marO prapancam lEdu, mahA prasthAnam lEdu

Prasad Chodavarapu (prasad@acm6.me.uiuc.edu)
Fri, 24 May 1996 15:09:15 -0500 (CDT)

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"marO prapancam lEdu, mahA prasthAnam lEdu" ani evarainA
rAstE, what is your immediate reaction? does that trouble
you, or is it now an accepted truth? in this country, the
"c-word" and the "s-word" are unthinkable to many. living
in such a setting, wouldn't you be stirred to think about
these ideologies and their practice? telusA has seen
many a vigorous debate on the issue of SrI-SrI's writings,
with mAdhava and pAlana gArlu voicing their opinions in
no uncertain terms. i am RITing here a kavita titled
"mEdhAvi patanam" by nIlimA gOpIcand. i would be interested
in knowing how telusa-ers respond to the issues raised here.

Source:kavitA O kavitA
telugu vacana kavitA samkalanam 1981-90
Eds. pApinEni SivaSankar and penugonDa lakshmI nArAyaNa,
pallavi publications, vijayawADa

mEdhAvi patanam --- by nIlimA gOpIcand

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ninAdam inkA pUrti kAlEdu
gODalu kUlipOtunnAyi
kOTla gomtukalatO kUrcina viSwa rAgam
tUrpu gunDellO vishAdamaindi
sannivESAlu mArutunnAyi
nEpathyAlu vIgipOtunnAyi
siddhAntam mATuna dAgina
pettamdArI puligarjanalatO
punAdulu kadilipOtunnAyi
samskarta musugulOni Adhunika mRgam
vyavastha SidhilAlapai gambhIramgA naDustOndi.
kuTra akkaDE puTTindi
kuTradAruDU akkaDE unnADu
gamyAnni cErukOni vUrEgimpuki
nAyakuDu ataDE... pratinAyakuDU ataDE

marO prapancam lEdu
mahA prasthAnam lEdu
viSwa swapnam pheTillani pagilimdi
enni rEkulatO viccukunna pushpamO kadA!
adhinEtalu ramgu mArcEsariki
AyudhAlaki talalu molici tirugubATu cESAyi
gumDalapai edigina SiSuvu raktam kakkuku caccimdi.
enni vyUhAlatO ninadimcina soudhamO kadA!
vyaktulaku, vyavasthaki lamke kudaralEdu
patanam anivAryamainapuDu
svayam kRtAparAdhAlE nepAlugA mArAyi
drOham akkaDE puTTindi
pradhAna nimdituDU akkaDE unnADu
janajIvana jaitrayAtra bATalO
vivEkI ataDE... vidrOhI ataDE

SavAnni pIkkutinE samskRtiki
Akali oka sAku mAtramE
rAjyAlu kUlipOtunna dRSyamlO
siddhAntam oka bali paSuvu mAtramE
kuTraku kAraNamEmiTi?
kuTradAruni AlOcanEmiTi?
ramDi...ramDahO!
agra rAkshasulu Alimganam cEsukunTunnAru
prapanca paTampai raktAksharAlu adRSyamavutunnAyi
sTAlin marOsAri canipOyADu
tegipaDutunna prati SirassU
caritra numci vErupaDutunna ninAdamE!
bATasAri naDustUnE vumTADu...
dArulU, gamyAlU kummakkaina vainam
bahuSA ataniki oka SatAbdam tarvAta teliyoccu
konni tarAlaki balavantapu garbhasrAvam jarigimdi
oka mahA mEdhAvi patanAniki
nAmdi akkaDE puTTimdi
sUtradhAruDu akkaDE unnADu
Satru sRshTi ayina vupasamhaaramlO
vyaktI ataDE pratyardhI ataDE

---AndhrajyOti vAra patrika, 16-2-90

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