Bharat Ek Khoj Opening and Closing Tracks !!

Though I dislike the guy, who has written the book Discovery of India, and don't remember anything of the T.V serial which was shown on DD in 1988 and was directed and produced by Shyam Benegal, but I remember that it had a awesome starting and ending tracks. I liked the music and chanting of Sanskrit śloka, which I did not understand at that point of time.

But now, when I heard them again, and understood the meaning, I love them even more, since these hymns from Rig Veda ask us to contemplate the ever-existing question of root cause of our existence. Hiranyagarbh (golden womb, primordial seed) from which everything is supposed to have been created. Does it refer to "The Big -bang"? Think about these questions which were raised in these shlokas. We are still trying to find the answers.

Buddhism might well have its root in these beautiful hymns. This is agnosticism in a religious text. This is how beautiful our Indian philosophy is.

You can play/download these tracks and read the lyrics here.

Play Bharat ek Khoj tracks :

Opening Track

Closing Track

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Lyrics of Bharat Ek Khoj Opening Track:

(Sanskrit Rig Veda 10.129.1)
nāsadāsīn no sadāsīt tadānīṃ nāsīd rajo no vyomāparo yat |
kimāvarīvaḥ kuha kasya śarmannambhaḥ kimāsīd ghahanaṃ ghabhīram ||

(Hindi adaptation Rig Veda 10.129.1)
Srishti se pehle sat nahin thaa, asat bhi nahin
Antariksh bhi nahin, aakaash bhee nahin thaa.
Chhipaa thaa kyaa, kahaan, kisne dhaka thaa?
Us pal to agam, atal jal bhi kahaan thaa.

(Hindi adaptation Rig Veda 10.129.7)
Srishti kaa kaun hai kartaa?
Kartaa hai va akartaa
Oonche aakash mein rahtaa.
Sadaaa addhyaksh banaa rahtaa.
Wohee sach much mein jaantaa.Yaa nahin bhi jaanataa
Hain kisi ko nahin pataa,
Nahin pataa,
Nahin hai pataa, nahin hai pataa.

Lyrics in Devanāgarī :

नासदासीन नो सदासीत तदानीं नासीद रजो नो वयोमापरो यत |
किमावरीवः कुह कस्य शर्मन्नम्भः किमासीद गहनं गभीरम ||

सृष्टि से पहले सत नहीं था
असत भी नहीं
अंतरिक्ष भी नहीं

आकाश भी नहीं था
छिपा था क्या, कहाँ
किसने ढका था
उस पल तो
अगम अतल जल भी कहां था

सृष्टि का कौन है कर्ता?
कर्ता है वह अकर्ता
ऊँचे आकाश में रहता
सदा अध्यक्ष बना रहता
वही सचमुच में जानता
या नहीं भी जानता
है किसी को नही पता
नही पता
नही है पता
नही है पता

Lyrics of Bharat Ek Khoj Closing Track:

(Sanskrit Rig Veda 10.121.1)
hiraṇyagharbhaḥ samavartatāghre bhūtasya jātaḥ patirekaāsīt |
sa dādhāra pṛthivīṃ dyāmutemāṃ kasmai devāyahaviṣā vidhema ||

(Hindi adaptation Rig Veda 10.121.1)
Voh tha hiranya garbh srishti se pehle vidyamaan.
Vohi to saare bhoot jaatee ka swami mahaan.
jo hai astitvamaana dharti aasmaan dhaaran kar.
Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar?

(Hindi adaptation Rig Veda 10.121.5)
Jis ke bal par tejomay hai ambar.
Prithvi hari bhari sthapit sthir.
Swarg aur sooraj bhi sthir.
Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar?

(Hindi adaptation Rig Veda 10.121.7)
Garbh mein apne agni dhaaran kar paida kar,
Vyapa tha jal idhar udhar neeche upar,
Jagarth Devon ka ekameva pran bankar,
Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar?

(Hindi adaptation Rig Veda 10.121.9)
Om ! Srishti nirmata swarg rachaiyta purvaj rakhsa kar.
Satya dharma palak atul jal niyamak raksha kar.
Phaili hain dishayen bahu jaisi uski sab mein sab par,
Aise hi devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar,
Aise hi devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar.

