Sunday, May 15, 2011

This is the song of my life!

Ommm...
The eternal Veda
—the primordial vibration of life, 
has come into being
—in the form of a thought in the mind of the Creator
—the One who authors the fate of all!

The life currents in the nerves
received stimulation from Ommm...
—the primeval vibration—the sacred syllable!

The entire repertoire of the Universal Form
has reflected in the pond of my vision
seen through my eyes!

The reverberations in the depths of my heart
are the vibrations of the song
emanating from the Creator
from his divine veena!

I wish to sing of this sacred syllable…

The song that I sing is the song of life—
is the essence of Sama Veda!
A song full of the  emotion
abounding with musical notes
gaining momentum to turn into a flow of divine nectar!
I transformed myself
into the Creator to compose this muse!
into the divine veena  to play this song!  

I play this song on the veena in the East
merging vibrations from the flame
emanating from the rays
of the Maker of the Day—the rising Sun!
Like an awakened bird freely flying over
the arena offered by the blue sky!
While the chirping sounds of birds
choose the momentum of this song—
it marks the beginning of the world, and the affairs of this Universe!

I transformed myself
into the Creator to compose this muse!
into the divine veena to play this song!

This wave of vibrations sounds in the voice of every infant born!
The meditation of the mridungam of the heart
is heard in the sounds of awareness of heightened stimulation!
It is the raga eternal…
the first measure of musical time…
the infinite flow of life …
the ongoing direction of Creation!

My inhalation is muse! My exhilaration is music!
full of the emotion and abounding with musical notes
a flow of divine nectar!
This is the song of my life!

The song that I sing is the song of life—
is the essence of Sama Veda!
A song full of the emotion
abounding with musical notes
gaining momentum to become a flow of divine nectar!







This write-up is based on the song “Virinchinai virachinchithini… from the Telugu movie Sirivennela (1986) featuring Suhasini and Sarvadaman Banerjee. This song was written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sasthri and set to music by K.V.Mahadevan. The song was rendered by S.P.Balasubrahmanyam and P.Suseela. This movie was directed by K.Viswanath.