Popular sIsa padyAlu

[Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri]

It didn't originally start with this idea, but I though I might as well
list the results (thus far) of the seesa-survey. I received 21 replies,
of which two didn't have any responses, four were not seesa padyas.
Of the remaining responses (three of them gave two choices each) the tally is:

pOtana-9, SrInAthuDu-4, and
tikkana, peddana, rAmakRshNuDu, SrISrI - 1 each

I thought I will list the poems that were mentioned. Here are pOtana's, and
the one tikkana poem that is quite famous (it might even be in the movie
nartanaSAla). The others I will try to post later (a diplomatic way of saying
i couldn't recall them, or look them up in their entirety)

The number against each poem is the number of mentions it received. Is it any
wonder that MMMMM had that many mentions?

Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - saptama skandhamu, poem #150, -pOtana - 4
prahlAda to his father:

mandAra makaranda mAdhuryamuna dElu madhupambu vOvunE, madanamulaku?
nirmala mandAkinI vIcikala dUgu rAyanca janune, tarangiNulaku?
lalita rasAla pallava khAdiyai cokku kOyila cEsrunE, kuTajamulaku?
pUrNEndu candrikA sphurita cakOrakam barugunE, sAndra nIhAramulaku?
ambujOdara divya pAdAravinda
cintanAmRta pAna viSEsha matta
citta mErIti yitarambu jEya nErcu?
vinuta guNa SIla, mATalu vEyu nEla?
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Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - prathama skandhamu, poem #222, -pOtana - 2
Bhishma praising SrIkRshNa, who was about to give up his vow of
un-involvement in "active" war, and contemplating killing bhIshma!

kuppinci yegasina kunDalambula kAnti gagana bhAgambella gappikonaga
nurikina nOrvaka yudarambulO nunna jagamula vrEguna jagati gadala
jakrambu jEpaTTi canudencu rayamuna bainunna paccani paTamu jAra
nammiti nAlAwu nagubATu sEyaka mannimpu mani krIDi marala diguva
gariki langhincu simhambu karaNi merasi
nEDu bhIshmuni jampudu ninnu gAtu
viDuvu marjuna yanucu madviSikhavRshTi
derali canudencu dEvunDu nAku dikku
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Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - saptama skandhamu, poem #169, -pOtana - 1
again prhlAda, to his father:

kamalAkshu narcincu karamulu karamulu, SrInAthu varNincu jihva jihva
sura rakshakuni jUcu cUDkulu cUDkulu, SEshaSAyiki mrokku Siramu Siramu
vishNu nAkarNincu vInulu vInulu, madhuvairi davilina manamu manamu
bhagavantu valagonu padamulu padamulu, purushOttamuni mIdi buddhi buddhi
dEvadEvuni jintincu dinamu dinamu
cakrahastuni brakaTincu caduvu caduvu
kumbhinIdhavu jeppeDi guruDu guruDu
tanDri! hari jErumaniyeDi tanDri tanDri!
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Andhra mahA bhAratamu - parvamu, -tikkana - 1
droupadi bhImunitO dharmarAju mahima ceppuTa

evvani va'kiTa niBamadapamkambu ra'jaBooshaNa rajOrAji naDagu
nevvani cAritra mella lOkamulaku nojjayai vinayambu norapu garapu
nevvani kaDakanTa nivvatilleDu cUDki mAnita sampada lInucunDu
nevvani guNalata lEDu vArAsula kaDapaTi konDapai galaya brAku
nataDu bhUri pratApa mahA pradIpa
dUra vighaTita garwAndhakAra vairi
vIra kOTIra maNi ghRNi vEshTitAnghri
taluDu, kEvala martyuDe dharmasutuDu!
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Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - daSama skandhamu (I), poem #1689, -pOtana - 1
rukmiNi, growing up as a young girl:

pErvEra bommala penDlinDLu sEyucu nabalala tODa viyyambu landu
gujjena gULLanu gomaroppa vanDinci, celulaku beTTincu jeluvu merasi
ramaNIya mandirArAma dESambula buvvudIgelakunu brOdi veTTu
sadamala maNimaya soudha bhAgambula lIlatO bharma DOlikala nUgu
bAlikalatODa jelarEgi bantu lADu
SArikAkIra panktiki jaduvu seppu
barhi sanghamulaku muripamulu garapu
mada marALambulaku jUpu manda gatulu
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Andhra mahA bhAgavatamu - daSama skandhamu (II), poem #1000, -pOtana - 1
kucElOpAkhyAnamu - SrIkRshNa recounting some good old times, when they
both went to a forest to gather firewood (this is when they both were
going to school, gurukula style!)

ghumaghumA rAva sankula ghOra jImUta paTala sanchannAbhra bhAgamagucu
jaTula jhanjhAnilOtkaTa samuddhUta nAnA vidha jantu santAna yagucu
janDa dig-vEdanDa tunDa nibhAkhanDa vAri dhArA pUrNa vasudha yagucu
vidyOta manOgra khadyOta kiraNa jidvidyuddyuti-cchaTA vibhava magucu
naDari jaDi guriyaga ninu Dastamimpa
bhUri nIrandhra nibiDA-ndhakAra mEci
sUcikA-bhEdyamai vastu gOcarambu
gAni yaTlunDa manamu navvAna daDisi
It rained and they got wet! Big Deal! rAju gArU, cAlA kashTa peTTAru, thanks!
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prasAd cODavarapu almost had me include nAgA's parody,

mersiDekkulu kAni ekkani maharAju ....... remember that?

Ramakrishna