Listening To Lalgudi Melody! Poem by Varanasi Ramabrahmam

Today evening is most pleasant for me

Memorable throughout my life



I listened to the Divine Music

From the violins of Lalgudi Brother and Sister

And absorbed in that Divine Melody



Sri Krishnan and Ms. Vijayalikshmi

The famous off-spring of Lalgudi G Jayaraman

Enthralled us in the Kamban Kalaiyarangam

In Pondicherry in the august presence of

The maestro himself and his beloved better-half



And Sri aurobindo and Mother present on the stage

The jasmine garlands adorning their photos



Their violin duet concert

Immersed me in their melodious music

Ably supported by efficient artistes

On mrudangam and ghatam



The rhythm kept time

The playing passed time

The melody stalled time

The pleasure of listening enchanted time



Time keeping, passage of time

Stalled time and enchanting time

Filled the heart with pleasant tunes

And made us time-transcendent



The Lalgudi siblings themselves are

Manifestation of Divine Tunes

Incarnations of Goddess Saraswathi

Personification of Lordly Art of Music



Mohana, Shanmukhapriya, Madhyamaavathi,

Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman, Tyagaraja, Papnasam Sivam,

Subrahmanya Bharathi shined

In their renderings of respective creations



A treat to ears

A feast to aesthetic heart

A harmonious recipe for mind and taste



Melodious sounds embedded in Silence

Produced tunes of Divinity



Listened to Divine Music

Experienced in full Lord's Grace



Waves of thoughts and feelings

Ripples of sense, mood, me, mine, I, you, he, she, it;

Submerged in the wave-less ocean

Of music, full of serenity and depth



'I am' no where to be found

Only melody filled my heart

And became one with

Peace, bliss and silence



Full of Divine Consciousness

'I' is only Being-Pure consciousness-Bliss

The Brahman - the Sat-Chit-Aananda

Ramabrahmam and Aatmaaraamam

The divine Melody