Re: Who's a Poet?

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Ramakrishna Gaaru,

Khaccitamgaa mIru mahArathulE. andulO sandEham lEdu.

>        kAvyam yaSasE-artha kRtE, vyavahAra vidE, SivEtarakshatayE
>        sadyah para nirvRtayE, kAntA-sammita-tayOpadESayujE

ikkaDa SivEtarulantE sadAcArulu kAni vArani anukOvacca?

nAkardhamainantavarakU
 kAvya prayOjanam has been defined as:

1. To earn fame (yaSase)
2. To earn money (artha kRtE)
3. To communicate day to day matters (vyavahAra vidE)
4. To defeat scoundrels (?) (SivEtarakshatayE)
5. sadyh para nirvRtayE (nAkardham kAledu)
6. To teach the wife and kids (?) (kAntA-sammita-tayOpadESayujE)

All I said was that the poet should first decide why he is writing (any or all 
of the above reasons), who does HE WANT to reach (there may be any number of 
unintended recipients of his message, but he certainly must have a particular 
audience in mind) and then ensure that his work reaches this intended audience 
with minimum loss of the force that caused it to come out in the first place. Is 
this too much to ask?

marO sAri manavi cEsukuntunnAnu -

I am not suggesting that clarity is a substitute for quality.

I am not suggesting that respecting the audience means "araTi panDu valici 
cEtilO peTTaDam".

I am not suggesting that a poet should first declare in bold type his intentions 
and his objectives (I can vouch for the fact that this can be quite irritating 
to the reader).

I am, however, suggesting the following:

1. pAnDitya prakarSha is B A D. Any attempt at advertising one's erudition at 
the cost of communication spells bad poetry. Actually, my post started as a 
reaction to the definition "vidvat kavay@h kavay@h". If vidvat alienates you 
from your audience, i for one would rather have a "mediocre" poet doing a half 
job than a Keats singing in the desert to himself.

2. kavitva paramAvadhi manishini kita kitalu peTTaDam mAtramE kAdu - mAtallO 
ceppanalavi kAni BhAvAlni mAtallOnE ceppa galgaDam.

Regards,

Uday "nA jhagaDA ChAndasulatO mAtramE kAdanE" Bhaskar


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