Welcome to Rhythm Divine! What if instead of Shri Krishna chanting the Bhagavad Gita to you in Sanskrit, He was rapping it to you in English? Would you resonate more with His message? A team from across North America, guided by Shri Vivek Gupta of Chinmaya Mission Niagara, has worked to make this a reality, translating the top 70 verses (10%) of the Bhagavad Gita into English, in the same meter as the original -- to bring the authentic message of the Divine into a modern rhythm for contemporary audiences. In this episode, we're tuning into the divine message from Chapters 1-3.
Welcome to Rhythm Divine! What if instead of Shri Krishna chanting the Bhagavad Gita to you in Sanskrit, He was rapping it to you in English? Would you resonate more with His message? A team from across North America, guided by Shri Vivek Gupta of Chinmaya Mission Niagara, has worked to make this a reality, translating the top 70 verses (10%) of the Bhagavad Gita into English, in the same meter as the original -- to bring the authentic message of the Divine into a modern rhythm for contemporary audiences. In this episode, we're tuning into the divine message from Chapters 1-3.
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Poets: Bhagavan Krishna, Shri Vivekji, and Sudarshan Atmavilas
Rappers: Sudarshan Atmavilas and Ananya Chakravarti
Singer: Divya Sundaram
Mridangam and Kanjira: Aryan Ramesh
Piano: Divya Sundaram
Bansuri: Chethan Anant
Producers: Chethan Anant and Divya Sundaram
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1-1
Field of dharma, Kurukshetra,
Gathered up, ready for battle
My guys and all those Pandavas --
What did they do, O Sanjaya?
1-25
In the presence of Bhishma and
Drona, with the other rulersÂ
Shri Krishna said “Partha, see all
These Kurus, gathered on the field”
1 Chorus Sankalpa Vakya
Rhythm Divine, just follow His Call
Enter the Shrine, & surrender it all
Live in the Present, today not tomorrow
That’s the way out of anxiety & sorrow
2-7
My mind’s overpowered by the fear-disease
Confused about my responsibility
I ask you, decisively tell me what’s best
I’m your disciple, surrendered - please guide me
2-11
You worry for the unworthy
While you’re speaking words of wisdom
For what’s gone or what’s not yet gone
The wise never worry at all
2-47
Your right’s only to offering
Not to results at any point
Don’t act just to get a result
Or be enslaved to laziness
2-55
Shed off all of those desires
O Partha, from your mind, and Be
Content in the Self, by the Self
You’ll be established in wisdom
2 Chorus Sankalpa Vakya
Rhythm Divine, just follow His Call
Enter the Shrine, & surrender it all
Don’t be swayed by your mind’s fastness
Take a pause, and Know your Vastness
3-9
Selfless acting is its own class
All else causes stress in this world
Therefore for dedication, act
Without attachment and be free
3-21
Whatever the great ones so do
That alone others also follow
Whatever standard they set up
The world must live up to that too
3-30
Renouncing all actions in me
With the mind offered into me
Without anxiety, selfishness,
Follow through, without distraction
3-37
Desire first, and anger second
They’re produced from aggressiveness
All-consuming, agitating
Know these to be your enemies
3 Chorus Sankalpa Vakya
Rhythm Divine, just follow His Call
Enter the Shrine, & surrender it all
Act selflessly, not to get but to give
Then you’ll feel free, you’ll truly live