There are but a few more stagings of this dance drama in the remaining time the Kuchipudi Art Academy troupe of Dr. vempati China Satyam from Madras is going to be in the country. After I saw the drama "hara vilAsam", in Detroit in early September, I was inspired to wrote the story (as depicted in the drama) in "mutyAla sarAlu" style, and here it is to share with you all.
For those interested, the structure for mutyAla saram is quite simple. (gurajADa's dEsamunu prEmincumannA - is in this verse form, so are some of SrISrI's - what comes to mind is -"rudramAmbA, bhdrakALI lOcanOjjvala rOculEvI..) Usually the verse has three (in some cases more) 14-matra lines, followed by one 9-matra line. The 14-matra line is divided into four groups (gaNas) of 3,4,3,4 matras. The three-matra gaNa can be a III, or a UI. The four-matra gaNas can be any of the possible set (UU, UII, IUI, IIU, IIII - these are all the possibilities) except one of them. Which one? Left here as an exercise. The concluding short line is 3,4,2 with the restriction that the last syllable be a guruvu.
There are no yati, prAsa requirements, but it need not be said that having them whenever possible enhances the readability (singability), and memoriza- bility of it.
With that intro, here it is:
HARA VILASAMU
a kUcipUDi dance drama by the
Kucipudi Art Academy, Madras
Dr. Vempati China Satyam, Director
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nATya SAstrArdha sampannam
hara vilAsam adbhutam
kUcipUDI prasAryEtam
dRSya kAvyam mahattaram
- Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao,
nyastAkshari, ashTavadhAnam, 26 Aug '94, Pittsburgh
guttunA mutyAla saramula
hara vilAsapu mathura gAdhanu
kUcipUDI nRtya nATika
cUcitini monnan
---- o ---- O ---- o ----
prajA pati yagu dakshuDokkaDu
prajAhitamagu yAgamokkaTi
cEya bUnenu, piluva nampenu,
surala, bhUsurulan
kalahamula lOkakalyANamu
cEyu nArada sura munIndruDu
dakshu garvamu mApu jEyaga
yOcananu jEsen
dEvatAnIkamunu, munulanu,
nartakula, bhUsurOttamulanu
pilice dakshuDu, allu, kUtuni
piluva lEdakaTA!
alluDagu A mahAdEvuni
bhArya dAkshAyaNi, mahA sati
puTTininTiki bOve nencenu
talli jUcuTakai
SivuDu Amenu nivArincenu,
piluvakunDaga pOvarAdane,
vinadu; puTTinTipai prEmanu,
sati payanamayyen
dakshuDAmenu Adarincaka
mahAdEvuni tUlanADenu,
okka kshaNamaTa nunDa nollaka
sati citini samasen
Sivudu sati mRti vini tapincenu
praLaya tAnDava nRtyamADenu
avani kadulaga, nabhamu ceduraga,
jantu santati bedari pOvaga,
dikkulannI pikkaTillaga
sRshTi yantamu nAn
SivuDu tAnDava nRtyamADenu
jaTA jUTapu Sikha pekalcenu
vIrabhadruni sRshTi cEsenu
dakshu Sikshincan
sati viyOgapu ati manOvyadha
tA bharimpaga lEka nabhavuDu
himAcalamula mahA tapamuna
magnuDai melagen
himAcalapati kUturai sati
pArvatI nAmamuna baragucu
bAlayai, atilOka sundari
hElagA nunDen
pArvatI paramESwarula sam-
yOga phalamuna tArakA sam-
hAramagunani talaci yindruDu
manmadhuni pampen
tapamu cEseDi Sivunipai pa-
rvatiki prEmuDi ankurincenu,
aharniSalunu atani centanu
sEva Ta jarapun
manmadhuni kusumAstramulacE
tapObhangamu cendi SivuDa-
grahincenu; vAnini dahincenu,
phAla nEtrAgnin
Ame prEma pragADhatanu tA
parIkshimpaga SivuDu vaTuvai
gEli cEsenu; pArvatI sati
manamu ceduradugA!
SivuDu nijarUpamuna yeduTanu
niluva pArvati santasincenu,
siggu paDe, nacceruvu paDe, nika
niluvakaye pOyen
pArvatI pariNayammunakai
sakala janamulu santasambuna
nEla lUDciri, nILLu jalliri,
pasapu danciri, muggu lEsiri,
vAkiLula tOraNAl gaTTiri,
nagara vIdhulalO
pArvatini peLLi kUturugA
alankaraNamulenni sEsiri!
nagalu taDagiri, punugu pUsiri,
paTTu baTTalu kaTTa beTTiri,
ishTa sakhulantan
pArvatini peLLi kUturugA
kALulaku pArANitOnU,
vELulaku gOranTa rangU,
nuduTa tilakau, yedanu pulakalu,
amma jUDavalen
kotta peLLi kumArte vale A
nitya muttayiduva kanambaDe
sarwa mangaLa, jagajjanani, tri
bhuvana sundarigA
dEvatAnikamulu, munulunu,
nartakulu, bhUsurOttamulunu
pramadha gaNamulu praSamsinciri
peLli peddalugA
cUcitini DeTrAyiTanduna,
cUcitini kalamajUlOnU,
cUcedanu, mA nagaramanduna,
peda utakapADun.
(peda utakapADu = gretaer Washing-ton)
Ramakrishna