Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Alamkaaras and chandassu - with poetry on weaverbirds

The two poems below portray the stunning prowess of a weaver bird in building a nest and offer praise. I attempted to prove that no matter what meter you choose you can convey the same idea. But the simpler the meter, the more complex it becomes to decorate it with alamkaaraas and to handle the loss of information. The more complex the meter, the more a moderately skilled poet is prone to committing doshas. The more complex the meter, the more utilitarianism is needed in the wordings, structuring and decorating the poem. This is the dance of skilled poetry. Whatever you choose as a meter, the goal is to make the structure as impeccable as the weaver bird's nest and to not use filler words. To waste a letter in the meter is to chisle off an intricately carved mudra of a sculpture of a celestial dancer and make her seem like she wears a glove.

An utpalamala like the lne below is easy to write. But to decorate it with alamkaras is a tough job. The two poems below have alamkaras. But the utpalamala has them refined better. 

A simpler ataveladi.

ఆ.వె||

గాలివచ్చెనేని గదులునే? నీగూడు

కొయ్యగూడుగాదు కోటయె! నిను

పోలు సృష్టిలేదు పూజ్యుండవనె ఝాష్వ!

తరువు తరువె నీది? విరుల గుడియె


A moderately complex utpalamala with more than 5 alamkaras. (To be discussed later).

 ఉ||

గాలికి క్రుంగునేని గిజిగాడ విశేషము నీదు గూడిటుల్

వ్రాలిన వృక్షశాఖముల ప్రజ్వలమైన భవంతి గాదె యే

పోలిక లేదు నీకునెట పూజ్యుడవైతివి ఝాషువాకు నీ

సాలము సాలమే? బహువిశాల సుమాల సరాల కోవెలౌ!

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