from Sanskrit to Telugu , with the title 'Andhra Mahaa Bhaagavatam . ' The book used to be a household name in Andhra Pradesh. I translate below a verse from the book.
Kamaniiya bhuumi bhaagamulu leekunnavee , pad`i yund`ut`aku duudi parupuleela? Sahajambulagu karaanjalulu leekunnavee , bhoojana bhaajana punjameela? Valkalaajinakus`aaval`ulu leekunnavee, kat`t`a dukuula sanghambu leela? Konakoni vasiyimpa guhalu leekunnavee, praasaada saudhaadi pat`ala meela? Phala rasaadulu kuriyavee paadapamulu ? Svaadu jalamula nund`avee sakala nadulu ? Posaga bhikshamu vet`t`aree pun`ya satulu ? Dhana madaandhula koluveela , taapasulaku ? |
ORIGINAL SANSKRIT VERSE NO. 2-2-5 VYASA BHAGAVATA Cīraaṇi kim pathi na santi dis`anti bhikṣaaḿ Naivaanghripaaḥ para-bhṛitaḥ sarito apy asuuṣyan Ruddhaa guhaaḥ kim ajito vati nopasannaan Kasmād bhajanti kavayo dhana-durmadaandhaan . Note: Potana made some changes and improved on the original verses. The phrases used are also very aesthetic. Potana's translation is more elaborate. He does not, somehow, mention about the 'ajita' and 'upasanna' (unconquerable God protecting the surrendered). |
APPROXIMATE ENGLISH GIST
Why do we need cotton couches , when we have portions of earth , to lie down on ?
Why do we need great menus , and heaps of cutlery and vessels to eat in , when we have our open fists ?
Why do we need thin silk wardrobes , when we have jute
clothes and deer skins to wear ?
Why do we need great complexes of mansions , when we have caves to live in ?
Won't trees shower fruits with succulent juices ?
Won't rivers flow with sweet waters ?
Won't virtuous women bestow alms ?
Why should austere persons take up the service of the rich blind from wealth?
COMMENTS
The above compare-and-and contrasts , though were the expressions of S`uka Yogi to the King Parikshit, I feel that these were the personal reflections of Poet Potana himself, who refused to serve in the court of the 15th Century King "Sarvagna Singa Bhuupaala".
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