THE ODYSSEY OF INDIAN MUSIC By Dr. TLN Swamy
Music is energy That reverberates in the shrine Of this mystical celestial design
Music is serene That transcends thy sense Into the infinite cosmic expanse
Music is elation That bestows eternal ecstasy To thy life’s mundane odyssey
Music is joy That makes thy soul dance Enchanted in a blissful trance
Music is divine That instils unflinching devotion Into thy agnostic conscience in abnegation As per the Indian mythology, music has always
The whole universe is kept integrated under
been an integral entity in the grand scheme of
the spell of that mother frequency originated
things right from the creation of cosmos itself.
from the Adiparashakti. The Trio of Shristi
The “Omkara Pranava Nadam'' is deemed to be
Sthithi Laya kara who are the manifestations
the primeval sound emanated at the very moment
of that Shakthi seem to have revelled to the
of cosmic creation, as depicted in the Aitareya
tune of that Nadam. As the Layakara Adiyogi
Brahmana of Rigveda. Since then, the Pranava
Shiva performed the cosmic dance with
Nadam is believed to be reverberating throughout
rhythmic fluttering of his Dhamarukam the first
the cosmos at an imperceptible frequency.
instrument of rhythm, the Sthithikara Vishnu
Tarang
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