Poetry of Karunasri will take us to the melodious heights of spirituality and to the depths of maladies and sorrowful sufferings of present society and ultimately act as panacea of all ills.
Karunasri is a strange combination of tradition and modernity, spirituality and social awareness and most of his poetry dances and endures on the lips of every one sweetly and serenely.
Papayya Sastry has about 27 works,[2] which include Pushpa Vilapam, Kunthi Kumari, Karunasri, Paaki Pilla, Udayasri, Vijayasri, Omar Khayyam, Aruna Kiranalu, Telugu Baala and Kalyana Kalpavalli.
His Pushpa Vilapam was born out of his anger towards a visitor, who began eating the petals of a rose from the flower vase on the table, while the poet had been in his prayer room.
Karunasri was born out of his stream of his thoughts when he visited the rare Buddhist sculpture, Mahachaitya and pillars at Amaravathi village, Guntur district.
Papayya Sastry acted as Nandi Thimmana without wearing any make-up in Bhuvana Vijayam during Ugadi celebrations.
Parents: Mahalakshmi and Paradesaiah Wife: Anasuya Devi Sons: Dr. Jaya Krishna Bapuji, M.A., Ph.D. (Spouse: Subhashini) Venkata Ramana M.Com., M.Ed.
Ramarao 27th Jun 1987 An appreciation in the Half yearly Magazine “Chitanya Kavita” 1st Apr 1990 More than 1.25.000 Copies of “Telugu Bala” Book were sold.
The Poems Pushpa vilapam, Kunti kumari and ananda lahari were translated into English and Hindi by Dr. Amarendra and Dr. P. Surya Naraya Bhanu respectively Delivered thousands of literary lectures throughout India.
Advaita Murthy, Sandhyasri, Pushpa vilaapam, Kunti kumari, Anjali, Karunamayi and Prabhati poems were sung by Ghantasala, and melodious music by H.M.V Divine felicitation by Sri Viswayogi Viswamji on 6th Aug 1988 at guntur, to celebrate the completion of 60 years of literary endeavor.
Ranga Rao for his book Purana Bharathi on 8th Sep 1991 Several times acted as Mukku Timmana in Bhuvana vijayam, Nannaya in Bharatavataranam, Chemakura Venkata kavi in Indira Mandiram, and Potana in Brahma Sabha.
Bhavani Devi, Smt Lata etc., written articles in Telugu,English and in Hindi by appreciating Karunasri's work.
- Dr. Papineni Sivasankar, Sahitya Akademi Awardee He created in Telugu poetry, a peculia style of his own, excusing classical splendor and lyrical sweetness.
- Dr. Nanduri Rama Krishnamacharyulu Karunasri is the only poet who reflects the pulse of the Telugu people in his poetry after the great Bammera Potana.
- Padama Bhushana Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao The very fact that I have named my daughters as Vijayasri and Udayasri reveals the deep impression of his works on me.
- Dr. Prasada Raya Kulapati His Udayasri is a pole star of his inimitable style in the modern Telugu poetry.