Sant Vani in Ten Languages
🎼 Upanishad · Sant Vani · Dhrupad · Ten Languages
This presentation is a confluence of the Mandukya Upanishad and Sant Vani — the poetry of saints across India. The Mandukya Upanishad, which comes at the end of the Atharva Veda, is composed of just 12 verses that offer a direct approach to the divinity that lies within each of us.
Taking from everyday experiences, this Upanishad reveals the core of consciousness which is our very essence. Saints across centuries, from all over India, have made an intimate discovery of this divinity that lies within. They poured their lived experiences into poetry in the language of the people.
This poetry, in ten different languages, as well as the 12 shlokas of the Mandukya Upanishad in Sanskrit, are sung in Dhrupad — the most ancient form of classical music — in 16 Ragas and 9 Talas.