namastE !
nEnu #SCIT# ni #follow# avaTam modalu peTTina daggara nunci
CandO baddha kavitA rIti paTla mIlO unna AdaraNa cUsAka
idi rAyAlanipincindi.
mAku #school# lO 9, 10 klAsullO Candassu gurinci ceppinA
padyAlu cadavaTam, vATi naDaka gurtincaDam nErpa lEdu.
I vishayAlu bahuSA E school lOnU cepparEmO. ayitE padyAlu
rAyAlani kutUhala paDE vAriki gaNa, yati, prAsalu pATincaDam
oka tappanisari avarOdham. utsAhavantulu dAnni dATaTAniki
cAlA rakAlugA kRshi cEstAru. kAnI " ippuDu utpalamAla rAya
bOtunnAnu ... anTE Ba ra na Ba Ba ra va gaNAlu ... 10 va
aksharam tO yati maitri ... " ani gaNAlu mundEsukoni rAyAlanTE
cAlA kashTam ; adi sari ayina paddhati kUDA kAdu.
#So what is the way around this ?!!#
padyAla naDaka grahincaTam. padyAlu bAgA caduvutU ekkaDa yati
vastundO akkaDa viravaTam cEstU (yati anTE virAmaM ani kadA
ardham !) #practice# cEstE swantaMgA padyAlu rAsE nATiki kanIsam
gaNAlaku anuguNaMgA padAlu paDatAyi.
#The following is the way, I stumbled upon, to do this :#
oka nADu nAku mA bAmma I padyam vinipinciMdi :-
BanDana BImuDArta jana BAndhavuDujwala bANa tUNa kO
danDa kaLA pracanDa Buja tAnDava kIrtiki rAma mUrtikin
renDava sATi daivamika lEDanucun kaDa gaTTi BErikA
DanDaDa DAnDa DAnDa ninadaMbu lajAnDamu ninDa matta vE
danDamu nekki cAtedanu dASaradhI karuNA payOnidhI !!
#(yes this IS an# utpalamAla padyam #with 5 lines instead of 4)#
indulO nAlugO pAdam lOni DanDaDa DAnDa DAnDa .... anE #pattern#
nannu Akarshincindi. #Suppose# oka pAdam mottam alA rAstE ? ani
#try# cEsAnu :
DAnDaDa DAnDa DAnDa DaDaDam DaDaDam DaDaDam DaDam DaDam
|______ yati maitri ____| 10 va aksharam
#Actually I am cheating here. I did not make out this total
pattern in one attempt.#
mundu Ba ra na Ba Ba ra va gaNAla kOsam laGuvuki Da anI
guruvuki Dam anI rAsAnu. A taruvAta caduvaTAniki vIlaina
groups gA cEsAnu.
Ba ra na Ba Ba ra va
#U I I U I U I I I U I I U I I U I U I U#
DAnDaDa DAnDa DAn DaDaDa DamDaDa DamDaDa DamDaDam DaDam
DAnDaDa DAnDa DAnDa DaDaDam DaDaDam DaDaDam DaDam DaDam
yati maitri kudarAlsina sthAnAniki #natural# gA #break# vastundi.
#This is somewhat similar to the musician stressing a syllable
at the beginning of a# tALam #cycle.#
ippuDu pai padyam ee #pattern# ki aNuguNamgA cadivi cooDanDi yati sthAnam
#correct# gaa vastundO rAdO!!
DAnDaDa DAnDa DAnDa DaDaDam DaDaDam DaDaDam DaDam DaDam
BanDana bhImu DArta jana bAn dhavu dujj vala bA Na too Na kO
danDa ka LA pra panca Buja tAn Dava kIr tiki rA ma moo rtikin
renDava saaTi daiva mika lE Danucun kaDa gaT Ti bhE rikA
DAnDaDa DAnDa DAnDa ninadam bu lajAm Damu nim Da mat ta vE
damDamu nekki caaTe danu dA Sarathee karuNA payO nidhee
padyAnni ilA virici rAsinamduku, cadava manTunnanduku kshamincaali.
kAnee oka sAri naDaka alavATu ayitE ilA viravakunDAnE phalAnA vRttam
ani gurtinca vaccu.
ee #pattern# ilaagE unDaalani kAnee, "DAnDaDa" lE vADAlani kAnee Emee lEdu.
meeku naccinaTlugA rAsukoni, padyAlni cadavaTam #practice# cEya vaccu.
#Just make sure that you get a natural pause at the #yati sthAnam.
#E.g. using# ta na na ... utpalamAla # can also be written as#
tAnana tAna tAna tana tAnana tAnana tAna tAna nA
ilA utpalamAla vrAsina taruvAta #natural# gA campakamAla #try# cEsAnu.
#And stumbled upon another interesting fact. There is NO difference
between the two patterns, except for the initial# guruvu #(U) of#
utpalamAla #becoming two# laghuvulu #(I I) in# campakamAla.
#On further investigation I realized that the # vRttAlu # of #chandassu#
have been grouped into pairs such that the beginning #guruvu# (U) of one
is made into 2 #laghuvulu# (II) in the other, the #yati sthAnam#
remaining the same.
The co - #vRttam# of #utpalamAla# is #campakamAla#.
So while #utpalamAla# is #
tAnana tAna tAna tana tAnana tAnana tAna tAna nA
campakamAla ( na ja bha ja ja ja ra )#is #
tana nana tAna tAna tana tAnana tAnana tAna tAna nA
|______ yati maitri ______| 11 va aksharam
#(for the Doubting Thomases :-) :-#
na ja Ba ja ja ja ra
#I I I I U I U I I I U I I U I I U I U I U #
tanana natAna tAnata nanAta nanAta nanAta nAtanA
|______ yati maitri ____| 11 va aksharam
)
#the yati sthAnaM is not disturbed.
Similarly the patterns for #mattEBam# and #SArdUlam# are :#
sArdUlam : ma sa ja sa ta ta ga
DamDamDam DaDa DamDa DamDa DaDaDam DamDamDa DamDamDa Dam
mattEBam : sa Ba ra na ma ya va
DaDa DamDam DaDa DamDa DamDa DaDaDam DamDamDa DamDamDa Dam
#Again the co-vRttAs #mattakOkila# and #taralam# are :#
mattakOkila : ra sa ja ja bha ra
matta kOkila matta kOkila matta kOkila kOkilA
tAna tAnana tAna tAnana tAna tAnana tAnanA
taralam : na bha ra sa ja ja ga
tanana tAnana tAna tAnana tAna tAnana tAnanA
#So I made myself out these patterns and started reading poems
breaking the syllables according to these patterns I made.
Thus I can now recognise whether or not a #padya pAdam# is
"CandO" tically correct by testing it against the pattern as I
read it.
I am not saying that this is the only method to gain mastery over
padya naDaka but this is the one I discovered. I would like to
know if anybody else made a conscious effort like I did (or were
they fortunate enough to develop a feel for the poems without any
such conscious effort ?) and if so what technique they used.
If you liked this I will write next time about the other metres -#
sIsa, gIta, and kanda .
#Thanks for y'alls attention.#
--
Sankaram
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