Kohaliya 2: Gāndharvam
Kohalīya 2
- Language
- Sanskrit
Gāndharvam
2.1
dvāviṃśatiṃ kecid udāharanti śrutīḥ śrutijñānavicāradakṣāḥ | ṣaṭṣaṣṭibhinnāḥ khalu kecid āsām ānantyam eva pratipādayanti ||
Some, skilled in examining the knowledge of śrutis, declare twenty-two śrutis; some [hold them] divided into sixty-six; some teach that they are infinite.
2.2
ātmeccayā mahitalād vāyur udyan nidhāryate | nādībhitau tathākāśe dhvaniraktaḥ svaraḥ smṛtaḥ ||
The wind rising … held by one's own will, [striking] the wall of the channels and the ether: the sound, pleasing (rakta), is known as svara.
2.3
jātibhāṣādisaṃyogād anantaḥ kīrtitaḥ svaraḥ | nādair yuktas tālam iti kṛtau yojyo raseṣv api ||
Through combination with jātis, bhāṣās and the like, svara is declared infinite; joined with sounds and with tāla it is to be used in composition and in the rasas.
2.4
ūrdhvanāḍīprayatnena sarvabhittinighaṭṭanāt | mūrcito dhvanir āmūrdhnaḥ svaro 'sau vyāpakaḥ paraḥ ||
By the effort of the upward channel, through striking all the walls, the sound swelling up to the head is svara, the pervasive, the highest.
2.5
ṣaḍjaṃ vadati mayūra ṛṣabhaṃ cātako vadet | ajā vadanti gāndhāraṃ krauñco vadati madhyamam | puṣpasādhāraṇe kāle kokilaḥ pañcamaṃ vadet | prāvṛṭkāle tu samprāpte dhaivataṃ durduro vadet | sarvadā ca tathā devi niṣādaṃ vadate gajaḥ
The peacock sings ṣaḍja, the cātaka bird ṛṣabha, goats sing gāndhāra, the crane madhyama; in the season common to flowers the cuckoo sings pañcama; when the rainy season has come the frog sings dhaivata; and always, O Goddess, the elephant sings niṣāda.
2.6
yojanīyo budhair nityaṃ kramo lakṣyānusārataḥ | saṃsthāpya mūrchanā jātirāgabhāṣādisiddhaye ||
The wise should always arrange the sequence according to practice, establishing the mūrchanās for achieving jātis, rāgas, bhāṣās and the rest.
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