Sanskrit: canto

[marrish]

Dear lovers and knowers of Sanskrit,


A somewhat unusual thread on Sanskrit with an audio file to listen to instead of written texts!

Please listen on YouTube to this audio piece, from 2:00, where a female voice presents Sanskrit verses: Sweet Drop - Human Nature (Original Mix)


I recall having heard this canto somewhere else but I can't place it now. The way of singing and pronunciation is extremely pleasant to the ear, in my opinion.


Do you know what kind of text is sung?


Thank you.

 

[nineth]

naanya pandha vidhyathe ayanaaya ....

This is Purusha Suktam from the Rigveda.

 

[el mosquito]

शृण्वन्तु विश्वे अमृतस्य पुत्रा आ ये धामानि दिव्यानि तस्थुः॥
śṛṇvantu viśve amṛtasya putrā ā ye dhāmāni divyāni tasthuḥ ||

May all the sons of the immortality (or of the Immortal), who dwell in the celestial abodes, hear.
(Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.5.)

वेदाहमेतं पुरुषं महान्तमादित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात्‌।
तमेव विदित्वातिमृत्युमेति नान्यः पन्था विद्यतेऽयनाय॥
vedāhametaṁ puruṣaṁ mahāntamādityavarṇaṁ tamasaḥ parastāt |
tameva viditvātimṛtyumeti nānyaḥ panthā vidyate'yanāya ||

I know this great spirit (purusha) of the color of sun, beyond the darkness.
Knowing him, indeed, one goes beyond death. There's no other way for going.
(Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.8.)