Re: Re[2]: nitpicking on kandam
Subbarao Varigonda (varigond@cems.umn.edu)
Fri, 23 May 1997 01:52:00 -0500 (CDT)
> Sri VVR wrote:
> drastically snipped off parenthetical note of my post, I thought
> have conveyed my insignificant and meager knowledge of the subject,
> a la chandassu in general, and the 'kanda' chandassu, in particular!
ayyA!
There is no way you can fool us saying your knowledge is "meagre"!
Then there are no adjectives to describe the knowledge of common folks
like me! I can't forget the mattakOkila episode.
'mattakOkila mattakOkila mattakOkila mattakO'
antakOpamu antakOpamu antakOpamu endukO :-)
I am the kind of guy who read the abridged versions of scriptures.
My intention was to post the second sarva laghu kanda from
Gajendra Moksham and to know if there are any more by any other
poet. It will be a worthy observation if only pOtana wrote such
poems.
Let me just add some poems to add some purpose to this post.
1. The poem by peddana which prompted tenaali rAmakrishna to retaliate
with "emitini ..." is this.
kalanATi dhanamu lakkara
galanATiki dAca kamalagarbhuni vaSamA!
nela naDimi nATi vennela
alavaDune gAde pOye amavasa niSikin!
2. These are some lines from C.Narayana Reddy's vishwambhara.
(These are not the best from the work but these are good,
I felt. I haven't read the book fully yet. Still any
criticism on the book will be appreciated)
adi
ugra cEtana teppicina
udagra bhUkampam
kaala Sikharam dUkincina
jvAlA jalapAtam
vaNuku puTTindi
pAtuku pOyina vajradurgAlaku
cemaTa paTTindi
bigusuku pOyina
ukku caTTAlaku
gangireddula kommullO
katti monalu merustunnAyi.
gOmAtala giTTallO
koDavali anculu naDustunnayi.
tegi pOtunna kanDalu
egurutunnAyi jenDAlugA.
pagili pOtunna gunDelu
egabaDutunaayi agnikunDAlugA
paikettina A cEtullO
pIkalu tegina sankeLLu
kadalanivvani A vIdhullO
kadanu tokkina piDikiLLu
kaTakaTaallA aDDu nilicina
kaTika cIkaTla gaTlanu cIlcukuni
porlivastunna poddupoDupulu.
kannITi cukkallO
cemaTa tumparallO
kaNakaNalADutunna
dinakarabimbAlu.
andhakAram gaddenu unmUlinci
tarali tarali pOtunna
aruNa kiraNa paTaalaalu.
cindina svEda binduvulakE
andina sasyaphalAlu
pariSramincE SarIrAlakE
prAptincina nitya sukhaalu
mUlaku paDDaayi viccu koraDaalu
mUgavaDDayi picci saradAlu
tolagi pOyAyi ELLa tarabaDi
talakekkina nallamandu paradAlu.
dyOtalAniki muDupu kaTTina cUpulu
bhUtala svargAnni cUstunnaayi
adRsTa rEkhalanu taDumukunE cEtulu
ASincina bhavitavyaanni panDistunnayi.
cakraalanu, caTTaalanU tippina hastam
kAvyasRsTinI
SAstradRsTinI
vistarincina mastakam
pancukunna viluva okaTE
pencukunna paruvu okaTE.
regards,
subbarao
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