Pothana wonderfully integrates alamkaras in his works
particularly in Bhagavatam. alamkaram beautifies literary work like jewelry. Sabdalamkaram
(jewelry of sound / letters) beautifies the work. Laata is one such Sabdalamkaram,
wherein group of equal consonants and vowels gets repeated with difference in
meaning and/or perception.
In kamda poem of the episode of “Puthana caressing baby
Krishna”, the beautiful Laata(లాట)
with the word chanu (చను) made the music magic.
10.1-220-ka. “chanu
nIku gudupa jAledi
chanuvAralu
lEru; nIvu chanavale” nanuchuM
“janu
gudupi mIdha nilukada
janudhAna”
nanaga vEdka janu janu gudupan.
10.1-220-క. “చను నీకు గుడుపఁజాలెడి 1
చనువారలు లేరు; నీవు చనవలె” ననుచుం 2
“జనుఁగుడుపి మీఁద నిలుకడఁ 3
జనుదాన” ననంగ వేడ్కఁ
జనుఁ జనుఁ గుడుపన్. 4
Courtesy: తెలుగుభాగవతముడాట్ కాం
BHAVAM: Telling
“skilled people who can breast feed you are not available (here). You have to die
/ know it”, (pUthana) is going forward with josh to give breast feeding (to
krishna), as though declaring “after breast feeding I will go (/ die) positively”.
