Great Ones on the Path (tentative)

ದಾರೆಗೆ ದೊಡ್ಡವರು

Author: D. N. Shankara Bhat (ಡಿ. ಎನ್. ಶಂಕರ ಬಟ್) — attributed; see speaker note below Read by: Malati Bhat (listed), but see critical note Published: date unknown Source quality: ⚠️ Very partial — Parts 1–2 unavailable; Parts 3–4 contain readable content but appear to be a commentary series, not a book reading Transcript: youtube/kn/full.md

Source Limitations: No description-raw.md is available for Book 13 — no Wayback Machine page was retrieved for this title. The overview below is based entirely on the 4-part YouTube transcript, of which only Part 3 contains genuinely readable content. Parts 1 and 4 are duplicates of each other (same text verbatim) and appear to contain content from a different video or series entirely. Part 2 is completely unavailable. Critically: the readable parts (3 and 4) refer to Shankara Bhat and his works in the third person (“ಶಂಕರಭಟ್ಟರ ಪುಸ್ತಕ”, “ಶಂಕರಭಟ್ಟರ ಕೃತಿ”) — indicating this series is not Malati Bhat reading Bhat’s own text, but rather one or more commentators discussing Bhat’s work. The nature and full content of this book remain uncertain.

Overview

(Inferred from transcript Parts 3 and 4 — no book description available)

ದಾರೆಗೆ ದೊಡ್ಡವರು is a complex Kannada phrase: ದಾರೆ (path/way) + ದೊಡ್ಡವರು (great ones, elders, eminent scholars). Possible meanings:

“Great figures on the [linguistic] path” — honoring scholars who led the way in Kannada reform
“Elders who show the path” — a title for a felicitation or tribute volume
“Those who are great for the path [ahead]” — reformers who prepared Kannada’s future

Given that the readable transcript parts contain third-person commentary praising DNS Bhat’s work — calling his books “revolutionary” and recommending them for schools — this book appears to be a collection of essays, discussions, or symposium proceedings about DNS Bhat’s linguistic contributions, not a book written by Bhat himself. The 4-part structure suggests a short book or pamphlet.

The sole readable part (Part 3) discusses Bhat’s word-formation book in glowing terms, noting that it rejects Sanskrit grammatical rules in favour of Kannada’s own rules for nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives, and calls it essential for all schools and colleges. The speaker also mentions a “full English translation” of the book — possibly a reference to Book 32 or a related English publication.

Part-by-Part

Part 1 — Watch on YouTube

⚠️ Transcript marked unavailable, but has appended readable content — a Kannada grammar lecture on pronouns (ಸರ್ವನಾಮ), referencing ancient grammarians Keshiraja (ಶಬ್ದಮಣಿದರ್ಪಣ) and Nagavarma. This content is coherent Kannada prose but appears to be from a different lecture series entirely — not from this book. It is identical to Part 4’s text.

Excerpt: “ಇಂದು ನಾವು ಸರ್ವನಾಮದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿಸ್ತರವಾಗಿ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಲು ಹೋಗಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಸರ್ವನಾಮ ಎಂಬುದು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಮಹತ್ವಪೂರ್ಣವಾದ ವಿಷಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಕೇವಲ ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ, ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲೂ ಸರ್ವನಾಮವು ಅಂತ ವಿಸ್ತೃತವಾದ ವಿಷಯವಾಗಿದೆ.” (“Today we will discuss pronouns in detail. The pronoun is an extremely important topic. Not only in Kannada but in all languages, the pronoun is such a wide-ranging subject.”)

Note: This content, while readable, is likely mismatched — it does not relate to ದಾರೆಗೆ ದೊಡ್ಡವರು.

Part 2 — Watch on YouTube

⚠️ Transcript not available for this part.

Part 3 — Watch on YouTube

Readable content (garbled in places). A commentator discusses Bhat’s word-formation work. Key content:

“In the complete vocabulary book, Sanskrit words in Kannada and English words that have come into Kannada have developed and transformed enormously. In the book on word formation, the sentence structure of Kannada and how meaning is conceived in Kannada — the structure has been laid out in the book. Rejecting the rules of Sanskrit words that came from Sanskrit, [instead establishing] Kannada rules — [covering] Sanskrit sandhi, Sanskrit compound formation, Sanskrit influence — information about nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives in the Indian context, Kannada rules, Kannada words. This is Shankara Bhat’s thinking in the book — a revolutionary book in Kannada linguistics. A supremely important book. For all primary schools and colleges — for students of Kannada grammar and sentence formation. The Karnataka Education Department — Shankara Bhat’s book [contains] a revolutionary Kannada chapter — Kannada teachers — full book English translation…”

This is a commentator praising Bhat’s book on word formation — almost certainly Book 11 (ಕನ್ನಡ ಬರಹದ ಪದಸಮಸ್ಯೆ) or Book 30.

Part 4 — Watch on YouTube

⚠️ Transcript is a verbatim duplicate of Part 1 (the pronoun lecture content). This confirms that the same wrong/mismatched video was fetched for both Parts 1 and 4. The actual content of Part 4 is unknown.

Key Concepts (from the available transcript fragment)

The series discusses Bhat’s works from an outside perspective — one or more scholars praising and contextualizing his contributions
The word-formation book described in Part 3 is characterized as: revolutionary (ಕ್ರಾಂತಿಕಾರೀ), supremely important (ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಮಹತ್ವಪೂರ್ಣ), essential for schools
Ancient grammarians Keshiraja (author of ಶಬ್ದಮಣಿದರ್ಪಣ) and Nagavarma are mentioned in Parts 1/4 — whether in comparison with or contrast to Bhat’s work is unclear
ದಾರೆ (path) and ದೊಡ್ಡವರು (great ones) — the title suggests honoring those who led the way in Kannada scholarship

Cross-References to Other DNS Bhat Works

Book	Connection
Book 11 (ಕನ್ನಡ ಬರಹದ ಪದಸಮಸ್ಯೆ)	Almost certainly the book praised in Part 3 — the “word-formation book” described
Book 30 (ಕನ್ನಡ ಬರಹವನ್ನು ಸರಿಪಡಿಸೋಣ)	May also be the subject — the “full English translation” mentioned could relate to this or Book 32
Book 32 (The Prominence of Tense, Aspect and Mood)	Bhat’s English academic publication — possibly the “English translation” referenced in Part 3
Book 14 (ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ಹಳೆಗನ್ನಡ ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ ಎಂತಹದು)	The ancient grammarians (Keshiraja, Nagavarma) mentioned in Parts 1/4 are also discussed in Book 14