I had to use the dictionary
     a dozen times to strip this Saardoolam of its stripes, and I
     confess, I still couldn't!
     
     Moral: The worse the diction in the verses,
            my addiction to such verses worsens!
     
     Regards.
     
     V R Veluri