Composer: Baddena Bhupaludu (AD 1220-1280). He was also known as Bhadra Bhupala. C.P. Brown. He was a Chola prince and was a Vassal under the Kakatiya empress Rani Rudrama Devi during the thirteenth century. He was a pupil of Tikkana, the greatest writer in Telugu. If we assume that the Sumatee Satakam was indeed written by Baddena, it would rank as one of the earliest Satakams in TeluguMore...
Meaning:
It is dangerous for a Karanam to trust another (as both of them are involved in legal issues); Hence one shouldn’t trust others with one’s secrets.
Karanam or Karana is a caste mostly prevalent in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. Karanam is a writer-caste. It is a sect of Brahman, whose vocation or kulavruthi (caste profession) is writing and/or professions that need writing skills such as documentation of land and property titles, accounts maintenance, legal writing, lawyers etc. Karnams, primarily, had jobs as bureaucrats and government officials before the 1980s. – Courtesy Wikipedia
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