There are several institutions, which received Sharma’s ‘dohada’ (instigation for healthy growth) – Rashtrotthana Parishat, Kannada Sahitya Parishat, Samskrita Bharati, Sura-sarasvatī-sabhā, and many more. Many maṭhas that belong to different traditions have also received Sharma’s immense contribution.
ಸ್ಮಿತದಿಂ ಸೌಹೃದವೀಕ್ಷಾ-
ಮೃತದಿಂ ಫಲ್ಗುಣನ ಸಂತವಿಡುತವನುಲಿದಾ
ಮತಿಮೋಹವ ನೀಗುವ ಜೀ-
ವಿತತ್ತ್ವವ ಪಾಡಿದಂ ಜಗದ್ಗುರು ಕೃಷ್ಣಂ || 1 ||
With a smile and a nectar-like glance of friendship,
the world-teacher, Kṛṣṇa, sang the essence of life,
curing Phalguṇa’s (Arjuna’s) mind delusion
that caused him to utter words of unhappiness.
ಅವಿಚಾರದ ಕೃಪೆಯೇಂ ತ-
ತ್ತ್ವವಿಮರ್ಶಾಧಾರಮಿರದ ಧರ್ಮಾಸ್ಥೆಯದೇಂ
ಸವಿಷಾದ ವಿರಕ್ತಿಯದೇಂ
ನವಕುಸುಮಾಸ್ತರಣಗುಪ್ತಗರ್ತಂ ಸುಖಮೇಂ || 2 ||
ಮಹಾಕವಿ ಭವಭೂತಿಯ ರೂಪಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆತನ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವ ಮತ್ತು ಕೃತಿತ್ವಗಳಲ್ಲದೆ ಕಾವ್ಯಮೀಮಾಂಸೆಯ ಸೂಚನೆಗಳೂ ಗಣ್ಯವಾಗಿವೆ. ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಾಮರ್ಶಿಸಬಹುದು. “ಮಾಲತೀಮಾಧವ”ದ ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತನ್ನೀ ರೂಪಕದ ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾನೆ:
ಭೂಮ್ನಾ ರಸಾನಾಂ ಗಹನಪ್ರಯೋಗಾಃ
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ಔದ್ಧತ್ಯಮಾಯೋಜಿತಕಾಮಸೂತ್ರಂ
Kaliṅgasenā who was pleased looking at the dolls forgot her hunger. She refused to eat anything that was offered to her. Her worried mother thought that she must have developed some kind of disease in her body and took her to the doctor. Upon looking at her, he said – ‘She has become like this because of extreme joy. Look at her eyes! They have blossomed so well! Look at her face! She seems to be laughing!’ When the mother asked her the reason for her happiness, Kaliṅgasenā told her the story of her dear friend. She then ate whatever she could.
It has been thirty years since Venkannayya left for his heavenly abode. Even so, that sorrow is still fresh in my heart. The sadness of bereavement is not unfamiliar to me. But I feel that the wound caused by Venkannayya’s demise will never heal. What could be the reason for this unusual depression?
DVG congratulated the Hindu Mahasabha on its attempt to consolidate our community. He explained the salience of the endeavour and the perils of neglecting it:
Satkāvya and Adhyātma