Thursday, April 17, 2008

Chadivinchiri Nanu



When Hiranyakasyapa asks Prahlada what he has learnet from school he replies thusly. This poem is from the Prahlada Charitam in Bhagavatam by Bammera Potana.

#chadiviMciri nanu guruvulu#
#chadiviti dharmArdha mukhya SastraMbulu nE#
#chadivinavi galavu pekkulu#
#chaduvulalO marmamella cadiviti taMDrI #

2 comments:

SLN said...

2nd line error--translational error---you should have written---sA--it is now translated as hrasvam-entirely different meaning.
not mukhya but mukhara please.

Unknown said...

Does anyone know which chandassu this poem falls into?