G.V. (Vinda) Karandikar gets the Jnanapeeth Award- The most coveted award in Indian Literature- this year. He writes poetry. I have not read much of his work. But I just remember one of his poems where he says:
Denaaryaane det jaave
Ghenaaryaane ghet jave
…He ghyaawe…te ghyaawe…
And the poem ends as:
Denaaryaane det jaave
Ghenaaryaane ghet jave
Gheta gheta ek diwas
Denaaryaache haat ghyaawe.
(Meaning- Ghenaaryaane denaaryaa chi denyaachi saway (vrutti) ghyaawi.)
And now something more: Bharat ek Khoj.
I got it from a friend. I used to like the serial Bharat Ek Khoj. Too good. I guess it was directed by Govind Nihlani and his assistant was Shyam Benegal.
And in the song in many stanzas there is an expression “Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar”. I think it should be Havi dekar. Perhaps one of those cases of poetic freedoms. J
This song is based on the sacred Nasadiya Sukta and the Hiranyagarbha Sukta of the Rig Veda. These are some of the hymns present in the Rig Veda that describe the Genesis.
The Nasadiya sukta describes the condition before the creation, and evolution of the Universe. In the beginning there was nothing. There were neither worlds nor sky, neither momentum nor pace, neither birth nor death nor immortality, neither day nor night. Only the Omnipotent, supreme consciousness, existed in dormant form. Desire was born in His heart and the seed of creation was born, where from He Himself was born or his creation, whether the devas were born before the creation or after? Who has ever understood? The supreme consciousness, the supreme Lord is the only Lord of this creation and he alone should known and understood.
The Hiranyagarbha sukta too describes the process of creation. In the beginning the Hirayagarbha alone existed. He was the sole lord of all created being. He bears on his person the earth and celestial worlds.
The title song of the Bharat Ek Khoj is based on this theme. The song was composed by Pandit Vasant Deo and Vanraj Bhatia gave the music.
The following is the complete title song (source: http://www.few.vu.nl/~vivekr/song.html)
Srushtee se pehle sat nahin thaa, asat bhi nahin
Antariksh bhi nahin, aakaash bhin nahin thaa
chhipaa thaa kyaa kahaan, kisne dekhaa thaa
us pal to agam, atal jal bhi kahaan thaa
Shushtee kaa kaun hain kartaa
Kartaa hain yeh vaa akartaa
Oonche aasmaan mein rahtaa
Sadaaa adhyaksh banaa rahtaa
Wohin sach much mein jaantaa.
Yaa nahin bhi jaanataa
Hain kisi ko nahin pataa
Nahin pataa
Voh tha hiranya garbh srishti se pehle vidyamaan
Vohi to saare bhoot jaat ka swami mahaan
jo hai astitvamaana dharti aasmaan dhaaran kar
Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar
Jis ke bal par tejomay hai ambar
Prithvi hari bhari sthapit sthir
Swarg aour sooraj bhi sthir
Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar
Garbh mein apne agni dhaaran kar paida kar
Vyapa tha jal idhar udhar neeche upar
Jagaa chuke vo ka ekameva pran bankar
Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar
Om ! Srishti nirmata swarg rachayta purvaj rakhsa kar
Satya dharma palak atul jal niyamak raksha kar
Phaili hain dishayen bahu jaisi uski sab mein sab par
Aisi hi devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar
Aisi hi devta ki upasana kare hum avi dekar
And now the main partJ


