A 's`atakam' means 100 verses. Teachers all over Andhra Pradesh used to teach the Vemana Satakam to primary school children upto 2000 A.D. The A.P. Government text books, schools and Private schools in Andhra Pradesh do not give any importance to Vemana Satakam.
One very popular verse escaped my attention while preparing the post #000 full text Roman Text at this blog. I quote and discuss it here:-
Uppu Kappurambu okka poolika nund`u
Chuud`a chuud`a ruchula jaad`a veeru
Purushulandu pun`ya purushulu veerayaa
Vis`vadaabhi Raama Vinura Veema!
GIST
Salt and camphor look alike. Their tastes differ, when we observe. Virtuous men stand out among men. (Men and virtuous men look alike. But, their characteristics differ. We have to carefully distinguish and discriminate).
MY COMMENTS
The 44 American Presidents belong to the same class of Presidents of America. They have some common traits which enable them to succeed in getting elevated as Presidents. Nevertheless, all the men need not be truly virtuous or equally virtuous. They may be totally divergent. We can see such divergence between Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevilt. We can see the variance between Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan or George Bush. Will Barrack Obama be like salt or camphor? Time will decide this. Besides, there can never be a perfect white #ffffff or black #000000 among humans. Everybody is a shade of gray.
Understanding human mind, hence, is somewhat complex. We can grasp the depth of Vemana's insight.
