On the New Year eve, I was listening only to Raga Marwa. Three renditions were with me, the first one was of Ustad Amir Khan, the second was of Vidushi Gangubai Hangal and one by Vidushi Malini Rajurkar. While writing on Raga Marwa, Walter Kaufmann said: ‘Marwa is the overall mood defined by the sunset in India, which approaches fast and this "unrushhing darkness awakes in many observers a feeling of anxiety and solemn expectation" (The Ragas of North India- 1968- Oxford and IBH Publishing)
But what Gangubai Hangal brought to my mind was not the feeling of anxiety or solemn expectation while the Sun sets on a year end day. It was the stunning lines of Shankaracharya where he called the eternal time as the one who eats all our inner and outer worlds….
Kaalo Jagad Bhakshaka!
Ayur nasyathi pasyatham prathi dinam,
Yathi kshayam youvanam,
Prathyayanthi gatha puna na divasaa,
Kalo jagat bakshaka,
Lakshmisthoya thanga banga chapala,
Vidhyuchalam jeevitham,
Asman maam saranagatham saranadha.
Twam raksha rakshaa dhunaa.
(Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stothram)
I wish you a very meaningful New Year
Gangubai Hangal: http://www.muzigle.com/track/raag-marwa-khayal-vilambit-ektaal#!track/raag-marwa-khayal-vilambit-ektaal
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