Lyrics in Devanāgarī :

वो था हिरण्य गर्भ सृष्टि से पहले विद्यमान
वही तो सारे भूत जाति का स्वामी महान
जो है अस्तित्वमान धरती आसमान धारण कर
ऐसे किस देवता की उपासना करें हम हवि देकर

जिस के बल पर तेजोमय है अंबर
पृथ्वी हरी भरी स्थापित स्थिर
स्वर्ग और सूरज भी स्थिर
ऐसे किस देवता की उपासना करें हम हवि देकर

गर्भ में अपने अग्नि धारण कर पैदा कर
व्यापा था जल इधर उधर नीचे ऊपर
जगा चुके व एकमेव प्राण बनकर
ऐसे किस देवता की उपासना करें हम हवि देकर

ऊँ! सृष्टि निर्माता, स्वर्ग रचयिता पूर्वज रक्षा कर
सत्य धर्म पालक अतुल जल नियामक रक्षा कर
फैली हैं दिशायें बाहु जैसी उसकी सब में सब पर
ऐसे ही देवता की उपासना करें हम हवि देकर
ऐसे ही देवता की उपासना करें हम हवि देकर

Let them be Happy and Gay !!

Let us agree with this: If God ever existed, He in all His cognition, created people with so called unnatural sexual preferences. It means that God wants some people to be that way.

Some religious people call them insane but as we know that sanity is a relative word. An insane person, is a sane person caught in the insane world. Similarly, the so called normal sexual preference may be abnormal for many people.Ask gays.

According to an estimate, 5% of the population can have this so-called unnatural preference. We as a society don't need to bother, unless these so called abnormal people, start bothering someone amongst us.

And what might be sinful to a religious person, may not be crime for a state. But I am really bothered when I see religious leaders of many religions coming openly against Gayness, and they have a right to do so as India is a democratic country and it allows everyone, irrespective of one's religion (or lack of it) to speak for or against anything. But our government is surely not bound to be cowed down by them. It should do what it is supposed to do. Take a secular, democratic and logical stand and take the decision.

And about clerics of different religions, I have this question for them. Why were they so coy in coming against people, who openly use their religion to kill hundreds of people. Or does their religion endorse these killings.

Regarding Deobandis, they have fatwas ready against Gays, but they forget that Taliban, who were their followers, misused their religion to kill many and did that so shamelessly. And Taliban were patrons of Bacha, a pedophile gay practice rampant in Islamic world.

ShivaSamudra Trip

Thus spake Govind:
The story did not end abrupt as such... more scenes on the way

"THE" Bike Trip

PLOT
Scene 0: i woke up at 4 o clock waiting for the rest of the ppl to get ready...n as usual everyone was late
Scene 1:http://viz-trekoflifetime.blogspot.com/
Scene 2: http://viz-trekoflifetime.blogspot.com/
Scene 3: We felt very hungry ,so we had lunch.
Scene 4: We got tired , so we had food just to get energy.
Scene 5: We started climbing the hill n got tired...so we had some drinks
Scene 6: the hill was very steep, we were exhausted n so we had some food
Scene 7: It was very hot n so we got tired n so we had some food
Scene 8: It was very late by the time i realised thet i ate a bit too much n so i could not climb
Scene 9: As there is no point in climbing high..we sat there n just had some more food
Scene 10: i was waiting for the rest of the enthus to get down...n i thought it is better to have some food rather than just waiting.
Scene 11: we got down n just because the coconuts were low at price, we had a few coconuts
Scene 12: We drove back n got tired n so had some pakoda n chai
Scene 13: We were almost near penya n just coz there is some bhaba we just stopped n had some chciken...
Scene 14: It was late by the time we were back in bnglore ....i mean it was dinner time...so we had dinner

n that was how the trip was very memorable to me n all of us.

DID I MISS ANY SCENES?????????


Thus spake Haddi:

I guess your plot needs a consideration for the next blog.....I believe u must have lost a lots weight becoz of u getting starved in the trip...:)....



Thus spake Govind:

i really starved in the trip.....but thats fine....we dont go to trips for eating .....from next trip onwards we will better pack some food from home so that we are always on the safe side.....wat say guys??



Thus spake Burli:

to solve eating problem we can hire a truck or something and can load it with stuffs like cool drinks, beer, soda,whisky, chicken, rice and all that we can have on the way.
truck will follow us and whenever we feel like we can take a brake and have it.
it is well said----aakhir hum kamatey(lakho mein) kyun hai....khaney key liye (-;

Muslim anti-Bush rallies and CPI/SP

Why did the great trumpet beater of secularism (secular parties like Samajwadi Party and CPI) went on the dais in Bush bashing, Denmark bashing, Isreal bashing and God knows what-bashing, with clergies and fanatics of a particular religion? If these parties are so secular (not favouring any religion, as thier dictionary says) then they should not have shared any stage with anyone, who adhers to a particular religion.It seems that they favour or hate people or concept depending on the criterion other then ethics.