PURANDARADASARU

THE POET PURANDARADASARU WHO LIVED IN KARNATAKA IN INDIA DURING THE PERIOD OF 15-16TH CENTURY, COMPOSED 4,75,000 ComPOSITIONS . BUT ONLY 1500 COMPOSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE NOW.ONE OF HIS POEMS DESCRIBES ABOUT LORD VISHNU'S TEN AVATARS AND THE UNIQUE QUALITY OF THE AVATARS.

HE HAS WRITTEN IN KANNADA LANGUAGE . HERE ARE HIS WORDS IN TRANSLITERATION MODE.

1. ENAYITU RANGAGE' NODIRAMMA

2. NIDHANISI ENAGONDU HELIRAMMA

3. PUTTADARABHYA KANNU MUCHANAMMA

4. ESHTADARU MOLE' UNNANAMMA

5. TUTUKU MUKHA MELAKKE' ETTANAMMA - HEEGE

6. ESHTHE' LALI BAAYI MUCCHANAMMA

7. KAYA IDHAGIDDU HECHITAMMA HETTA

8. TAYI NELE' ILLADAYITAMMA

9. NOYANO'TADI ABDI BATTITAMMA - IVANA

10. BAYOLAGE VISHWA TORITAMMA

11. AT YANTA MATUGALA ADUVANAMMA MUNDE

12. SAT YAGI KUDURE' ERUVANAMMA

13. NITYA-NIRDOSHA SREE PURANDARA VITALANU - TANNA

14. BHAKTARA SALAHUVA DEVANAMMA

AVATARS
1. FISH ( LINE NO:3 ) - WHICH DOES NOT Shu EYE FROM BIRTH

2. TORTOISE ( LINE NO:4) - WHICH DOES NOT TAKE IT MOTHER'S BREST MILK

3. VARAHA (LINE NO: 5) - DOES NOT LIFT HIS HEAD UP.

4. NARASIMHA ( LINE NO: 6) - HE DOES NOT SHUT HIS MOUTH
HE DID NOT STOP HIS ROAR AFTER DESTROYING THE DEMON HIRANYAKASHIPU.

5. VAMANA ( LINE NO: 7) - HIS (DWARF'S) BODY SUDDENLY STARTED TO GROW TO HUGE PROPORTIONS.

6. PARASHURAMA ( LINE NO: 8) - OWN ( HIS ) MOTHER LOST HER SHELTER.

7. RAMA (LINE NO: 9)-BY HIS ANGRY LOOK, THE SEA BECAME DRY. HE BUILT THE BRIDGE TO LANKA TO CROSS OVER TO MEET SITA

8. KRISHNA ( LINE NO: 10 ) - THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE WAS SEEN IN HIS MOUTH, WHEN YASOTHA ( HIS MOTHER ) OPENED
HIS MOUTH TO SEE WHETHER HE HAS EATEN THE MUD.

9. BUDDHA ( LINE 11 ) - HE SPEAKS GREAT WORDS LIKE BUDDHA

10. KALKI ( LINE 12 ) - HE WILL HONESTLY COME RIDING ON A HORSE AT A LATER DATE.

THE LAST TWO LINES ( 13,14) SAYS THE LORD ALWAYS PROTECT HIS DEVOTEES.