The following are the results of a survey conducted in the cyberspace on the Popular seesa padyaalu. It didn't originally start with this idea, but I thought I might as well list the results (thus far) of the seesa-survey. I received 21 replies, of which two didn't have any responses, four were not seesa padyas. Of the remaining responses (three of them gave two choices each) the tally is:
pOtana-9, SrInAthuDu-4, andBelow is list the poems that were mentioned.
tikkana, peddana, rAmakRshNuDu, SrISrI - 1 each
The number against each poem is the number of mentions it received. Is it any wonder that MMMMM had that many mentions?
Ramakrishna Pillalamarri.
Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - saptama skandhamu, poem #150, -pOtana - 4
prahlAda to his father:
mandAra makaranda mAdhuryamuna dElu
madhupambu vOvunE, madanamulaku?
nirmala mandAkinI vIcikala dUgu rAyanca janune, tarangiNulaku?
lalita rasAla pallava khAdiyai cokku
kOyila cErunE, kuTajamulaku?
pUrNEndu candrikA sphurita cakOrakam barugunE, sAndra nIhAramulaku?
ambujOdara divya pAdAravinda
cintanAmRta pAna viSEsha matta
citta mErIti yitarambu jEya nErcu?
vinuta guNa SIla, mATalu vEyu nEla?
Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - prathama skandhamu, poem #222, -pOtana - 2
Bhishma praising SrIkRshNa, who was about to give up his vow of
un-involvement in "active" war, and contemplating killing bhIshma!
kuppinci yegasina kunDalambula kAnti gagana bhAgambella gappikonaga
nurikina nOrvaka yudarambulO nunna jagamula vrEguna jagati gadala
jakrambu jEpaTTi canudencu rayamuna bainunna paccani paTamu jAra
nammiti nAlAwu nagubATu sEyaka mannimpu mani krIDi marala diguva
gariki langhincu simhambu karaNi merasi
nEDu bhIshmuni jampudu ninnu gAtu
viDuvu marjuna yanucu madviSikhavRshTi
derali canudencu dEvunDu nAku dikku
Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - saptama skandhamu, poem #169, -pOtana - 1
again prhlAda, to his father:
kamalAkshu narcincu karamulu karamulu, SrInAthu varNincu jihva jihva
sura rakshakuni jUcu cUDkulu cUDkulu, SEshaSAyiki mrokku Siramu Siramu
vishNu nAkarNincu vInulu vInulu, madhuvairi davilina manamu manamu
bhagavantu valagonu padamulu padamulu, purushOttamuni mIdi buddhi buddhi
dEvadEvuni jintincu dinamu dinamu
cakrahastuni brakaTincu caduvu caduvu
kumbhinIdhavu jeppeDi guruDu guruDu
tanDri! hari jErumaniyeDi tanDri tanDri!
Andhra mahA bhAratamu - parvamu, -tikkana - 1
droupadi bhImunitO dharmarAju mahima ceppuTa
evvani va'kiTa niBamadapamkambu ra'jaBooshaNa rajOrAji naDagu
nevvani cAritra mella lOkamulaku nojjayai vinayambu norapu garapu
nevvani kaDakanTa nivvatilleDu cUDki mAnita sampada lInucunDu
nevvani guNalata lEDu vArAsula kaDapaTi konDapai galaya brAku
nataDu bhUri pratApa mahA pradIpa
dUra vighaTita garwAndhakAra vairi
vIra kOTIra maNi ghRNi vEshTitAnghri
taluDu, kEvala martyuDe dharmasutuDu!
Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - daSama skandhamu (I), poem #1689, -pOtana - 1
rukmiNi, growing up as a young girl:
pErvEra bommala penDlinDLu sEyucu nabalala tODa viyyambu landu
gujjena gULLanu gomaroppa vanDinci, celulaku beTTincu jeluvu merasi
ramaNIya mandirArAma dESambula buvvudIgelakunu brOdi veTTu
sadamala maNimaya soudha bhAgambula lIlatO bharma DOlikala nUgu
bAlikalatODa jelarEgi bantu lADu
SArikAkIra panktiki jaduvu seppu
barhi sanghamulaku muripamulu garapu
mada marALambulaku jUpu manda gatulu
Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - daSama skandhamu (II), poem #1000, -pOtana - 1
kucElOpAkhyAnamu - SrIkRshNa recounting some good old times, when they
both went to a forest to gather firewood (this is when they both were
going to school, gurukula style!)
ghumaghumA rAva sankula ghOra jImUta paTala sanchannAbhra bhAgamagucu
jaTula jhanjhAnilOtkaTa samuddhUta nAnA vidha jantu santAna yagucu
janDa dig-vEdanDa tunDa nibhAkhanDa vAri dhArA pUrNa vasudha yagucu
vidyOta manOgra khadyOta kiraNa jidvidyuddyuti-cchaTA vibhava magucu
naDari jaDi guriyaga ninu Dastamimpa
bhUri nIrandhra nibiDA-ndhakAra mEci
sUcikA-bhEdyamai vastu gOcarambu
gAni yaTlunDa manamu navvAna daDisi
It rained and they got wet! Big Deal!
