amerikAlO praprathama SatAvadhAna yagjnam - 1 (Intro. + samasyalu)
Ramabhadra Dokka (sdokka@st6000.sct.edu)
Mon, 9 Sep 1996 14:45:53 -0400 (EDT)
( This review of NY/NJ SatAvadhAnam is to be posted in several parts. )
"praprathama sampUrNa SatAvadhAna yagjnam in U.S. - part 1"
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--- Introduction + samasyaapUraNam ---
" udyama rItigA ciliki yuttama kAvya rasAmbudhul dadhul,
padyapu mIvaDal parula pancucu nityamu nAtma tRptikai,
sEdyamu sEyucun kavana sImala yandavadhAna sAhitI,
madyamu trAgu vAni jata mAdhavuDunDunu manci cUcucun.. "
adi guruvu gAriki BaktitO andincina 'samasyA pushpam'.
A NJ sAhitI gOkulAniki veLLi, akkaDi padyapu mIvaDalanu manasArA grOli,
andali mAdhuryAnni AswAdistU antalOnE maLLI dainandina jIvitamlO paDDam
asAdhyamE.
What a creative power, that sure was a literary shower and what a grand
galore of classical poetry and music, that performance was an epic, extempore.
It is only befitting on our part to preserve these sweet rhymes and rhythms
deep in our hearts and pass on those reverberations to other souls.
First ever sampUrNa SatAvadhAnam outside India, to be completed in just
one day left in me a feeling of 'visiting 1000 temples' and 'meeting 10000
panDits' in a matter of mere 15 hours. The curtain rolled at 9.30 in the
morning with the SuBa SankhAravam and the avadhAni aptly responding -
"vandanamu Sankha vinutiki
vandanamI saBya vitati, vaidushyamukun,
vandanamu pRchchakALiki,
vanadanamI kArya varga saByulakellan.."
That was just a small glimpse of the great show ahead for all of us who
gathered at the Nanuet Inn, NY on 9/7/96 with some anticipation and more
expectations. What else could be great beginning for what is deemed to be
a great chapter in the literary history of immigrant Indians here, in U.S.
'pravAsAndhra caritralO cirasthAyigA nilici pOyE, I praprathama sanskRtAmdhra
sampUrNa SatAvadhAna yagjnAnni ati samarthavantamgA nirvahincina, Dr. ciTTi
rAmakRshNa mUrty gAru, SrI kASInAthuni mahESwara prasAd gAru mariyu I sAhitI
kratuvu saPalIkRtamavaDAniki cEyandincina kArya varga saByulu, I vindu lO
pAlgonna prEkshaka, pRchchakALI andarU dhanyulE, avaSyam aBinandanIyulE....'
prathamam viGna rAjam anTU --
"evvAni pAdAla muvvalai ravaLincu brahmAnDa gOLAla pratati niyati,
yevvAni Gana kukshi yiha para vidyalaku aksharArNavamaina amRta kalasi,
yevvAni dantambu kRtisarva sarvamai BArata BAratI BAgyamayye,
yevvAni mukhabimba mEkArNa mantramai OmkAra rUpamai urvi ninDe..
ataDu kavulaku kaviyaina amRta mUrti,
viGnamula nella pOdrOlu vimala kIrti,
saccidAnanda sadguru sArva Bouma,
caraNa kamalamula nEnu sannutintu.."
avadhAni gAru, saBA saraswatiki nIrAjanAlarpincArilA...
" amerikA SatAvadhAna harmya ramya BAratI,
padapadamuna bahuvidhamuna gonumA mA sannutI..
nyUyArk nagaraika kaLA divya rasAvishkRtI,
sannutitO gaikonumA jaya mangaLa hAratI.. jayamou gaLa hAratI...."
Yes, the slEshAlankAra pada vinyAsam of Sarma gAru continued in many of his
pieces during the entire avadhAnam. E padam ceppinA, yE padyam guTTu vippinA,
andulO 'SrI nAgaPaNi mudra' unDi tIrAlannaTlugA sAgindi yI SatAvadhAna mahA
yagjnam...
For the interested netters, I'll try to put the poems that attracted me most,
mostly by their structure, meaning, pada vinyAsam and SlEsha from most of the
events and some pATalu of my choice from 'mI praSnaku nApATa'. If anyone is
interested in more poems, pieces or explanation, I can happily send the info.
by e-mail from the notes I have made during the show from the beginning till
the very end. Your comments and corrections are welcome as always.
mundugA nAku naccina samasyA pUraNam amSam --
Many interested persons sent some samasyalu and pUraNalu for this event and
like the other events 'datta padi, ASuvu, varNana and mI praSnaku nA pATa'
etc.. some of these 'samasyalu' were pre-chosen by the organizers. At the
same time most of the pRchchakas including myself are happy that we are
given the choice to replace them with our own --
On this note, Nasy gAru and myself were trying to coin a samasya on
"SuBamunu kUrceDi samasya" to replace the pre-chosen to come up with --
" SrIdEvini cEta baTTu cintalu dIrun... " and NASY gAru completed it in
a matter of minutes with a great pourANic meaning and I'm SURE he'll let
all of us know about his attempt..
Anyway, our avadhani gAri pUraNa was --
"E dEvadEvi karuNA
prAdurBUtaika nitya bahu sampannaÿï
SSrIdAnambagunO yA
SrIdEvini cEta baTTa cintalu dIrun.."
Like many others, I was indecisive of which one to put forward to guruvu gAru
and inspite of 20 and odd samasyalu and pUraNalu that I had with me, the one
which came out was the one myself and my brother coined during our flight to
NJ from Atlanta... It is again a kandam --
"avadhAnamu nandu yalluDattanu pogiDen.."
Our solution was a mere loukikam -- may be proving that our thoughts rarely
travel beyond these loukika vishayAlu...:-(
"avatala mAmaye pRchchakuDe
varekkuva yanenu ? talli yiLLALLandun,
savanamu lETiki lemmani
avadhAnamu nandu alluDattanu pogiDen.."
kAnI, avadhAni gAru A samasyaki daivatvam ApAdinstU --
"vividhAdhvara bahu vidyA
savanambuna atta yanna sallakshmi yagun,
suvidhin SrOtaye nalluDu
avadhAnamu nandu alluDattanu pogiDen.."
anTU tama pada vinyAsAnnI, saBA cAturyAnnI cATu konnAru... andukE Ayana
indariki gurutulyu layyAru...
Our prasAd cODavarapu gAri samasya --
"FirstklAsanduna dappi tanDriki mahA fun kUrce putRnDahO.." has
telugu+english dushkara prAsa and the line of attack from our avadhAni
gAru was --
"best clAss yeyyadi cUDagA caduvulO BEshancu tA ceppagA
rest claim ceyyaka rEbavaLLanu nokE rItin sadaByAsiyai,
first classunviDi State first(u) geluvan, BadrammugA ceppucOn
FirstklAsanduna dappi tanDriki mahA fun kUrce putRnDahO.."
By transcribing these poems in SCIT/telusa, I want to share with you the joy
we all had attending the SatAvadhAnam and also extend at least an iota of
the pleasure we had during the great literary shower to every interested
netter.
avadhAni gAri padya vinyAsAlalO mIru OlalADutUnTE akkaDakkaDA dorilE accu
tappulU, avaka tavakalU mAtram nAvE nani gjnApakam cEstU... maLLi kaluddAm..
regards...
- Ram (Ramabhadra Dokka from sdokka@st6000.sct.edu)