Music enraptures Divine

Divine Discourse 25 June 1996

One cannot describe the sweetness of words and song. A small example to illustrate this: God is called as “Gana Priya”, one who loves music. One can speak to the Lord by way of poems, words or songs. It is sheer sweetness when one sings to commune with the Lord. “O Rama! You are compassionate.”- These words do not melt the Lord. Saying, “O Rama, please protect me!!” by way of poems, too, will not draw His attention. But singing melodiously, “O Lord Rama, please protect me!!” will immediately draw His attention. Hence the Lord is called as “Gana Priya”, “Gana Lola”. Nana started singing in front of the picture of Baba. Baba was immersed in the song and was nodding His head all the time. Baba too joined in the chorus.

The music makes the singer forget himself and also makes the listeners dance in joy. Even God dances in joy. That is the power of music! Hence that is the reason why bhajans are highly valued when praying to God. Hence one must sing bhajans wholeheartedly.