Tuesday 29 December 2015

Watering down to a Worldly life?



Carnatic Music is a form of art that is majorly representative of Bhakthi yoga, more specifically, Charanagatham or Path of complete surrender to the Paramatma.

What would be more appealing to a devotee among the following?

1. A Discourser preaching ' God is present everywhere. But we haven’t realised that'

or

2. Second Charanam of the Pancharatna krithi 'Dudukugala' that reads as:


                       "Sakala Bhuthamula Yandu Neevai Yunda ga Mathile ka poyina "                                
                         "Even though you exist everywhere, I didn’t realize your presence. "

Indubitably, it is the second.

That explains why ascetics like Sadhasiva bramendral, Surdas, Narayana Theerthar and other great Vaggeyakaras , who were said to be remained in the blissful state most of the times experiencing the  saanithyam of paramatma chose to document their philosophical thinkings as Carnatic compositions.

But today in the garb of several  panis or styles, if we are compromising on the impression that sahityams could make on us by accentuating on technical aspects, I think we are missing something.
And that something is what the ancient composers had regarded as larger than their life.

It is not my inclination towards music, which sowed the feel of  Charangatham in me. But it was the other way round. In fact, compositions like Pibare ramarasam, Nanadi bradhuku took me a step closer  to Charanagatham.

But with the onset of sophisticated taste, have we become more worldly and material that we inadvertently shift our attention on lighter things.? I think, this is a question that should be asked periodically to keep a check on unrestrained digression to the material world by feeding our ever-thriving taste . Nonetheless, Carnatic music is the best way to de-stress, given that it can never sow a single mean thought as is the case with other forms of entertainment today .





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