February 2019
ಮತ್ತೆ ಕೆಲವು ಒಳನೋಟಗಳು
ನರಸಿಂಹಭಟ್ಟರು ತಮ್ಮ ಲೇಖನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಬೋಧಕವಾದ ಅನೇಕಾಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಸ್ತಾವಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವನ್ನು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ನಾವು ವಿಷಯಾನುಸಾರಿಯಾಗಿ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಮಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಇದೀಗ ಅವರ ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಒಳನೋಟಗಳನ್ನು ಪರಾಂಬರಿಸೋಣ. ಇವು ಮುಖ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಅವರ “ಭಾರತೀಯಸಂವೇದನೆ”ಯ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಹರಳುಗಟ್ಟಿದ ಕಾರಣ ತಾತ್ತ್ವಿಕಾಂಶಗಳಿಗಿಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಧಾರಣೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು. ಪ್ರಾಯಿಕವಾಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿಯ ಅವರ ಎಲ್ಲ ನಿಲವು-ನಿಗಮನಗಳೂ ಕೇವಲಾದ್ವೈತದ ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ, ಯಾವುದೇ ವಿವೇಕಿಗೆ ಸಂಮತವಾಗಬಲ್ಲ ಕಾರಣ ಅವನ್ನು...
ಕಾವ್ಯದ ರೂಪವಿಮರ್ಶೆ
ರಸವು ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಸ್ವರೂಪವಾದರೆ ಗುಣ, ರೀತಿ, ಧ್ವನಿ, ವಕ್ರತೆ, ಅಲಂಕಾರಾದಿಗಳು ಅದರ ರೂಪಸ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುತ್ತವೆ. ವಸ್ತುತಃ ಶಬ್ದವೇ ಕಾವ್ಯದ ರೂಪ (Form). ಇನ್ನು ರಸವಾದರೋ ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಅರ್ಥ, ಪರಮಾರ್ಥ (Content). ಭಟ್ಟರು “ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿಯ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀಯನಿರೂಪಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವರ್ಗೀಕೃತಘಟಕಗಳು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣಭಿನ್ನವಾಗಿರದೆ ಒಂದು ಇನ್ನೊಂದರ ವಿಕ್ಷೇಪದಂತಿರುವಂತಹವು” ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ (ಪು. ೧೮). ಇದನ್ನು ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುವುದಾದರೆ, ಋಷಿಪರಂಪರೆಯ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಿವಿಧವಿಭಾಗಗಳು ಪರಸ್ಪರಸಾಪೇಕ್ಷ ಹಾಗೂ ಪೂರಕವೆನ್ನಬಹುದು. ಇದು...
The Philosophy of Virtue is Worth Pursuing
The Mahabharata continues to occupy a preeminent place because it offers the great ideal of the elevation of one’s character. Exhortatory phrases such as “yato dharmastato jayaḥ” (Bhishma’s discourse to Karna) will unfold their true and full meaning only at the level of philosophy and not in the folds of the Mahabharata story.
Our experiences of joy and sorrow have a finish; however, the flow of Satya...
Although legal practice was the means for his livelihood as well as his wealth and success, his inner interests solely lay in literature. During the time we stayed in houses that faced each other—on Chamarajpet Fourth Street—he and I, along one or two other friends, would spend time late in the night, often past midnight, appreciating poets and their work. During those discussions, suddenly he would remember something and then say, “It’s already...
Once, the great scholar, writer and speaker Romesh Chunder Dutt visited Bangalore. Several people who were enthusiastic about listening to his lecture sent a deputation with this request. Dutt had to decline due to his failing health. The unrelenting deputation told him that they would find another speaker and requested him to preside over the lecture. Dutt agreed to this proposal. The assembly started. The speaker of the day was a renowned...
I mentioned earlier that as per the recommendation of my friends, M G Varadacharya was the third of the three people in Bangalore who were best suited to estimate the worth of English poetry.
Around thirty-four years have elapsed since Varadacharya left us all (c. 1918-19). Even so, every time I remember his name, my throat is choked, my breath becomes heavy, and eyes become moist. He was such was an intensely emotional[1] character.
When I went...
ಮತ್ತೊಂದೆಡೆ ಭಟ್ಟರು ಕಾವ್ಯ-ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳ ಸಾಮಾನಾಧಿಕರಣ್ಯವನ್ನು ನಿರೂಪಿಸುತ್ತ ಕಾವ್ಯದ ಮೂರು ಘಟಕಗಳಾದ ವಸ್ತು, ಪಾತ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ರಸಗಳನ್ನು ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ, ಪ್ರಮೇಯ ಮತ್ತು ಸಿದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನೊಳಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ಸಾಧನಗಳೆಂಬ ಮೂರು ಅಂಶಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂವಾದಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸುತ್ತ ಕಾವ್ಯವು ತನ್ನ ವಸ್ತುವನ್ನು ಬೀಜ, ಬಿಂದು ಮತ್ತು ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳೆಂಬ ಮುಖ್ಯಾಂಗಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ವಿಶ್ಲೇಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಇವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬೀಜವು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವನ್ನು, ಕಾರ್ಯವು ಕೊನೆಯನ್ನು, ಬಿಂದುವು ಅವಿಚ್ಛಿನ್ನತೆಯನ್ನು ಸೂಚಿಸುವುವೆನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂವಾದಿಯಾಗಿ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಕ್ರಮ...
[In the book, Vāggeyakāra Vāsudevācārya, there is an essay that records my reverence and admiration about Mysore Vasudevacharya’s personality. Acharya’s grandson, S Krishnamurthy, M.A. was the editor of that book. That anthology also contains essays by a few eminent scholarly connoisseurs. I also got the opportunity to express my innermost sentiments in the foreword I wrote for Acharya’s wonderful work, Nā kaṇḍa kalāvidaru (‘Artistes whom I have...
Thoughts on Politics
Shivaswami Iyer sided with the Moderates in politics. This party was known as the ‘Liberals’. He did not like the extremists and did not appreciate the path taken by Tilak and others. He subscribed to the views of Gokhale, Dadabai Navaroji, Ranade and others. In his view, the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi were very impractical and insane. He never missed an opportunity to say that Gandhi’s path would only dig grave for India.
In...
Characters are Akin to Shadows
The principles and tenets symbolized by the Devas and the Asuras in the Vedic lore have been clearly, vividly unraveled in the characters of the Pandavas and Kauravas. In the backdrop of this stream of thought, it is indeed appropriate to regard the characters of the Mahabharata as metaphors and akin to shadows.
The Kurukshetra war symbolizes that confrontation which occurs and should occur within us among the...