AMRITHAVARSHINI

ECSTASY:
In Carnatic music Amruthavarshini is the raga that is supposed to get the rain. The raga Malhar is a powerful legendary in Hindustani classical music which is equivalent to Amruthavarshini. Even in Puranas, its written that in Thretayug, when Ravana set fire to Hanuman's tail, he set fire to entire Lanka. Then Ravana played the Amruthavarshini raga on his Veena and brought forth rain.

According to the legends, raga Malhar is so powerful that, when sung, it rains. The raga has lost its "swaroop" among the ages because there was no one who could remember its complicated rhythms and beats. Many great artists of Medieval period and much earlier period used to sing this raga.

There are lots of miracles that have taken place and are still taking place by singing and chanting krithis of Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar. He attained mastery over the Veena, and the influence of Veena playing is evident in his compositions.

Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar got the wonderful flow of music by the grace of Lord "Kumaraswamy" who put "Kalakanda" in his mouth. Soon he began to sing in praise of the Lord in a unique style by singing a kriti "Anandamritha Varshini" in raga Amruthavarshini", he caused the thunderous clouds to gather over the sky and rain profusely when there were no rains in that region for one year and the people yearned for water.

Once he was passing through the village Ettayapuram in thirunelveli District, there was an acute drought. Since he was well known for his powers, people in the village requested him to get rains in. At their request he sang the same kriti in Amruthavarshini raga. When he sang the line "varshaya varshaya varshaya" it started raining heavily flooding the village and he had to sing the same song with the slight modification. Instead of "varshaya varshaya varshaya", he used "sthambaya sthambaya" to stop the rains.

There are many written accounts of the raga. Meera Bai, the devotee of Lord Krishna is among noble singers those who were capable of having down the rains by various kinds of raga Malhar. She has composed between 200 to 1300 prayerful songs (bhajans), and most passionately praised Lord Krishna.

It is also true that certain ragas cause certain reactions, such as Deepak raga. Infact someone went to the extent of saying that singing this raga could cause a burning sensation and that is why there are no songs that are taught in this raga.

However, raga Amruthavarshini or raga Malhar better not sing in the monsoon season as the rain is already causing damages across the world.

തപസ്സ്

വരപ്രസാതം തേടി ഞാന്‍
ജപിച്ചു മാതൃവാന്നി മന്ത്രം
വിശ്വസകൊടുമുടിയില്‍
രണ്ടു കയ്കളും
മേല്പോട്ട് ഉയര്‍ത്തി ഞാന്‍
തലകീഴായി നീല്പു പ്രാണന്‍ വെടിയും വരെ
ദിനരാത്രങ്ങള്‍ കൊഴിഞ്ഞുപോയ്‌ ഋതുക്കള്‍ മാറിമറഞ്ഞു
തളരാത്ത മനസ്സുമായ് ഇനിയെത്രനാള്‍ അറിയില്ല
ഓര്‍മ്മകള്‍ മരിക്കില്ല ഒരിക്കലും
നല്ല നാളുകള്‍ എനിക്കായി നല്‍കിയവര്‍ക്
മുന്‍പില്‍ ത്യജിക്കാനായി ബാക്കി ഈ ജീവിതം മാത്രം
പെരുവിരല്‍ ദക്ഷിണ നല്‍കിയ ഏകാലവ്യനാകാന്‍
കണ്ണന്‍ തന്‍ തലവേദന മാറ്റിയ രാധ തന്‍ പ്രേമം
മാറുന്നു എന്‍ ലോകം നിന്റെ നന്മയാല്‍

കണ്ണാടി

എന്‍ പ്രതിബിംബം
എന്നില്‍ വസന്തം
തീര്‍ത്ത നാളുകള്‍ തിരികെ വരുകുമോ?
ഒരു നിമിഷത്തിന്‍ വാക്കിനാല്‍
ഉടഞ്ഞ ചില്ലുപാത്രം
തിരികെ തേടി ഞാന്‍ അലഞ്ഞു
പ്രപഞ്ചം മുഴുവനും
രാപകല്‍ ഇല്ലാതെ തേങ്ങുന്ന
എന്‍ ഗദ്ഗദം അറിയും
ഒരു നാള്‍ എന്ന ഗര്‍വ് ,
തുടരുന്ന യാത്രയില്‍
എവിടെയോ നനവ്‌ നിന്നില്‍
അധ്രിശ്യമാനെങ്ങിലും
ദൌത്യം തുടരട്ടെ
ഒരു കോടി വസന്തം നല്‍കാനായി

നിധി

Orkut Scraps - Friendship Scraps

എന്റെ ലോകം

IDEAL

A Nice Article about Love
-by Swami Vivekananda

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me.
Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with some water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love."

This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds.


This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the water spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you .

For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings.

Give and don't expect.
Advise, but don't order.
Ask, but never demand.

It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring."

Passing thought... Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take; but by the moments that take our breath away.....

Life is beautiful!!! Live it !!!

truth