Having learnt with all interest,
The language of the lords as they call,
I was named among the bards, the best!
Now waiting in queue at heaven’s hall
Thrilled I was, to hear gods’ words
In the language I best understood
Beautiful were the songs to me
And without a clue others stood
Sudden attention caught my mind,
At a sight so majestic and strange.
Bharathi sang, to reach the men behind,
In a voice so loud, at a lofty range.
All ears were the gods, to this poet,
To get the lessons in Tamil very clear.
Panini, among others, was sitting so quiet.
Bettering his sight by removing the tear.
To go near the poet, while no one dared
Panini, The maker of Sanskrit grammar
Went near Bharathi and declared
That Tamil is the best, amid huge clamour
To learn Tamil, my mother tongue, at times,
Had been as bitter to me as neem, and now
The very thought of the mistake I did
Makes me unfit to go near bharathi and bow.
MADHUSOODHANAN
October 20, 2008
Bhaarathi is one of the greatest writers/poets INDIA has ever seen. He is the least known among those.
He has predominantly written in TAMIL, a classical language with great heritage.
He was the FIRST CARTOONIST of INDIA
He not only just knew many prominent INDIAN languages but had mastered many of them.
To know more : http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/bharathy/index.htm
Paaninee is a SANSKRIT grammarian. He devised the rules of sanskrit grammar.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini
Sanskrit is called as "deva bhaasha" (meaning: the language of the gods) which has been used as the base for the poetry above.
Monday, October 20, 2008
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