MUSICIAN DISCIPLE OF LORD
SHIV
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Sage Narad pleased
lord Shiv by performing hard penance at Rudraprayaga. Lord Shiv along with
mother Parvati appeared. Overwhelmed Narad composed thousands of name in praise
of divine parents and worshipped them in various ways. Narad said,-“Lord! I am
indeed blessed to see you both. You are the ultimate wisdom incarnate in
science of sound and music. Please enlighten me about this science.” Lord Shiv
smiled and said,-“Son! One who understands this science of sound becomes all
knowing. The Creation emerges from the sound. The Human body possesses two
kinds of sounds. Anahat and ahata. One is born of collision of particles and
another without collision. God lives in human body in the form of light. Ling sharir
or the causal body is the subtlest. Spirit created space; space created wind;
wind created fire; fire created water and water created earth. One who
practices yoga alone understands science of sound. The seven principal centres
of energy in human body are muladhar, swadhisthan, Manipur, Anaahat, visuddha,
ajna and sahastrara. Only a true yogi attains perfection in science of sound.
People with consciousness resting in lower centres of body can not understand
music. Anaahat sound is heard within the body after one purifies one’s mind and
heart of all impure impressions of thoughts and feelings.
Narad
asked,-‘Lord! How come celestial sounds become audible in this mortal body?
Please reveal to me..”
“Narad! Sound
that is naad is supreme in the world. Naad creates, sustains and destroys the
world. Naad is of three types,’- ghor naad is in the navel; mandra naad is in
heart; and taar naad is in the head. When naad collides with wind it becomes
audible and is called shruti which begets seven notes or swar,- shadaj,
rishabh, gandhaar, madhyam, pancham, dhaivat, Nishad. Peacocks utter shadaj,
chatak utters rishabh, goats utter gandhaar, kraunch utter madhyam, koel utters
pancham, frog utters dhaivat, and elephant utters Nishad swar. The nine
greatest of yogis known as naths are ever steeped in naad Brahm. They are Adinath,
Anadinath, Kurmanath, Bhavanath, Satynath, Santoshnath, Matsyendranath, and
Gopinath. Narad further asked,-“how many raga and ragini are there, lord?” Lord
Shiv replied,-“I issued six main ragas who are accompanied by several raginis.
First raga is Bhairav; second- malkaushik, third hindol, fourth Deepak,
fifth-shree raga, sixth-is malhar. Bhairav should be practiced in autumn,
malkaushik in winters, hindol in hemant, Deepak in spring, and shree in grishm,
malhar in varsha ritu”. Lord Shiv then imparted the entire science of sound to
Narad and gave him a Veena to practice, so that he could spread divine sounds
in the cosmos.
Since then,
Narad roams freely in the cosmos singing glory of lord Hari on his Veena, dispelling
darkness of ignorance all around.
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