Gods of NATYA

Random thought about the necessity to feel/ to understand the pulse or inherent inner aspects of life beneath everything that belongs to BHARATH MATHA

There are books which describe about perceiving things through a thorough understanding of the inner impulse like SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS and SECRET LIFE OF NATURE, wherein, it is explained how some occultists through occult science have decoded the chemical components of many elements with complete precision which were found to be true later on by science.

In secret life of plants you get to know details like the world's first lie detector was made from plants which was then developed by linking specific plant to cathodes which would precisely detect whether someone is telling a lie and there are plants which can sense death like dogs through ESP.

Among human beings there are many people who can sense and talk with the plants. In fact the black DA VINCI, the great Washington Carver made most of his discoveries by talking to plants , he is another person who deserved Nobel prize but never got it, if the whole world is eating better/more pea nuts/ground nut the credit must go to him.

Unfortunately the world is yet to decode even 40% of the plant life completely.

There are plant species belonging to the family Lablab can absorb the nitrogen and fixes it in their roots. This process is facilitated by a bacterium known as Rhizobium bacteria [Azatobacterium]and is found in the root zone. If we can scientifically work out why certain plant species alone are capable of doing this unique work it becomes easy for us to make other plant species also to do this work. It appears to be a tedious one. But the modern science particularly molecular biology and detailed biochemical investigations including the gene study may help man to make other crop plant species to carry out the work and eliminate application of fertilizers . If the plants start using the nitrogen as they use the atmospheric carbon dioxide for making the base materials carbohydrate, the pollution problem will not be there in our globe with Nitrogen. What we are getting from such crops are, if I am correct, only ORGANIC. The day is not far off to get such materials I hope.

Most of the art forms of Hindu culture starting from literature to dance to music to painting to architecture to yoga to religious rituals to religious discourses have never been taken as or treated as mere modes of entertainment or professional engagement or still worse the modern money making survival tool kit, but, on the contrary they were executed with great devotion and dedication, not only because of the religious significance or connotation attached to them, but they took into account, out of conscious realization, the most vital truth of life, namely the fact that life is primarily composed of three fundamental aspects, Physical [ includes all anatomical, organic and material aspects of life], Mental [includes all psychological, emotional, socio cultural aspects] and Spiritual [ the unseen but important aspect underlying all aspects of life] and also the fact that these three are interlinked and interdependent.

Therefore any Classical Indian music form or Dance form feeds all these three vital realms of life, otherwise these art forms should have been and would have been killed long back as newer and more attractive forms of entertainment emerged. That is the strength of our rich heritage which could not be destroyed by so many military and mental invasions. It is by no means a manifestation of being ethnocentric but excellence centric, so, let us be proud of all these.

. None of our great scriptures are meant to vindicate the existence of any single God or Gods or any specific ism, on the contrary, they are intrinsically, manuals for human emancipation and enlightenment encapsulated in religious and ritualistic covers, thats why their appeal and actual value transcends beyond the veneer of purely religious connotations be it YOGA, CARNATIC MUSIC, BHARATHA NATYAM ETC

Incidentally I used to use the word DANCE to teach different parts of speech or various avatars of a words during Grammar classes to indicate that a word gets its label as a noun, verb or adjective based on its function in the context and not on the form /spelling like :I like to dance [sometimes used in colloquial lingo as I like dancing with girls. Dancing gives good shape to the hips. I saw a person with a dancing stride. I like Indian dances. Briju maharaj dances energetically

Why I mentioned at the beginning as Gods of NATYA The word Dance whose origin could be traced to either the modern French danser or Italian danzare, or German Tanzen or Spanish danzar all indicate movements of the body starting from quiver to leap or jump Whereas the Sanskrit word Natya means DRAMA it is therefore dramatic enactment of soul felt emotions through abhinaya, nrtta and nritya . So Indian dances better called as Natya are the dramatic manifestation of life, to be more precise JEEVAN, rather than mere representation of something that exists in reality or in the imagination of the artist.

So, everything in BHARTH MATHA VALMIKI, VYASA, KALIDASA of SAINT or PURANDARA DASA or of RAJA RAVI VARMA ,

be it her great or KAMBAR or T YAGARAJA the paintings

literature of the songs

everything is imbued with an inherent and inner and therefore any reproduction or representation devoid of that bhava or bhakthi is doing injustice to the rich heritage of BHARATH MATHA.

jeevan of it

The greatest cultural malady is our disorientation from this rich heritage, as most of us perform everything in life either as an inevitable ritual or for extraneous considerations like money, popularity or global approval and a hoard of many other justifications that we can find.

The USP [Unique Selling Proposition] of any aspect of Hindu heritage is its JEEVAN , that is its innate /inherent intrinsic relevance /value imbued with life /liveliness to all the three important and interdependent aspects of life mentioned earlier namely , the Physical, the Mental and the Spiritual. Thats why properly rendered a classical dance recital, temple architecture, a yoga performance, a Carnatic music concert etc can take you into meditative trance wherein the body, mind and soul submerge into sublime vibrations.