Re: on the NJ/NY SatAvadhAnam

D. Sreenivasa Rao (dsr@VNET.IBM.COM)
Tue, 10 Sep 96 10:24:16 -0500 

:>The poem requested by Devarakonda Srinivasa Rao is:
:>
:>          linga nishidhdhakal valaci lingani,
:>          mEcakakandharun triSU lingani,
:>          sangatALi lavalingani,
:>          nIlakacanvidAtR yAlingani,
:>          kRshNa cEluni halungani,
:>          rAmakRshNa kavilingani kIrti hasince dikkulan.. !!
:>
:> Setting aside
:>the first reference,
:>

    The first line means that even caMdruDu has a nallani macca.
    (I learnt that one meaning of 'linga' is 'macca').

    Thanks for posting the poem, rAmakRshNa gAru.

    For completeness, here are the meanings of other lines (most from
    rAmakRshNa gAri post, one from Nasy's).

:>        * mEcakakandharun triSU lingani,
:>        it found Lord Siva, white with ashes all over his body; yet his
:>        neck was black, (being "neela-kanTha" or "garaLa-kanTha"),
:>
:>        * sangatALi lavalingani, (forgot, will post by the end of the week)
:>        bunch of white flowers (lillies or jasmines?) surrounded by a swarm
:>        of black 'tummedalu'.
:>
:>        * nIlakacanvidhAtR yAlingani,
:>        it found Saraswati, who is all-white, except for her dark
:>        black tresses,
:>
:>        * kRshNa cEluni halungani,
:>        it found Balarama, who is supposed to be white (?), except
:>        for his dark robes (Is this mentioned in bhAratam or bhAgavatam?),
:>
:>because all of these have some fault,
:>
:>        * rAmakRshNa kavilingani kIrti hasince dikkulan.. !!
:>        It concluded with a smile that no one else has a claim to
:>        being better!
:>
:>The beauty of the poem is of course in the "idea" of it, and also
:>the clever way the word "lingani" is repeatedly used, in many meanings.
:>

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