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"Agaval" is the form of blank verse, close to speech. The Vinayagar agaval is chanted on Lord Ganesha, was written by tamil poetess Avaiyar. Considered to be her greatest composition and in comparison one of the best sacred poems ever, this was sung in the 14th Century during the golden era of the Cholas. This composition consists of esoteric values and meaning of our existence and the knowledge one has to seek in his/her life time.
Vinayagar Agaval defines a religious path, its application as a spiritual tool begins during concentration on a physical image of Ganesh with the use of the Agaval's description of spiritual belief and practice, and aspects of the teachings on human life attributed to the deity. It is also known to have given the complete shastras on Yoga.
The Agaval speaks to us on many levels. Written at the culmination of her life, this, Auvaiyar’s last work, speaks to us of an old woman’s readiness for death. Yet it speaks with gratitude and wonder of the poetess’s journey through life, seen as a gift from the God, testifying to the completeness of the poetess’s human experience. Simultaneously it celebrates a new birth, her emergence from the womb of the God who holds the material universe in his belly. She speaks explicitly of her new immortality, of her experience of her real state, of Siva within the eternal sound, of bliss at the boundary of darkness and light. Although the individual may die, the soul having merged with the cosmos does not. Interleaved within the poem is the presence of Vinayaka, the breath taking God of new beginnings.
A poem with very deep insight & thought, it is widely believed that reciting the Vinayagar Agaval every day, one will realize his true potential.
Below's the version sung by Seerkazhi Govindarajan.
Listen! Enjoy! May Lord Ganesha shower his blessings!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWcZavzAy8U
"Agaval" is the form of blank verse, close to speech. The Vinayagar agaval is chanted on Lord Ganesha, was written by tamil poetess Avaiyar. Considered to be her greatest composition and in comparison one of the best sacred poems ever, this was sung in the 14th Century during the golden era of the Cholas. This composition consists of esoteric values and meaning of our existence and the knowledge one has to seek in his/her life time.
Vinayagar Agaval defines a religious path, its application as a spiritual tool begins during concentration on a physical image of Ganesh with the use of the Agaval's description of spiritual belief and practice, and aspects of the teachings on human life attributed to the deity. It is also known to have given the complete shastras on Yoga.
The Agaval speaks to us on many levels. Written at the culmination of her life, this, Auvaiyar’s last work, speaks to us of an old woman’s readiness for death. Yet it speaks with gratitude and wonder of the poetess’s journey through life, seen as a gift from the God, testifying to the completeness of the poetess’s human experience. Simultaneously it celebrates a new birth, her emergence from the womb of the God who holds the material universe in his belly. She speaks explicitly of her new immortality, of her experience of her real state, of Siva within the eternal sound, of bliss at the boundary of darkness and light. Although the individual may die, the soul having merged with the cosmos does not. Interleaved within the poem is the presence of Vinayaka, the breath taking God of new beginnings.
A poem with very deep insight & thought, it is widely believed that reciting the Vinayagar Agaval every day, one will realize his true potential.
Below's the version sung by Seerkazhi Govindarajan.
Listen! Enjoy! May Lord Ganesha shower his blessings!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWcZavzAy8U
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