Waagal - Somārudrā || Throatsinging Sitar Live Looping
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“Somārudrā“ is an adaptation of the 74th hymn of 6th Mandala from Rig Veda.
The Rig Veda is a collection of sacred hymns from ancient India composed in Vedic Sanskrit. It is one of the four great canonical texts of Hinduism known as the Vedas. It is one of the oldest existing texts in the Indo-European language. According to Indologists, philologists and linguists, it was written between 1500 and 900 BC.
The Vedic people who spoke this language lived 3,500 years ago (1500 BC).
This song is based on two 7/4 frame drum loop (with two different subdivisions), with throatsinging and sitar. It’s also the third part of a polyrhythmic throatsinging triptych.
I humbly try to pronounce this language to the best I can, with months of studying phonology and phonetic of Vedic Sanskrit. It’s far from perfect, but here’s my attempt with all respect and awe to the Vedic culture.
Mixing and Mastering: Paul Fontimpe
Video: Marlène Ila Popovic
somārudrā
dhārayethāmasuryaṃ
pra vāmiṣṭayo
aramaśnuvantu
dame-dame sapta
ratnā dadhānā śaṃ
no bhūtaṃ dvipadeśaṃ
catuṣpade
somārudrā vi vṛhataṃ
viṣūcīmamīvā
yā no ghayamāviveśa
āre bādhethāṃ
nirtiṃ parācairasme
bhadrā sauśravasāni
santu
somārudrā
yuvametānyasme
viśvā tanūṣu
bheṣajāni dhattam
ava syataṃ muñcataṃ
yan no asti
tanūṣu baddhaṃ
kṛtameno asmat
tighmāyudhau tighmahetī suśevau
somārudrāviha su mṛḷataṃ naḥ
pra no muñcataṃ varuṇasya
pāśād ghopāyataṃ naḥ sumanasyamānā
somārudrā dhārayethāmasuryaṃ
pra vāmiṣṭayo
aramaśnuvantu
dame-dame
sapta ratnā
dadhānā śaṃ no
bhūtaṃ dvipadeśaṃ
catuṣpade
somārudrā vi vṛhataṃ
viṣūcīmamīvā
yā no ghayamāviveśa
somārudrā
somārudrā
somārudrā
Translation:
Soma and Rudra, bring our desires to the spiritual being, so that they may rejoice. Distributing seven
jewels in each house, be happiness for us bipeds, happiness for the quadrupeds.
O Soma and Rudra, tear away in every direction the terror that has entered our house.
Drive suffering away. May good fortune and good name be ours.
O Soma and Rudra, place all these effective remedies for us in our bodies. Drive away
this calamity installed in our bodies,
You two, Soma and Rudra, with sharp weapons, with your sharp arrows, you who are
show your compassion for us. Free us from Varuna’s chain.
Protect our cows with your good thoughts.
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Waagal - Somārudrā || Throatsinging Sitar Live Looping