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Nyayapathi Srinivasa Rao (vasu@india.hp.com)
Fri, 28 Feb 97 14:15:37 IST
sri vaeloori garu says
PR> "--- That the chandas restricts expression is a fallacious argument.
PR> It does not, in the hands of a skilled craftsman. On the other hand,
PR> it certainly enhances the expression, if one is 'knowledgeable'.---"
VVR> The above argument is de ja vu to plebians like me!
when was that deja? what have you vu? (sorry can't generate those
french accent marks despite my irresistible urge to showoff!)
VVR> But, then VSN has used close to 130 chandassulu in his
VVR> raamayaNa kalpavRikshamu. It would be horrendous to prove his
VVR> own assertions on the chadassu-bhaashaa tatwamu, and the
VVR> chandassu-bhaasha Saktulu, etc.
Is it necessary that we should always go to VSN ?
Can one poet - however great - immortalize chhandassu and prove
that it is sinequanon to poetry?
VVR> Of course, if we agree as "oneman" that VSN is not
VVR> to be relegated to the status of Rishi, but only to be
VVR> reckoned as an ordinary kavi! I think, there are lots
VVR> of people who believe that VSN is not only a great kavi
VVR> but a Rishi too!!
OK. A Rshi that did kavitaa tapassu. Same point again!
This tendency to go back to one person and not to a live trend
is inherently week. It merely shows a fact! Indirectly, it seeks
to prove theory by one example! It doesn't enquire into a million
other factors which play a role in making a poet.
It even smacks of a theoy that poets, in ultimate terms, are
born! Chosen by providence!
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Regards & Thanks
Vasu.