Occurrence of unexpected fears and misfortunes…
tagunidi tagadani yedaloe
vagavaka, saadhulaku peadavaarala keggul
mogi jeayu durviniitula
kagu nanimittagamaMbu layina bhayaMbul.
(Andhra Mahabharatam, Adi parvamu)
కం. తగు నిది తగ దని యెదలో
వగవక, సాధులకు పేదవారల కెగ్గుల్
మొగి జేయు దుర్వినీతుల
కగు ననిమిత్తాగమంబు లయిన భయంబుల్.
(*నన్నయ భారతం, ఆదిపర్వం, ప్రథమాశ్వాసం, 85)
To the immoral persons who harm
The poor and the pious, without remorse in heart
Whether it is fit to be done or not,
Would happen unexpected fears and misfortunes.
This above verse is taken from the 1st Canto (Adi parvamu) of Sri Andhra Mahabharatam (authored by Poetic trinity of Telugu Classical literature) which is formed entirely by poems of metrical compositions. Of the three poets, *Nannaya Bhattaraka (11 Century AD) is considered the poet who initiated it all, by making his own rules and following only his own decisions regarding the form and structure of the entire poem, while translating from the Sanskrit Mahabharata composed by the ascetic Veda Vyasa. Nannaya is, therefore, called the ‘aadi kavi‘- ie., the initiating poet so far as the ocean of Telugu Classical literature is concerned. Nannaya bhattu composed the first two cantos ie., ‘aadi parvam‘ and ‘sabhaa parvam‘ fully and half of the third canto, the ‘aranya parvam‘. The remaining two of the Poetic trinity, the poets Tikkana and Errana completed the composing of the Andhra Mahabharatam in 13th and 14th centuries respectively.
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