Maa ayyagaru- A prolific Poet, Critic, Lyricist,Translator and Polyglot too..
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Puttaparthi vari 'Meghadutham' nundi drusya malika- 1
Friendz dears.....
'Meghadutham' in sanskrit is Mahakavi Kalidasa's adorable work in which the hero, one Yaksha, deprived of the company of his lover,due to the anger of Kubera, describes his helplessness in enjoying the beauty of different seasons and wants to send his message thru a cloud.
Puttaparthivaru also named his geyakavyam as "MEGHADUTHAM", but the subject differs completely.
His hero, a down-trodden man, who has been jailed, resulting in deprival of the company of his pregnant wife,invites 'MEGHAM' (cloud) and asks very humbly to go to his wife and tell his agony to her.All this happened because, he supported his people who were also being sufferers of the DHANIKA VARGA.And so he has been jailed and being treated very cruelly.While describing the way to his wife, he describes the historical, mythological and geographical importance of the places the cloud comes across in Andhra region. He tells about the differences between the 'SRAMIKA VARGA and DHANIKA VARGA' also and asks the cloud to shed tears for the poor people.There is an important story behind this book.
Puttaparthi and Vidwan Viswam ('Penneti Pata' fame) were very thick friendz from Tirupathi days, probably 1930s.. Once when Viswam made a visit to Puttaparthi, Puttaparthi told him that 'he was in seach of a good plot for his next KAVYAM'. Vidwan Viswam, in their discussion, told about one of his reminiscence while he was in jail, during independence war. He saw an innocent victim in jail, who was jailed without proper evidence and was weeping always remembering his pregnant wife. One day, there was a very heavy rainfall and he was very feared seeing the black clouds and the thunders. He approached Viswamgaru and wept like a child remembering his wife.
This incident influenced Puttaparthi also. He also shed tears for the Khaidi like Viswamgaru.
After some days, when Puttaparthi wanted to start his GEYAKAVYAM, this incident sparked in his mind and it happened and created a history of 4 or 5 prints even.
We can see the influence of Marxism in this Kavyam. Rachamallu Ramachandra Reddy, Gajjela Mallareddy, Y.C.V.Reddy and other friendz of Puttaparthi, liked this work very much.
Sri Rajanna Kavi used to recite some stanzas from this book where ever he went.
I have seen maa ayyagaru, rendering passages from this book on stage too. That's how I want to give a 'DRYSYA MALIKA' rupam to my father's Geyakavyam. Pl. comment, if u like.u r welcome even otherwise.....
Puttaparthi and Vidwan Viswam ('Penneti Pata' fame) were very thick friendz from Tirupathi days, probably 1930s.. Once when Viswam made a visit to Puttaparthi, Puttaparthi told him that 'he was in seach of a good plot for his next KAVYAM'. Vidwan Viswam, in their discussion, told about one of his reminiscence while he was in jail, during independence war. He saw an innocent victim in jail, who was jailed without proper evidence and was weeping always remembering his pregnant wife. One day, there was a very heavy rainfall and he was very feared seeing the black clouds and the thunders. He approached Viswamgaru and wept like a child remembering his wife.
This incident influenced Puttaparthi also. He also shed tears for the Khaidi like Viswamgaru.
After some days, when Puttaparthi wanted to start his GEYAKAVYAM, this incident sparked in his mind and it happened and created a history of 4 or 5 prints even.
We can see the influence of Marxism in this Kavyam. Rachamallu Ramachandra Reddy, Gajjela Mallareddy, Y.C.V.Reddy and other friendz of Puttaparthi, liked this work very much.
Sri Rajanna Kavi used to recite some stanzas from this book where ever he went.
I have seen maa ayyagaru, rendering passages from this book on stage too. That's how I want to give a 'DRYSYA MALIKA' rupam to my father's Geyakavyam. Pl. comment, if u like.u r welcome even otherwise.....
Monday 15 December 2014
Friendz dears.....
This is me at the ge of 11 or 12 (I don't remember correctly)
At this age, I used to accompany maa ayyagaru, to the places of his lectures and sanmanams.
At this tender age, I was looking at his 'SIVATANDAVAM' rendition in astonishment.
I used to admire him for his authenticity in lecturing on different topics.
I used to wait for his next trip to go with him again to hear his profound knowledge in music too.
When I was in 6th class, I was fascinated to wear the panjabi dress. My mother Smt.Kanakammagaru, any how, fulfilled my wish. The only problem was, my father only likes the traditional dress for girls.
How to wear this dress?
One fine day, I wore the dress 'cause my father did n't go to Sri Ramakrishna High School where he is working 'cause of some other work. ( I too was the student of the school)
I was very confident, that he will not see my dress.
I was playing in the the very big playing ground.
One senior boy came to me and told me that my father is calling me from class 8th.
