Re: Telugu quotes in Technical Texts

D. Sreenivasa Rao (dsr@VNET.IBM.COM)
Tue, 02 Jan 96 15:53:45 -0500

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> Coming back to dEvarakonDa SrInivAsa rAwu's PhD thesis, and the vEmana
> Satakam, WHAT WAS THE POEM???
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erukakannanu sukhamElOkamuna lEdu
erukaneraguvAni keduru lEdu
eruka sATi eruka, erukayE tatvambu
viSwadAbhirAma vinura vEma!

(eruka = teliyuTa, knowledge)

There is no greater pleasure than knowledge,
Nor any insurmountable challenge for its possessor;
knowledge is its own reward
and the most exalted philosophy --
so says the poet vEmana.

--sreenivas-- dsr@vnet.ibm.com