A seesapadyam by SrISrI, on someone's moustache - a meesa padyam! - 1
kAru mabbula bAru sErunEleDi teeru kOra mIsamu pondu kOrukondu
mRgarAju jUlunE teganODa jaalu nI ghana mIsamu pasandu kanula vindu
ganDu ceemala danDu kadalADinaTulunDu nI mIsamu terangu nIlarangu
melipeTTi nelabeTTu mIsaala rOsAlu gagana manDalamupai kAlu duvvu
evaru mOyucunnAru ee avani bhAra-
mAdiSEshuDA, kUrmamA? kAdu, kAdu
ashTadiggaja kUTamA ? adiyu kAdu
mAma mIsAle bhuviki SreerAma raksha
SRngAra naishadhamu by SrInAthuDu, - 1
hamsa(lu), damayanti-tO
naLina sambhavu vAhanamu vAruvambulu kulamu sAmulu mAku kuvalayAkshi
cadalETi bangAru jalaruhambula tUnDlu bhOjanambulu mAku puvvubONi
satya lOkamununDi sakala lOkambulu ATapaTTulu mAku abjavadana
madhurAksharamu laina mA mATalu vinanga amRtAmSulE yOgu anupamAngi
SAradA dEvi munjEti paluku ciluka
samada gajayAna sadbrahmacAri mAku
vEda SAstra purANAdi vidyalella
taruNi, nI yAna ghanTA pathammu mAku
I am not completely sure about the word "amRtAmSulE" in the fourth line.
Anyone with an authentic telugu text at their disposal, please check.
SrInAthuDu, about himself, before visiting a king, -2
The situation is : After visiting several royal courts, and receiving great
praise, Srinatha was about to enter Singaraya Bhupati's court (I think to
retrievehis own king's family sword which the other has confiscated as a
sign ofvictory); he pauses to pay tribute, and to crave support from Goddess
Saraswathi. The 'candrabhUsha kriya' referred to in the above poem is
supposed to be 'SatAvadhAnam' which Srinatha performed with great success in
Vijayanagaram court. (Thanks to Nasy who provided the context)
dInAra TankAla tIrtha mADinciti.dakshiNAdhISu mutyAla SAla
pagula goTTinchitudbhaTa vivAda prauDhi gauDa DinDimabhaTTu kancuDhakka
paluku tODaitAndhra bhAshAmahAkAvya naishadha grantha sandarbhamunaku
chandrabhUsha kriyASakti rAyalayodda pAdu golpiti sArvabhouma biruda-
meTula meppinchedO nannu ninka mIda
rAvu singamahIpAlu dhIviSAlu
ninDu koluvuna nelakoni yunDu nIvu
sakala sadguNa nikurumba SAradAmba
SrInAthuDu, in his old days, in handcuffs
Perhaps for lack of patronage, he takes up agriculture, and as luck would
have it, is unsuccessful, and goes into debt. He pilee up a lot of unpaid
taxes, and is found guilty, and is punished by the then king. He is being
taken through the streets, in chains. He is remembering th eold glorious
days, and juxtaposing that with his current condition. (I am not satisfied
with this off-the-cuff description of the context. Will look it up to see
what Arudra says in his SAS)
kavirAju kanThambu kougilincenu gadA puravIdhi nedurenDa bogaDa danDa!
aandhra naishadhakarta anghri yugmambuna dagiliyunDenu gadA nigaLa yugamu
vIrabhadrA reDDi vidwAmsu munjEta viyyamandenu gadA veduru goDiya
sArvabhoumuni bhuja stambhamekkenu gadA nagari vAkiTa nunDu nalla gunDu
kRshNa vENamma gonipOye vinta phalamu
bilabi lAxulu tinipOye tilalu pesalu
boDDu pallenu nammiti mOsa pOti
eTlu cellintu Tankammu lEDu nUrlu?
kALLakUri nArAyaNa rAwu, in cintAmaNi nATakam - 1
For those unfamiliar with the play, Bilwamangala, an orthodox scholar somehow
gets into the 'net' of Chintamani, a vESya. Chintamani's mother, Sreehari is
a prototypical leech, asking/demanding money/jewellery from the 'patrons'.
Bilwamangala's friend, Bhawani Sankara, who initially introduces him to
Chintamani, goes broke with these demands, and is declaring his plight thus,
for anyone who cares to hear and learn. (BTW, in Bharani's version of the
movie, the cast was NTR, Bhanumati, SVR as Bhawani Sankara, Relangi as Subbi
Setti - another bloke who goes broke)
tAtala nATi kshEtramu lella teganammi dOsiLLatO tecci pOsinAnu
tanDri kaTTina illu dAyAdulaku nicci nIku vastuvulu cEyincinAnu
attavAriccina anTu mAmiDitOTa nIvu kOraga vrAsi yiccinAnu
kulasati mEni sommulu pustetO gUDa konivacci nIyinTa guppinAnu
kulamuvArella nIkidi kUDadanina
bhArya nUtiki gOtiki paruvuliDina
lekka cEyaka nIyillu kukkavOle
kAcukoni yiTulunnAnu, kaliki nEnu (sing in rAg pahADI, he says!)
Some others he mentioned are: (most of these are all from famous plays)
divya sthalambagu tirupati konDanu ....(bhawAnISankara in cintAmaNi,
bemoaning things such as xx in yy, "nallulu" in "mancAlu",
mothers for ladies of the evening,....
ardhAnga lakshmi yainaTTi illAlini (bilwamangaLa in cintAmaNi)
inTa rambhala vanTi intulunDaga sAni samparkamun gOru cavaTalAra! (cintA)
kAbOlu brahma rAkshasa samUhambidi ....(Drama - hariScandra)
javadATi yerugadI yuvatI lalAmambu ... (Drama - hariScandra)
bhAratIyula kaLA prAbhavammolikimpa (famous during and after Indian
Independence struggle - I am sure someone will send me the
complete text. This is really good)
Ramakrishna
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