'Arpita Tana Mana' is our 4th bhajan offering from Project Aradhana released on Siddhi Day, November 24th 2023.

Project Aradhana is a teacher's training program which will offer 10 bhajans inspired by The Mother's ‘Prayers and Meditations’ as a medium to learn the Yoga of the voice, music, breath and immerse into selected passages written by The Mother.

Project Aradhana (‘adoration’ in Sanskrit) consists of 10 inspired bhajans in Sanskritised Hindi, composed by vocalist-composer Arun Bishnu Chowdhury, Maihar Gharana; written by Devdutt Singh, accompanied by Tarun Bishnu Chowdhury on tabla. All of them who grew up under The Mother at Sri Aurobindo Ashram. The original album was released in 1981.

vocal: Arjita Bishnu Chowdhury
music composition & direction: Arnab Bishnu Chowdhury
artwork: Vishwajyoti Mohrhoff
lyrics translation - Archana Maheshwari

musicians:
violin - Sevastiana Korotynskaia
acoustic guitar - Ankur Chakraborty
bansuri - Bryce Grinlington
vocal support, tabla - Arnab Bishnu Chowdhury

original composition: Arun Bishnu Chowdhury
tabla: Tarun Bishnu Chowdhury
lyrics: Devdutt Singh

lyrics in English:

Our mind, our body,
Our whole life, offered,
Like a wave of the river Ganga
Our minds flow and wash Thy Feet.

The world is drenched by a sweet fragrance,
Our times are filled with happiness,
Today, this intoxicated mind-bird of mine
Is dancing from branch to branch.

May the dawns be as pious as the worship of the gods,
May the nights become like gods’ sleeping hours
May the noons be bright like an ‘arati’ of intense love,
May our words be like liberating ‘mantras’.

May our hearts be filled with devotion,
May the closed walls of ignorance and attachment be shattered.
May the boundless sun of knowledge blaze
And illumine the entire world with Light.

Project Aradhana is an offering from Know Your Rhythm (https://www.ninad.in)
To know more, contact arnabninad@gmail.com