Maitreem bhajata | Carnatic Fusion | Ganesh Bharadwaj Ft. Krishna Kashyap

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Do subscribe to the channel http://youtube.com/user/ganeshbharadwaj and do like and share our work and also let us know your comments in the comment section below. Vocals, arrangement, music production, editing and camera : Ganesh Bharadwaj CV ( http://youtube.com/user/ganeshbharadwaj ) Violin and flute : Krishna Kashyap ( http://youtube.com/user/krishnakashyap1 ) Maithreem Bhajata मैत्रीं भजत is a benediction composed in Sanskrit by Jagadguru Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati, renowned as the Paramacharya of Kanchi. The song was set to a Ragamalika by composer Shri Vasant Desai. The lines in the lyrics which says "dāmyata datta dayadhvaṃ janatāḥ" have mythological importance. Legend has it that the creator ( Prajapathi ) had 3 sons. Namely men, demons and gods. After Prajapathi taught them their lessons as a father, the three groups of students approached Prajapathi and asked for one final lesson. When the gods approached him and asked for their lesson, he said the word "da" and asked them whether they understood. They said, yes, you have asked us to control our self and the "da" means "damyatham" or self restraint. Similarly he said the same word "da" when the other two groups approached him as well. The men understood "da" as "datta" which means being charitable and the demons understood "da" as "dayadhwam" which meant being kind. At this point a thundering sound was heard from the heavens that said "da da da, damaytha datta dayadhwam" which suggested the three axioms everyone of us should learn. In this composition, when that line is sung, I have used the thunder sound for that purpose. Lyrics : मैत्रीं भजत अखिलहृज्जेत्रीम् आत्मवदेव परानपि पश्यत । युद्धं त्यजत स्पर्धां त्यजत त्यजत परेषु अक्रमम् आक्रमणम् ॥ जननी पृथिवी कामदुघाऽऽस्ते जनको देवः सकलदयालुः । दाम्यत दत्त दयध्वं जनताः श्रेयो भूयात् सकलजनानाम् ॥ maitrīṃ bhajata akhilahṛjjetrīm ātmavadeva parānapi paśyata | yuddhaṃ tyajata spardhāṃ tyajata tyajata pareṣu akramam ākramaṇam || jananī pṛthivī kāmadughā(ā)ste janako devaḥ sakaladayāluḥ | dāmyata datta dayadhvaṃ janatāḥ śreyo bhūyāt sakalajanānām ||