I came across this the other day and I remember as a child many years back being mesmerized by this, the title song of the tv show Bharat Ek Khoj - The discovery of India.
The starting song consists of sanskrit shloka from Nasadeeya Sukta which is part of Rigveda.
नासदासीन्नोसदासीत्तादानीं नासीद्रजो नो व्योमापरो यत |
किमावरीव: कुहकस्यशर्मन्नम्भ: किमासीद्गहनं गभीरं ||
nāsadāsīn no sadāsīt tadānīṃ nāsīd rajo no vyomāparo yat |
kimāvarīvaḥ kuha kasya śarmannambhaḥ kimāsīd ghahanaṃ ghabhīram
Srishtee se pehle sat nahin thaa, asat bhi nahin
(Before creation there was no truth, or untruth)
Antariksh bhi nahin, akash bhin nahin thaa
(no universe, not even the sky)
chhipaa thaa kyaa kahaan, kisne dhakaa thaa
(Where was it hidden, who hid it ?)
us pal to agam, atal jal bhi kahaan thaa
(At that time there was no water)
Srishtee kaa kaun hai kartaa
(who is he creator ?)
Kartaa hai vaa akartaa
Oonche aakash mein rahtaa
(Who stays up there in the sky )
Sada adhyaksh banaa rahtaa
(who is in charge)
Wahin sachmuch mein jaantaa..Yaa nahin bhi jaanataa
(He truly must know everything, and maybe not!)
Hai kisi ko nahin pataa, nahin pataa,
(no one knows..no one knows)
Nahin hai pataa, nahin hai pataa
The ending track is first shloka from Hiranyagarbha sooktam which is also a part of Rigveda.
हिरण्यगर्भः समवर्तताग्रे भूतस्य जातः पतिरेकासीत ।
स दाधार पृथ्वीं ध्यामुतेमां कस्मै देवायहविषा विधेम ॥
Weh tha hiranyagarbh srishti se pehle vidyamaan
(he was born out of the depths..before creation)
Wahi to saare bhoot jaat ka swami mahaan
(he is the lord of all life)
jo hai astitvamaana dharti aasmaan dhaaran kar
(the one who is there over land and sky)
Aise kis devta ki upasana karein hum avi dekar
(who is this god who we pray to ?)
Jis ke bal par tejomay hai ambar
(He whose strength the sky is held up with)
Prithvi hari bhari sthapit sthir
(and the earth lies green and stable)
Swarg aur sooraj bhi sthir
(the heavens and the sun stay stable)
Aise kis devta ki upasana karein hum avi dekar
(who is this god who we pray to ?)
Garbh mein apne agni dhaaran kar paida kar
(In whose womb lies fire)
Vyapa tha jal idhar udhar neeche upar
(who controls here, there and everywhere)
Jagaa chuke vo ka ekameva pran banker
(who gives rise to life)
Aise kis devta ki upasana karein hum avi dekar
(who is this god who we pray to ?)
Om ! Srishti nirmata swarg rachiyata purvaj raksha kar
(creator of creation, the heavens and who looked after our ancestors)
Satya dharma palak atul jal niyamak raksha kar
(who keeps the truth, justice and the essence of life)
Phaili hain dishayen bahu jaisi uski sab mein sab par
(whose hands seem to stretch over all there is )
Aise hi devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar
(this is the god who we pray to)
Aise hi devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar
(this is the god who we pray to)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vBbSbCczYeM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VIoOiT6u320
Complete:
http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~nair/BharatEkKhoj.mp3
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Sid thanks for description of this great song and as you are explorer and interested in knowing such things then I suggest you must read a book named " KASHI MARNANMUKTI". you can even get some details at www.kashimarnanmukti.com
great work bro!! Thanks yaa, i was luking for dis exactly....it's really good, n da show was outstanding...
Thanks for your post Sid.
Sid did you read the
Sid did you read thevedas
Sid did you read thevedas
Was looking for this....thanx!!!
thanks for great explanation
Can I have Sanskrit version of sloka? mastanaiah54@rediff.com
Thank you very much
As this is a creation mythology that probably predates the ancient vedic sources, I think you should read about how other cultures also have similar creation myths. The lord may be Saturn, in a stable, ploar configuration (remembered as Shani maharaj). The physics of this configuration invcolves electromagnetism and is a little difficult to understand initially, but eventually you can get your head around it.
http://www.saturniancosmology.org/polar.php
Other pages on the same website will send you a fascinating journey.
Hi Sid, Precise answers is available now. You even have it near you, but talking it other way.
Hi Sid, precise answer is available now. You even have it very near, but taking it otherwise.
I too was and am mesmerized by these hymns thanks to the start track and ending track of Bharat Ek Khoj. Thanks for posting this
Hugely commendable job Sid!
I was always wondering about the author of such mystical song, never know is from our Rigveda!!
Thanks a thousand tonnes again!
Dharmesh
Great indeed. Good job. Thank you for posting this title and from Bharat Ek Khoj.
Thanks bro
Treasured Memory of childhood indeed
Does sat and asat here means truth and untruth? It does seems correct in this context or need some explanation.
Great exploring, Really nasupnisad sloka is the reality of universe.
No one knows what is reality, just assuming and explaining.
A nostalgic memory recall…… still it’s so strong & powerful hymn ! i too remembered and used to sing in class to impress friends. Thank you so much for this article….. keep up doing the good work dear
thanks a TONN
1. Then even non-existence was not there, nor existence,
There was no air then, nor the space beyond it.
What covered it? Where was it? In whose keeping?
Was there then cosmic fluid, in depths unfathomed?
2. Then there was neither death nor immortality
nor was there then the torch of night and day.
The One breathed windlessly and self-sustaining.
There was that One then, and there was no other.
3. At first there was only darkness wrapped in darkness.
All this was only unillumined cosmic water.
That One which came to be, enclosed in nothing,
arose at last, born of the power of knowledge.
4. In the beginning desire descended on it -
that was the primal seed, born of the mind.
The sages who have searched their hearts with wisdom
know that which is, is kin to that which is not.
5. And they have stretched their cord across the void,
and know what was above, and what below.
Seminal powers made fertile mighty forces.
Below was strength, and over it was impulse.
6. But, after all, who knows, and who can say
Whence it all came, and how creation happened?
the gods themselves are later than creation,
so who knows truly whence it has arisen?
7. Whence all creation had its origin,
the creator, whether he fashioned it or whether he did not,
the creator, who surveys it all from highest heaven,
he knows — or maybe even he does not know.
धन्यवाद 🙏 ऋषी मुनी दार्शनिक महाजनो का अंतिम चिंतन, धन्यवाद सिद जी 🌹👌... 🙏
This song hau.Ted me for many years. Today, while studying about Nasadiya sukt, I remembered the words and identified to this title music of Bharat Ek Khoj!
Thanks for detailed explanation!!
Nice. Very nice. May God Bless you.
Dhanyawad!
Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot, this is exactly what I was looking for 🙏✨
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