I feared a lot. I did not understand,when did he come to the school.Office correspondent was liking my father very much for his 'SARASWATHI PUTRATVAM and fame. He was allowed to go to the places of his sanmanam or others many a times unlike other teachers. The other Telugu Pandits were asked to handle his classes also in his absence. but..this time I don't know why my father came to school in the afternoon and saw me and called me even. Of course, that discussion was not neccessary at that time...Coming to the situation now.....how to escape from maa ayyagaru?
Everybody knows my father's anger.
I, very fearfully, reached him.
To my astonishment, maa ayyagaru, called me to him.
and said...'ok..At last ur mother fulfilled ur wish. But this does n't suit u. U look better in ur sual dress. don't wear this further. OK?'
That's all.
I was not able to come out of the shock yet..
The manner maa ayyagaru convinced me was un-imaginable.
I did not wore that dress again.
In good old days, parents did not have the time to teach the way how to LIVE in this vague world.
Their way of living, way of talking and the way of handling the situations were themselves 'LESSONS' to their children.
My father wanted my elder sisters, Karuna and Tarulatha, to become good karnatak music singers. He arranged good teacher. In addition, he used to practice music very regularly. That's how he has shown them the path way.
After 1945, he got oppourtunities to work in Anantapur (Govt. College), Tiruvananthapuram (kerala University) and New Delhi (Sahitya academi) but no where he stayed for a long time 'cause of different reasons.
Yet, he was feeling for the family and so came back to Kadapa permanently, (till my time) though on a very meager salary as a school teacher till my time.
I observed him studious reading.
I observed his UPASANA kramam.
I observed his music practice.
Those r 'The permanent images' of my father Dr. Puttaparthi varu. I think parents of ester years were like my father.
All the parents of middle classes, were like that.
Their lives were very simple and straight. But my father was completely different.
He used to read 'BIBLE' at Oriental college Tirupathi, when his class mates were reading Chandassu or alankara sastram.
He tried to by-heart 'Paradise lost' of Milton unlike other students.
He was introduced to Prakritha literature at the age of 14, and used to write articles on that literature at the age of 21.
Mallampally Somasekhara Sarmagaru , when he saw my father, did not believe that this young man could write elaborate and in-depth articles on prakrutha literature.
So...
These r all the incidents and experiences influenced us, the family members of Dr.Puttaparthivaru and they r the path ways for our lives.
Friendz dears....Do u agree?
This is me at the ge of 11 or 12 (I don't remember correctly)
At this age, I used to accompany maa ayyagaru, to the places of his lectures and sanmanams.At this tender age, I was looking at his 'SIVATANDAVAM' rendition in astonishment.
I used to admire him for his authenticity in lecturing on different topics.
I used to wait for his next trip to go with him again to hear his profound knowledge in music too.
When I was in 6th class, I was fascinated to wear the panjabi dress. My mother Smt.Kanakammagaru, any how, fulfilled my wish. The only problem was, my father only likes the traditional dress for girls.
How to wear this dress?
One fine day, I wore the dress 'cause my father did n't go to Sri Ramakrishna High School where he is working 'cause of some other work. ( I too was the student of the school)
I was very confident, that he will not see my dress.
I was playing in the the very big playing ground.
One senior boy came to me and told me that my father is calling me from class 8th.
I feared a lot. I did not understand,when did he come to the school.Office correspondent was liking my father very much for his 'SARASWATHI PUTRATVAM and fame. He was allowed to go to the places of his sanmanam or others many a times unlike other teachers. The other Telugu Pandits were asked to handle his classes also in his absence. but..this time I don't know why my father came to school in the afternoon and saw me and called me even. Of course, that discussion was not neccessary at that time...Coming to the situation now.....how to escape from maa ayyagaru?
Everybody knows my father's anger.
I, very fearfully, reached him.
To my astonishment, maa ayyagaru, called me to him.
and said...'ok..At last ur mother fulfilled ur wish. But this does n't suit u. U look better in ur sual dress. don't wear this further. OK?'
That's all.
I was not able to come out of the shock yet..
The manner maa ayyagaru convinced me was un-imaginable.
I did not wore that dress again.
In good old days, parents did not have the time to teach the way how to LIVE in this vague world.
Their way of living, way of talking and the way of handling the situations were themselves 'LESSONS' to their children.
My father wanted my elder sisters, Karuna and Tarulatha, to become good karnatak music singers. He arranged good teacher. In addition, he used to practice music very regularly. That's how he has shown them the path way.
After 1945, he got oppourtunities to work in Anantapur (Govt. College), Tiruvananthapuram (kerala University) and New Delhi (Sahitya academi) but no where he stayed for a long time 'cause of different reasons.
Yet, he was feeling for the family and so came back to Kadapa permanently, (till my time) though on a very meager salary as a school teacher till my time.
I observed him studious reading.
I observed his UPASANA kramam.
I observed his music practice.
Those r 'The permanent images' of my father Dr. Puttaparthi varu. I think parents of ester years were like my father.
All the parents of middle classes, were like that.
