A SONG THAT CHURNS YOUR MIND

                                                Vipanchinai Vinipinchitini ee geetam 
Hi... I recently visited Kedarnath and Badrinath with my brother Pavan. While I am trekking for Kedarnath(14 KM uphill) I felt nostalgic about my grandfather who used to recite me the  hymes of Srimad Bhagavatham and stories related to Shiva and Vishnu.

Suddenly my mind diverted to the song in Sirivennala depicting the first canto of   Srimad Bhagavatham viz the creation of universe and the universal sacred sound "AUM". I always loved the music and partially understood its lyrics. Today I came to know the full meaning of the song where I was astonished to notice that Sirivennela Seeta Rama Sastry garu has given the nutshell of creation of universe with his song...

Ever wondered how much creativity goes into making a good film? It may be just another family drama or running around the trees as romantic thrillers....but a good end-product is the culmination of many creative talents and ideas. However, when it comes to songs, lyrics are the single lifeline for survival.

One such life support lyricist is Sirivennella Sitarama Sastry. The name rings a bell? Well, just go back in time and glean the five best films you may have seen in the last decade and K. Vishwanath's cinemagic will pop up, and with it the lyricist's contribution to this expression will come to you in poetic deluge! 

I have written the line by line meaning of the song......

Original Song:

vidhaata talapuna prabhavinchinadi anaadi jeevana vEdam

Om! praaNa naaDulaku spandana nosagina aadi praNava naadam

Om! kanula kolanulO pratibim binchina viSvaroopa vinyaasam

eda kanumalalO pratidhvaninchina virinchi vipanchi gaanam

sara sasvara sura jarI gamanamou saamavEda saaramidi

nE paaDina jeevana geetam ee geetam

virinchinai virachinchitini ee kavanam

vipanchinai vinipinchitini ee geetam

praagdiSa vENiyapaina dinakara mayUGa tamtrulapaina

praagdiSa vENiyapaina dinakara mayUGa tamtrulapaina

jaagruta vihamga tatulE vineela gaganapu vEdikapaina

palikina kila kila tanamula swaramula dorakani jagatiki Sreekaaramu kaagaa

viSwa kaavyamunakidi bhaashyamugaa

virinchinai

janinchu prati SiSu gaLamuna palikina jeevana naada tarangam

chEtan pondina spandana dhvaninchu hRudaya mRudanga dhvaanam

anaadi raagam aadi taaLamuna ananta jeevana vaahinigaa

saagina sRshTi vilaasamunE

virinchinai

naa vucchvaasam kavanam naa niSvaasam gaanam

sara sasvara sura JarIgamanamou

Translation:

In the thoughts of the creator the ancient living veda has born..omm

The earliest salutable hymn that has enabled senses to the human nerves..omm

The representation(exhibition) of vishwarupa that has reflected in the ponds of eyes...omm

The Brahma's song that has reverberated around the mountains of heart...aaa

This is the gist of sama veda, which is like the movement of angels

The life song that I am going to sing...this song

I re-wrote this poem By becoming Brahma him self ...

I made you hear(sang) this song By becoming a bird ...

On the flute of Eastern side and on the strings of morning sun...

becoming the sounds of woken up birds on the stage of blue skies..

when the rythm of that spelt twitter sound has become the initiator of world..

By making it the holy message of universal act..

I re-wrote this poem By becoming Brahma him self ...

I made you hear(sang) this song By becoming a bird ...

The waves of living sounds that will speak out of every infant that is born..

The sounds of a heart that are like Mrudanga's sounds when the heart is responding to an emotion (chetana)

By making those earliest tunes on the adi tala as the eternal life saga..

That ever going natural(creation) process ...

I re-wrote this poem By becoming Brahma him self ...

I made you hear(sang) this song By becoming a bird ...

My Inhalation is the poem..

My Exhalation is the song..

Note: 

Now I realize why my mom always insisted on understanding the "sahityam" of bhava kavis......