The Dasam Mandal of the Rigveda has a supreme,
Hiranyagarbha: Samvartagre Bhootsya Jat: Patirk Aasit.
S Dadhar Prithivi Dyamuteman Kasmai Devay Havisha Vidham॥ — (Rigveda-10-121-1)
The first time the word Hiranyagarbha is used for the first time in this spirit of the Rigveda. This is the earliest state in the universe when it is on the stage where everything is there or not. That is, what is there cannot be expressed, but it is not even latent. This egg of gold, all the energy is covered in itself and then the creation originates from this. That is, this womb where the soul resides as energy.
It is very difficult to explain this thing here, but it is also written in the Puranas that even the great sages have neither understood it nor have been able to explain it completely. He has left this subject as eternal, infinite, unbroken, impenetrable and very mysterious. Think how big a challenge must have been to present such a serious subject in a dance style, but about 32 years ago, Shri Ram Bharatiya Arts Center took the initiative to explain this subject through the platform.
When he made it a resolution, it was fulfilled as a soulful presentation of Mayurbhanj Chhau dance and the presentation of Shivam Sahni made this unprecedented feeling interesting with his beautiful-unintelligible gestures.
The second day of the Center Dance Festival organized by Shri Ram Bharatiya Kala Kendra was the second day and on this occasion a special presentation has been given by the institute, which was named Parikrama.
Parikrama can be anything, the orbit of other planets including the Earth around the Sun, the circumambulation of satellites around the planets or the revolutions of the devotees around the statue of God in the temple.
But now move towards the subtle sentiment of the circumambulation, look into your heart, recognize… are we not doing orbit? Thousands of years ago, when the Indian Manisha got up in the mind-brain, the Vedas were created and through the Vedas today we know that the soul (self) wears a body made of five elements, then this body gains momentum with senses and enthusiasts and the revolutions of life starts.
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In this special presentation at Kamani Auditorium, 21 -year -old Shivam Sahni played the central character of Atman and very beautifully presented the emotions of the soul. This soul is first absorbed in the same ethics within Hiranyagarbha, then the Kalachakra moves forward, this Brahma develops like a lotus push, the pakhundis open and open and then the soul gradually develops in the form.
Now the soul meets Panchabhut, sky, water, fire, air and earth. A group of dancers with a beautiful combination of Mayurbhanj Chhau dance and Ashtanga Yoga exhibits these elements. The beautiful combination of lighting on the stage experiences the divine appearance of these elements and as whatever elements are revealed, their expressions directly affect the audience. This was a testimony to the dark auditorium.
How many difficulties did you have to face in presenting all these expressions? After the presentation, when this question was asked to Rajkumar Sharma, who was in the role of choreographer, he said, “When the idea of ​​engraving this concept on the stage was formed for the first time, the first question was faced with the same question how we would show Atman?” So he had to show him in a white dress, now we had to show the five elements, so we saw their merits mentioned in the Puranas. For the air element, our dance artists create scenes like running tornaders. For the water element, he comes out like a wave. The quality of the fire element is that it cannot be controlled, so our dancers presents him with their intense dance style. Their hair is open which is a sign of flames.
Emotional moment: Shivam Sahni
When Shivam Sahni tells his feeling about this presentation, he says that it is a really emotional moment for me. After the presentation, when the beloved audience comes to meet and they tell that this beautiful natural form of self has come down to them, then it seems that a practice has been completed. It is a pleasure to know that the sense of which our gurus were teaching us, and when I presented it on the stage, it reached the same simple and easy language among the people.
Regarding the character of Atman, he says that this circumambulation is of the journey of the soul. Do not see it just as a journey between life and death. This is even beyond that. The Gita also says that the cycle of the consciousness that is with the soul, the cycle of the energy goes on. The soul from which the soul comes out and comes into the world, then returns to the same Brahm and then comes again. In this way the circumambulation goes on.
Yoga and asanas are also included in dance
Guru Shashidharan Nair, who cherished this dance structure, tells about the change in this presentation year after year, that in 32 years, a change has come that its artists have been changing. He laughs and says that I have also presented myself to Atman and at that time many actions and stages of yoga posture were also included. This presentation demands that there should be an essential elasticity in the body, so that yogasan can be involved in a clear way and the correct message of ‘Parikrama’ reaches the audience in the right form.
In the background, Kabir, adorned with the music of Shubha Mudgal, was easily associated in expanding the spirit of self. When there is a sound in the ear, peace continues to dissolve in peace and the sound of the stage starts echoing inside.
‘Bahuri hum kah kun aihin,
Creation of Bichhur Panchaat, then we are in the past,
Prithvi’s quality is Pani Sosya, Pan Tej Milaonahege.
The sense of orbit talks about the union of soul and God beyond our birth and death, but with ease, this parikrama is also in our everyday life. A common man comes out of the house in the morning, goes to work, works hard, returns home, sleeps and goes to the same journey again the next morning. It is a matter of every day of every common man, every day. This is true. Our circumambulation is true of all of us.
There is a scene in the panchayat web series. The Secretary Getting a girl dancing in the Orchestra asks that the mind thinks of you to do all this? In response, she also stains the question to the secretary who dancing, you feel good in what you are doing? Secretary does not say no … The girl who dancing says then you are also dancing. We are all dancing in our lives.
Parikrama has the power to introduce us to the truth, and also shows the truth.