Audio conversion. Small Images of video clips and images have been used Courtesy from Google and others wherever necessary without any commercial intention or monetary benefit, mainly for educating new entrants to devotional music. These are used according to "Fair Use". Providing of visuals is for better appreciation and for listening pleasure and spiritual realization. Most of the Shlokas, Mantras, Vedas and Divyaprabandhams are available in Public Domain. UPANYASAM SELECTIONS PART 38 Sant Surdas By Harikatha exponent Smt Vishaka Hari Smt Vishaka Hari is a prominent Carnatic music vocalist and established exponent of Harikatha. A chartered accountant, a vocalist and a story-teller, she is all rolled in one.Vishaka Hari learnt Carnatic music under the legendary Carnatic violinist, Padma Vibhushan Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman, while her spiritual guru and father-in-law is Sri Krishna Premi. Her husband Sri Hari also conducts discourses. She has a mellifluous voice and an easy narrative skill .She has a huge fan following. Sanr Surdas Surdas (Sant Kavi Surdas) was a 15th-century blind saint, poet and musician, known for his devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna. Surdas is said to have written and composed a hundred thousand songs in his magnum opus the 'Sur Sagar' (Ocean of Melody), out of which only about 8,000 are extant. He is considered a saint and so also known as Sant Surdas, a name which literally means the "slave of melody" Akhiyaa~M hari darshan kI pyaasI | dekho chaahat kamala nayan ko, nis din rahat udaasI || kesar tilak motin kI maalaa, vrindaavan ke vaasI | nehaa lagaae tyaagI gaye tRuN sam, Daari gaye gal phaa~MsI || kaahu ke man kI koU kaa jaane, logan ke man haa~MsI | sUradaas prabhu tumhare daras bin lehoM karavat kaashI Our eyes thirst for a vision of Hari, They long to see the lotus-eyed one, Grieving for him day and night, Wearing a saffron talk and pearl garland And dwelling in Vrindavan, He gave us his love, then cast us aside like a blade of grass, Throwing a noose around our necks, No one knows what is in another's mind, There is laughter in people's hearts, But Lord of Surdas, without a vision of you we would give up our very lives Acknowledgements Audio from www.maransdog.com West Mambalam Sri N.S.Sampath Swamigal collections Information courtesy www.wikipedia.org

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