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Posted on: Jan 07, 2016
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"Music is a moral law," someone said, "It supplies a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to life and life to everything." Perhaps among all arts, music has that great power and potentiality to take us away effortlessly, effectively, immediately and fully from the humdrum of the mundane to the unbounded and effervescent freedom of the spirit.
In fact our ancients recognised this almost at the dawn of our history. That is why after they extolled the Gods in poetic hymns called Riks, they soon moved over to rhythmic melodies by fitting the Riks to different tunes and began singing the Sama Veda to propitiate the divine.
The exemplary poet-saint Tyagaraja, in one of his compositions says, “Human life is the greatest of all lives, and there is none happier than the one who with flawless and tuneful music ceaselessly sings the Lord's name.” In fact in his kirtana, 'Nama kusumamulache' he asks us to place the Supreme Lord on the bejewelled pedestal of nada and swara (musical sounds and notes) and worship His feet with the flowers of His names.
Mere music bereft of devotion, he cautions, is not only immaterial and unworthy, but also degrading and detrimental to music as well as the musician. In, 'Rama Ni pate pata', unmistakably he says, “The only song worthy of the name is what is surely in praise of the Lord.”
Innumerable are the occasions when we have heard Bhagawan Himself sing this song with so much zeal and ecstatic energy. Perhaps only to instil in us this profound message on the purpose of music so melodiously conveyed in this lyrical phrase.
Tyagaraja, however, does not stop with this. In the song, 'Swara raga sudha rasa' he goes on to say: “Devotion combined with the rasa of swara and raga is itself heaven and salvation.” Further, in his song, 'Sitavara' he earnestly prays to the Lord that he may be blessed with the knowledge of music so that he might attain the state of Jivan Mukti - the ultimate goal of every seeker.
And he indeed attained the ultimate ‘Ultimate' through this Nadopasana (worship through music). In fact so compellingly he captured the Lord's heart through this unique sadhana that centuries later when the same Lord Rama came down again as Sai Rama, the very mention of Tyagaraja would emotionally electrify His divine physical being. This indeed was a real, visible and indelible illustration of what music can do.
It is not only Tyagaraja. For every Tyagaraja and Meera we read about, there are hundreds of such souls who have indeed tasted communion with the consciousness through the conduit of music. In fact it happens in bits and parts, maybe in lower intensities but with absolute surety in the lives of so many who have taken to music to communicate with their Divine Beloved.
And we at Radio Sai wished to collect, collate and share these devotional outpourings to one and all. And it was in that context we announced the Song Festival a couple of months ago. And as our experience has been with every such initiative in the past, the response was overwhelming. We received about 70 entries in all and each one was a beautiful expression of deep love.
As the pictures above show, just before the New Year we offered these to Bhagawan in the Sai Kulwant Hall. To share with all of you we have chosen 18 of them that really stood out. These are in different languages and styles, and we must say, they are a perfect sample of the rich variety we received. It was indeed a heart warming feeling to hear Swami, the ruler of our hearts, being praised in so many languages and styles of music, each one of them so suffused with pure devotion. We thank each one of you, dear participants, for sharing with us the melodies of your heart.
| Song: Dheenavatsala Hey Partheesha Shyam KM Dubai, UAE |
Song: Bhoolenge kaise pal |
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Song: Main to chal rahi hoon parthi dhaam re |
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Song: Dil bas kahe... chalu teri aor
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Song: How do I feel when I see You walk by |
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Song: Time After Time Shiva Shiri Chandiran, Gokulan Karunasaladeva, Saieesh Shanmugarajah, Nishevitha Shanmugarajah and Sudhagar Sivabalan |
Song: Akhiyan dhunde tujhe subha aur sham |
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| Baba, Tu ouvres moncoeur (Baba, You Open My Heart) Isabelle Aubier |
Song: Aao mere Sai Aao Sai Abhishek Raj New Delhi, India Download |
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| Song: Hara Hara Shankara Parthipureeshwara Abishek.H Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi Download |
Song: Karunai kadal Shri. Krishna Rao Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Download |
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| Song: Dhimikita dhimikita deva vaa Lalitha.V Bangalore, India Download |
Song: Ramanai Krishnanai R. S. Balasubramaniam Salem, Tamilnadu, India Download |
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| Song: Sarvantaryaami Shree Satya Sai Swetha Sundar Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Download |
Song: Sharanam endru adainthom Jayashree & Banu Priya Madurai, Tamilnadu, India Download |
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| Song: Shringara Rupa Devi Mata Maheswari Aishwarya Ramachandran Jamnagar, Gujarat, India |
Song: Vidya Dayaka Hey Shuba Dayaka |
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- Radio Sai Team
What are your impressions about the Initiative? Please let us know by writing in to h2h@radiosai.org or you may leave your thoughts in the comments section. Do not forget to mention your name and country.
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