Srikavitakantasvayamvarah: Sriman Telkapalli Ramachandra Shastri (Instantly Prepared) 1926

“Srikavitakantasvayamvarah” was instantly composed (Asukavya) by Sriman Telkapalli Ramachandra Shastri, during the 19th century A.D. in Telangana. This poem is very interesting for deserving readers, mainly for the accomplished scholars of Kavyasastra. The Sanskrit manuscript was transliterated into Devanagari and Latin diacritics and also translated it into Sanskrit and Hindi with a Hindi commentary, ‘Couduriyam’. Prof. C Upendra Rao, a renowned academician from JNU, New Delhi.

Goddess Saraswati, the mother of the whole world once gave birth to two brilliant and marvellous daughters. Brahma with great happiness and invited all Gods for their naming ceremony. All Gods reached the abode of Brahma and there was a great auspicious occasion of celebration. Brihaspati, the teacher of Gods has prepared the birth horoscope of those two daughters and the mother Parvati named the first daughter ‘Kavita’ and the Goddess Laksmi named the second daughter ‘Giti’ God Brahma arranged her ‘Swayamvara’, in which there was a large number of scholars, Gods and other deserving princes, looking at them, the Kavita said, Vaiyakarana, is like my father, a logician is equal to my brother. The vedic scholar too is equal to my brother. But the Mimamsa is like my enemy. Therefore none of them can be my custodians.

Later she placed the fragrant garlands around the neck of God Sri Krsna. Kavita married him when all Gods extended their blessings. In course of time a delightful daughter was born to them, who was named ‘Kirthi’. Then  the poem ends with the boundless admiration of divine qualities of Sri Krsna.