Akhil Brahmanda ma ek tu - Narsinh Mehta

[VK RAMAN]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyeXubzKUxk

Can someone help me with the lyrics?

[smala]

a beautiful bhajan. Lyrics are available in gujarati, hopefully you'll find someone to transliterate. If not, I'll give it a try, give me some time. Gujarati has many common words with Hindi.

http://tahuko.com/?p=1666

[VK RAMAN]

Thank you so much shyama-priya. I can find some gujarati friend to write in Hindi or english.

[krishnaa]

Very nice bhajan!

VKR, could you get the lyrics? if not, i can try to write it from the gujarati lyrics.

[VK RAMAN]

Shyama Priya helped me to get the lyrics in Gujarati and if you can give the lyrics in english that will be great help. Bless you.

[krishnaa]

ok, here is my try....
i am taking help from both the audio and the gujarati, so please excuse me for errors...

akhil brahmAnDa mA ek tU SrI hari
jUjhave rUpe ananta bhAse
deha mA deva tU, tEj ma tatva tU
shUnya mA shabda tU veda vAse

pavan tU, pANi tU, bhUmi tU bhUdhara
vriksha thai phUli rahyo akAshe
vividha rachana karI aneka rasa levAne
Siva thaki jiva thayu te ja Ashe

veda to Em vade shruti smriti SAj de
kanaka kunDal viSe bheda nhoye
ghAT ghaDiya pachhi nAm rUp jUjhavA
ante to hemanu hema hoye

granth gaDbaD karI vAt nava karI kharI
jehanE je game tene pUje
man-vachan-karmathI Ap mAnI lahe
satya chhe Ej man Em sUjhe

vriksha mA bIj tU, bIj ma vriksha tU
jou paTantarO E ja pAse
bhaNe narasaiyo E man taNi shodhanA
prIt karu premathI pragaTa yAshe

i really liked the last stanza... amazing!

[VK RAMAN]

I am sure Syama Priya will touch it up to fine tune if there is any error. Thank you krishna.

[keerthi]

arre waah krishnaa bEn! aapNE gujrati paN AvDE..?

[arasi]

Keerthi,
You know gujaAti too! You have deep knowledge in many things--is it one of them, or is it just that you are conversant in gujarAti?

[krishnaa]

..... yes Keerthi, i can read gujarati, but with abit of help.... in this case which i got from the audio, I wanted to learn bhajans of Srinathji which were in gujarati, so i learnt how to read gujarati.
i think i will post the links to some very soothing bhajans...
and yes, Arasi is right! your knowledge is also very expanded..... from your statement, it seems that you know gujarati very well!!!

[VK RAMAN]

Krishna - please do share with us the Srinathji bhajans

[keerthi]

i spent an unforgettable three years in a fairytale town in Gujarat, where you got the most divine mangoes, from february to october; and had mango preserves for the remaining months!

As a schoolgoer, I picked up the language, narsinh mehta's poetry,and several friendships, which still endure.


krishnaa,
It is nice to see that you learnt gujarati to learn music (srinathji bhajans). I learnt tamizh mostly from Rangaramanuja Ayyangar (his notations)and AndaL; and telugu mostly from Mancala jagannatha rao (ditto) and of course from tyagaraja!

[krishnaa]

Keerthi, very nice to read about your knowledge on language... i am also trying to learn tamizh and kannada, but i need help... as for telugu, i can understand Annamacharya's sahityam very well, though i may not be as conversant with the language as yet...

VKR, i will start a new topic with srinathji bhajans... hope the rasikas will enjoy them!

[smala]

i spent an unforgettable three years in a fairytale town in Gujarat, where you got the most divine mangoes, from february to october; and had mango preserves for the remaining months!

Must be Valsad/Bulsar - the home of former PM Moraji Desai -- a town whose economy is driven by Haafus/Alphonso mangoes for most of the year. Idyllic indeed!

Here's a unique video of a fond winter specialty of the Valsad/Surat region - authentic Umbadiyu - totally rustic, in an earthen pot packed with ratalu, papdi and herbs, a couple of papdis offered to Agni Deva as the inverted pot is left to bake (yes, baked, dum-pukht style - NO water!) with its contents, deep inside a fire-pit in the wilderness. Umbadiyu is a variant, a village cousin if you like, of an all-time favorite dish of mine, Undhiyu. Can imagine the end product to be a very healthy yummy version, veggies stew-baked in their own juices, cooked a la tagine/tajine way. Morocco and Gujarat are not that far apart, really. This rustic fare beats what is showcased on Grammathu Virundhu any day, although Paravai Muniyamma can hold her own with several nAttu samaiyal revelations like chembarathi poo dosai/hibiscus dosai made on earthenware uruli and similar stuff up her apron sleeve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxO0q7HtRfg

And now a description from a blogsite.......Enjoy!

"....The umbadiyu is a darker, smoky cousin of undhiyu. Made with wild black papdi from village Bhata, along with yam, sweet potato, brinjal, it is marinated with ginger and chilli paste then baked in a clay pot which is sealed with aromatic leaves of Kaler and Camboi.

This pot is buried in a hole in the ground, covered with hay and cow dung cakes and burnt for about 40 minutes; a small portion of this delicacy is put in an earthen kullad at the mouth of the matka to check when it’s done. This sampler is fondly called a ‘daakan' [witch], Umbadiyu is served with green chutney and buttermilk......"

[arasi]

shyama-priya,
Another one of your delectable offerings. The writing too, of course!