Heart of Devotional Songs The singer of the devotional songs is exhibiting his talent of music only. Most of the words in the songs are not clear to you and the meaning is not captured since the words are immersed in the river of his tune of sound (Raga). Perhaps the singer thinks that if meaning is clear, your devotion on God gets increased and you will try to donate to God and not to him! Perhaps he wants you to hear his talented Raga only and donate to him only! The words (Shabda), subsequently the sentences (Vakya) and subsequently the meaning (Artha) should be clear. The meaning gives rise to feeling (Bhava), which in turn gives rise to devotion (Bhakti). Bhakti associated with divine knowledge (Jnana) will lead you to practical service (Seva) to God, which will please God. Therefore, do not worry about tune of the song. You sing for yourself to develop devotion in yourself. You need not sing before others to earn fame or money. God is pleased by your feeling and not by your tune (Bhavagrahi Janardanah…). Even the talented music without devotion is like the dead body of a king and is inauspicious. Even a song with bad music is like the alive body of a beggar which is not inauspicious. By this simile you should not think that the alive king is the best because God sees only the devotion (life) and not the music (body or its dignity). Simile is always restricted to the limits of the given concept and should not be extrapolated by the over-intelligence. The musicians have diverted the truth to earn the lively hood. Gayatri means any tune good or bad with full devotion. If good music is only intended it should have been stated as “Sama Gayatri”. Sama Gita is good music related to Sama Gayatri. Gita is any type of music related to Gayatri. Gayatri means the tune (Gayatri chandah…) and not any deity. A song (Sama Veda) is more attractive than reciting a poem (Rug Veda) and a poem is more attractive than stating a sentence (Yajur Veda) and this is the importance of Gayatri. If you are not analyzing the concepts through divine knowledge, priests and musicians will trap and exploit you! The value of Meera is the devotion in her and not the music. The spirit of Meera is alive form of God and not inert statue representing it. The value of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a priest in the temple of Kali , is His divine knowledge and devotion and not the rituals done by Him to the statue. Learning music and training in rituals cannot make you Meera and Ramakrishna. Written by His Holiness Shri Datta Swami website address: universal-spirituality.org e-mail address: [email protected] Jai Guru Datta
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:00:00 +0000
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