Their lives were very simple and straight. But my father was completely different.
He used to read 'BIBLE' at Oriental college Tirupathi, when his class mates were reading Chandassu or alankara sastram.
He tried to by-heart 'Paradise lost' of Milton unlike other students.
He was introduced to Prakritha literature at the age of 14, and used to write articles on that literature at the age of 21.
Mallampally Somasekhara Sarmagaru , when he saw my father, did not believe that this young man could write elaborate and in-depth articles on prakrutha literature.
So...
These r all the incidents and experiences influenced us, the family members of Dr.Puttaparthivaru and they r the path ways for our lives.
Friendz dears....Do u agree?
Saturday 13 December 2014
Dasulaku dasudaiii... A Telugu Devotional song.of Smt.Puttparthi Kanakam...
The above song is very favorite to maa ayyagaru.
During 1970s, my holy mother started 'Valmiki Ramayana parayana sapthaham' every week. Every week, she used to start the parayanam on sunday morning, and used to finish by following Saturday morning.
she has completed 108 parayanams like that.
On saturday morning, she used to perform the 'Rama pattabhisheka sarga' followed by day - long puja and rendering devotional songs.
Our neighbors and friendz (nearly 50 numbers) used to come to our home (by 9,30a.m itself)with flowers, fruits and TULASI garlands for decorating the big SEETARAMA PATTABHISHEKAM foto and Lord Venkateswara-Sri Padmavathi fotos and other idols in Puja Room. Some used to help my mother in preparation of prasadams like vaishnava pulihora,dadhyojanam etc for distribution among the devotees after Seetha Rama Pattabhishekam.
After the rendition of the above sargas, there used to be the time of devotional songs in group.
To tell u the fact, those r the moments we r still living in.
Those r the moments, we still adore.
Those r the moments we still want to repeat.
After rendering devotional songs of Thyagaraja, Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa etc.. we were singing the devotional songs written by my revered parents too.
In that session, the above song was the winding up song 'cause the above song is written by my mother on the 'SARANAGATHI' bhava like 'Bhrutyasya bhrutya paricharaka bhrutya bhrutya' rendered in Mukundamala stotram of Kulasekharalwar.
After this song, mangalaharathi and prasada vitharanam, we all used to go to 'Devuni kadapa' by walk for the darshan of Venkateswara swamy.
Those were our days of 'LIFE'.
Those were the days of 'Devotion'.
Those were the days of 'Obedience'.
We used to experience our lives completely different from others, which start and end with struggle for existence like food, enjoyment and sleep.
Though we were having friendz in higher classes and higher middle classes, we never experienced any lapse of luxury or dis-comfort in our daily lives.
Being in a family of a lower middle class,We never compared our selves with others and felt bad about our social status.Our only strength was 'our parents'.
Puttaparthivaru was a school teacher of 500Rs salary in 1960s.
Till 1970s, 1000Rs. was his salary.
During sanmanams, a meager amount like 118/- was the amount that was being presented to him.
Hardly 4 or 5 sanmanams in a year.
But, no regrets.
I still don't understand, how my holy mother was managing the house.
She was a house wife, a 'Swadheena pathika', a scribe in my father's works, a tailor of her children's cloths, a lyricist, a poetess and a devotee too.
I still don't understand, why people still remember her as 'their own mother' who used to do prayers for their hard days too.
That's why she has become 'HOLY MOTHER' to all of us.
When she passed away due to 'Brain Heme-rage' in 1983, maa ayyagaru too wept like a child.
He wanted us to sing the above song on 12th day after all the rituals and wept as if he has lost his own 'MOTHER' for the 2nd time in his life.
This long story in behind the above song.
so, friendz..pl. listen to this song with SARANAGATHI bhava and experience the inner feel........
Friday 12 December 2014
'prajyamulaina sampadalu'..Padyam of Dr.Puttaparthi
...Friendz fears....
Since so many days i could not update my blog 'cause of some domestic issues.
From now on wards, I try to post some beautiful poems of my revered father duly edited by myself, as 'Poetry will be more provocative and personalized, if rendered
This is one padyam of my father from his un-published work 'ASTASAMRAJYAM', with the theme of 'Rise and fall of Vijayanagara empire'. After writing nearly 4000 padyalu, my father (Puttaparthivaru) does n't want to go for it's publication.
The reason he felt was, 'it may revoke the enmity between some religious groups.(No need to mention) He kept the Kavyam aside for some days. But un-expectedly,there were Kundu river floods that time and the kavyam flown away in the waters of Kundu river in proddatur. But that was my father's dearest work, though un-published till date.
He used to mention 1 or 2 padyams from that work when ever he remembered his works.
This is one of them. Friendz dears, Pl. excuse me for my faults in rendering 'cause I am not a professional singer, but I tried and will try to my level best, to sing with the bhava, to maximum extent.
Pl..lend ur ears now for the following padyam.
Wednesday 10 December 2014
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