Analysis of bhUvini dAsuDanE
pallavi
bhUvini dAsuDanE pErAsacE bOnkulADitinA budhamanOhara
anupallavi
avivEka mAnavula gOri kOri aDDudrOva trOkkitinA brOvavE
caraNam
cAla saukhyamO kaShTamO nEnu jAlijEnditinA sarivArilO
pAlamuncina nITamuncinA padamulE gati tyAgarAjanuta
Word to word meaning:
pErAsacE : with the greed to
anE : be known as
dAsuDu: your devotee
bhuvini: in this earth
bOnkulADitinA: did I lie?
budha manOhara: Oh one who enchants the wise?
gOri kOri: asking favours from
avivEka: ignorant
mAnavulu: men
aDDudrOva trOkkitinA: did I traverse crooked paths?
brOvavE: protect me
nEnu jAlijEnditinA: did I think
tsAla saukhyamO: of good times
kaShTamO: or difficult times?
sarivArilO: for people like me
pAlamuncina : what if you bathe me in milk
nItamuncina : or water?
padamulE gati: your feet are my only refuge
Oh one who enchants the wise, did I lie out of greed to be known as your foremost devotee on this earth?
Did I traverse crooked paths and lower myself by begging from base individuals? Protect me!
Did I ever bother about profit or loss? For people like me, to whom your feet are the only refuge, whether we bathe in milk or water it is all the same.
| Scheme | AB AA CDE X EXEFDX CEXXC XGGCXBX F C C |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 11111 1 11101111 1 1011111 11111 11110 11011 1111 1101 1011 1111 11111101 1011011 1100 11 111110101 1011 11111 11111 111001 111011 11111101 1110 1111111010 11110111111111111101111 11101010101110110100011 11101001101111011111110101010110111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 1,168 |
| Words | 191 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 1, 6, 5, 7, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 29 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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