Antarangada mRdanga is one of the greatest poetic but philosophical creations of DR Bendre
It really needs quality time and maturity to understand the deeper aspects of this gem of poetry. It is full of metaphors yet sound like romantic separation song at the surface, but that is only packaging or at the best deliberate distraction. If you dig deep, you will enter a different world. That world is full of insights and profound realisation
Introduction:-
First of all, he sets the theme by inviting the readers to 'see' heart, mind and memory as mRdanga and taaLa and tanti respectively. He has beautifully captured why 'naada' acts as primordial consciousness or Brahma as they do in spiritual traditions like ancient shaivism.
1st stanza (what is the crux of the creation or ultimate TRUTH?)
What is the use of 'see'ing such a way? Heart represents the primordial sound or consciousness from which the mind sound is (taaLa) meaning thoughts are derived or synchronized, when you pull the string (tanti). This actually means that when you start meditating (nenapu) over it, then you will realise that all the thoughts or things (chitta) are essentially derived from Unrealised self (antaranga). Deeper aspect of life or universe can only be understood by meditating over it and only through such a meditation you will realise that everything comes from nothing(void).
ಚಿತ್ತ ತಾಳ ಬಾರಿಸುತಲಿತ್ತು ಝಂ ಝಣಣ ನಾನಾ
ನೆನಪು ತಂತಿ ಮೀಟುತಿತ್ತು ತೊಂತನನ ತಾನ, ತೊಂತನನ ತಾನ, ತೊಂತನನ ತಾನ
2nd stanza (what is its nature and how it came along or how its connected?)
This reflective realisation that 'unrealised self is the root or at the core' has been passed on from several generations. The void of this thread is the primordial unrealised sound, according to some this is the sound 'Om'. Void is getting defeated every time thread is weaving new song (new creations). This means that unrealised self defeats itself in the process of creation. This is the paradox of all the spiritual thinking which answers this question what is that thing which doesn't change. Because any change results in something getting created. only 'void' is the one which doesn't change.
ಏಕನಾದದಂದದೊಂದು ತಾನದ ವಿತಾನ
ತನಗೆ ತಾನೇ ಸೋಲುತಿಹುದು ನೂಲುತಿಹುದು ಗಾನ ||
3rd stanza (Why people or mortals don't realise the TRUTH?)
Unrealised self or the void separated itself from the 'created' one when the world or things was created for the first time which is time immemorial i.e in the begining of a KALPA. Kalpa is defined as A day of Brahmā or 1,000 Yugas, being a period of 432 million years of mortals. Unrealised self is too obscure for the mortals because of this long separation, and they havelost that eye even though they keep seeking. This ignorance is due to the fact that worldly attachments (nelada maNNu) makes mortals keep falling and they never be able to recover and REALISE SELF TRULY.
ಎಲ್ಲೋ ಏನೋ ನಿನ್ನ ಹುಡುಕಿ ಕಾಂಬ ಕಣ್ಣೆ ಹೋಗಿ
ಮರೆವೆಗೊಂಡು ಬಿದ್ದೆ ನಾನು ನೆಲದ ಮಣ್ಣು ತಾಗಿ ||
4th stanza (Who are those who can realise this TRUTH and how?)
But when the mortals realise that from the very Darkness (void), Light (matter) sparkles gives rise to all diversity of creations in this world. From the very Silence (void), which is unstable; voice (worldly) takes birth however small it may be. Those mortals who die with this realisation, meaning those people who have this spiritual eye when they die, they experience TRUE REALISATION of SELF or they achieve liberation (moksha) by merging with void. At that very moment of death, they built or sing the song of liberation or realisation.
ಮೂಕ ಮೌನ ತೂಕ ಮೀರಿ ದನಿಯು ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ಸಣ್ಣ
ಕಣ್ಣ ಮಣ್ಣ ಕೂಡಲಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಡು ಕಟ್ಟಿತಣ್ಣ ||
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