Birth of an unforgettable Bhajan

In 1999, Pt Kumar Gandharva said about a deep process by which he selected a Kabir Bhajan to sing:

“ The choice of some poems also depends on the tempo. At a certain moment it comes before me as a song…how the vowels and consonants fall, what it is saying, and how what it says come forth through the tempo. To sing a bhajan with a good voice is one thing, but to really express it is something totally different. There is one bhajan, ‘Maya mahaa thagani ham jaani’ ( Maya’s the great swindler- now I know), and a similar one, ‘Ramaiah ki dulhan luta bazaar’ ( Ram’s bride has looted the market). Both of these bhajans, Kabir express the same idea, but the meters are different. I took up ‘Maaya mahaa thagani’. From a musical point of view, what is being said comes across better in that one. A couple of years passed, and it was still sitting there. It did not click. After about two-and –a- half years, it took shape. It was beautiful” (Ashok Vajpeyi, 1999)

And here is the Bhajan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLeBfwQJpM