'Bharat ek khoj'

Granted I was a kid when this was aired. And this was in the good ol' days of Doordarshan when you didnt know the mad urge to flip between 21 channels in as many seconds. So I still remember some of the old TV serials from that time. Nowadays, aside from news items, I watch zero television.

Anyway this particular title 'song' (its wrong to call it song as it is translation from shlokas of the Rigveda) stuck in my memory and was it a pleasant surprise to see that some helpful soul had actually uploaded it to wikipedia! There honestly is not much that is not on wikipedia at the moment.

Another favourite is the theme song from 'Chanakya'. If anyone has the words, please feel free to upload to wiki! (And do let me know)

From wikipedia


This first stanza is in Sanskrit (Rig Veda, Book 10, Hymn 129):

nāsadāsīn no sadāsīt tadānīṃ nāsīd rajo no vyomāparo yat
kimāvarīvaḥ kuha kasya śarmannambhaḥ kimāsīd ghahanaṃ ghabhīram



Srishti se pehle sat nahin thaa, asat bhi nahin

Antariksh bhi nahin, aakaash bhee nahin thaa.

Chhipaa thaa kyaa, kahaan, kisne dhaka thaa?

Us pal to agam, atal jal bhi kahaan thaa.



Shrishti kaa kaun hain kartaa?

Kartaa hain yeh vaa akartaa?

Oonche aakash mein rahtaa.

Sadaaa adhyaksh banaa rahtaa.

Wohee sach much mein jaantaa..Yaa nahin bhi jaanataa

Hain kisi ko nahin pataa,

Nahin pataa,

Nahin hai pataa, nahin hai pataa.



Voh tha hiranya garbh srishti se pehle vidyamaan.

Vohi to saare bhoot jaatee ka swami mahaan.

jo hai astitvamaana dharti aasmaan dhaaran kar.

Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar?



Jis ke bal par tejomay hai ambar.

Prithvi hari bhari sthapit sthir.

Swarg aur sooraj bhi sthir.

Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar?



Garbh mein apne agni dhaaran kar paida kar,

Vyapa tha jal idhar udhar neeche upar,

Jagaa chuke vo ka ekameva pran bankar,

Aise kis devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar?



Om ! Srishti nirmata swarg rachaiyta purvaj rakhsa kar.

Satya dharma palak atul jal niyamak raksha kar.

Phaili hain dishayen bahu jaisi uski sab mein sab par,

Aise hi devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar,

Aise hi devta ki upasana kare hum havi dekar.