Comments on: Bhartruhari: King, Poet and Sage Par Excellence http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Anon http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-368570 Anon Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:33:10 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-368570 Well written. Take some time out to dwell on Shringara Shataka as well :) Well written. Take some time out to dwell on Shringara Shataka as well :)

]]> By: Dr.Gour Mohanty http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-355272 Dr.Gour Mohanty Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:23:51 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-355272 Bhartrihari is immortal for his Shatakatrayees e:g:Shringara,Vairagya and Nitee , there seems to be another titled Vigyana Shataka ,perhaps his most mature work that followed the Nitee Shataka considered by many as the last one he composed after he had Realisation . However the English rendering of Vigyana Shataka has not been found by me . Sri Ramakrishna Mission have published a prose translation of the Vairagya Shataka and Sri Aurobindo made a beautiful poetic rendering of the Nitee Shataka as The Century of Life . Bhartrihari is immortal for his Shatakatrayees e:g:Shringara,Vairagya and Nitee , there seems to be another titled Vigyana Shataka ,perhaps his most mature work that followed the Nitee Shataka considered by many as the last one he composed after he had Realisation .
However the English rendering of Vigyana Shataka has not been found by me .
Sri Ramakrishna Mission have published a prose translation of the Vairagya Shataka and Sri Aurobindo made a beautiful poetic rendering of the Nitee Shataka as The Century of Life .

]]> By: Pavan http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-347826 Pavan Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:04:23 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-347826 I am completely impressed by such an insightful review. Keep posting more often. One of your commenters question was to post a telugu poem. Infact, every piece of Bhartruhari shatka tryam has bee translated into Telugu by one SrI. Lakshmana kavi. He is not acknowledged enough in literature and all his works go by the name Bhartruhari subhshitalu. The poem your commenter asked goes as follows: aarambhimparu neecha maanavulu vighnayasa santrastulai aarambhinchi parithyajintururu, vighna yattulai madhyamul dheerul vighna nihanya maanulaguchun dhrtyunnatotsahulai prarabdharthamulu ujjagimpuru sumi Liberal translation: Thinking of the obstacles a task is going to offer, some people donot even begin it. These are cowards. The mediocre people start things, proceed a bit and give up conceding their defeat to the obstacles. The valiant however, bathe through all the obstacles with extreme enthusiasm to take up challenges I am completely impressed by such an insightful review. Keep posting more often.

One of your commenters question was to post a telugu poem. Infact, every piece of Bhartruhari shatka tryam has bee translated into Telugu by one SrI. Lakshmana kavi. He is not acknowledged enough in literature and all his works go by the name Bhartruhari subhshitalu. The poem your commenter asked goes as follows:

aarambhimparu neecha maanavulu vighnayasa santrastulai
aarambhinchi parithyajintururu, vighna yattulai madhyamul
dheerul vighna nihanya maanulaguchun dhrtyunnatotsahulai
prarabdharthamulu ujjagimpuru sumi

Liberal translation:
Thinking of the obstacles a task is going to offer, some people donot even begin it. These are cowards. The mediocre people start things, proceed a bit and give up conceding their defeat to the obstacles. The valiant however, bathe through all the obstacles with extreme enthusiasm to take up challenges

]]> By: ashok http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-336798 ashok Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-336798 Harshada Can I have translation of Sa ramya nagri? Thanks Harshada
Can I have translation of Sa ramya nagri?
Thanks

]]> By: indra http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-329248 indra Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:03:01 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-329248 Could you please give me the text and translation of Padmakaram Dinakaram Vikacham karoti, Chandro vikaasayati kairava chakravaalam Naabhyarthito jala dharopi jalam dadaati Santi santaha Parahite' vihitaabhi yogah. Could you please give me the text and translation of Padmakaram Dinakaram Vikacham karoti,
Chandro vikaasayati kairava chakravaalam
Naabhyarthito jala dharopi jalam dadaati
Santi santaha Parahite’ vihitaabhi yogah.

]]> By: larissa http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-321838 larissa Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:10:58 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-321838 contd. Also gazals (in my understanding) are symptomatic of a soceity (Islamic) in which people had little control over their lives and so love is always unattainable and mostly unrequited. Hindu romantic aesthetics is so different as displayed in our romantic literature of old--it is always infused with higher ideals even when it is the most sensual... contd.
Also gazals (in my understanding) are symptomatic of a soceity (Islamic) in which people had little control over their lives and so love is always unattainable and mostly unrequited.
Hindu romantic aesthetics is so different as displayed in our romantic literature of old–it is always infused with higher ideals even when it is the most sensual…

]]> By: larissa http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-321837 larissa Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:52:01 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-321837 I mean to say how different these poems are from gazals which mostly are about forbidden and unattainable love, and precisely for these reasons I find uninteresting and uninspiring... (My husband says this is not Hindu and that the Hindu way is if you like someone forbidden you elope)--You never quite tame that which is never realized--but here the poet transcends the sensual route by actually experiencing its limitations--aesthitically is typically Hindu in this respect... I mean to say how different these poems are from gazals which mostly are about forbidden and unattainable love, and precisely for these reasons I find uninteresting and uninspiring… (My husband says this is not Hindu and that the Hindu way is if you like someone forbidden you elope)–You never quite tame that which is never realized–but here the poet transcends the sensual route by actually experiencing its limitations–aesthitically is typically Hindu in this respect…

]]> By: larissa http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-321828 larissa Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:49:12 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-321828 This is such a nice post! Glad someone brought it up so I was able to read it. The poems are beautiful and witty. Far more to my taste than gazals (which I cannot bear) and which are not Hindu aesthetically speaking... This is such a nice post! Glad someone brought it up so I was able to read it.
The poems are beautiful and witty. Far more to my taste than gazals (which I cannot bear) and which are not Hindu aesthetically speaking…

]]> By: Sandeep http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-321825 Sandeep Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:09:46 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-321825 Eshwar, No, I don't have them. Eshwar,

No, I don’t have them.

]]> By: Eshwar http://www.sandeepweb.com/2006/03/21/bhartruhari-king-poet-and-sage-par-excellence/comment-page-1/#comment-321779 Eshwar Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:20:34 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/?p=539#comment-321779 Dear Sandeep, Can u please send me soft copies of Shataktray, if available with u. Thanks in advance.. Regards Eshwar Dear Sandeep,
Can u please send me soft copies of Shataktray, if available with u.
Thanks in advance..
Regards
Eshwar

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