Bhakti Bhajan Mala Vol. 2

In this Second Volume of Bhakti Bhajan Mala, I humbly present to you some other meaningful selections from my collection. Following your warm reception of Volume One, I have been encouraged to compile Volume Two. I tried tirelessly to maintain the original version of each Bhajan taken from the original tracks. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy this work to your heart’s content as this is specially dedicated to you.

I tried to salute and give credit to the many Saints, Sages, Lyricists, Musicians and Singers who enriched and continue to provide spiritual and moral sustenance and expose us to the unfathomable treasury of culture and divinity which belongs to humanity at large.

In Kali Yuga by simply chanting the name of God (Namasankirtan) with love and devotion one can cross the ocean of Sansara (mundane existence). Many of our Sacred Texts, Saints and Sages remind us of the importance of Namasankirtan. Let melody and harmony emanate from our hearts and let us take delight in the love that we express through singing aloud the glory of God.

Pandit Ashram Sharma

It is with great joy that I welcome and commend this inspiring collection of traditional bhajana and kirtana by Pandit Ashram Sharma. A bhajana is a song of love to God. Many of these compositions date back to the medieval period of Indian history that witnessed a great flowering of the devotional (bhakti) movement. In this collection one will find timeless compositions by saintly poets like Kabir, Surdas, Tulsidas and Mirabai. These songs are heard daily in Hindu homes and temples throughout the world. Most of the themes of these songs center around the avataras, Shri Rama and Shri Krishna. They describe the attributes of God and God’s compassionate activities. Many of these relate to God as the irresistible and attractive beloved and express an intense yearning for God’s vision (darsana). A kirtana, on the other hand, is a recitation of the various names of God, and several such names are combined and sung repeatedly.

The aim of all Hindu worship is to make living itself an act of worship. Hindu worship finds its culmination when we discover the beauty of offering every one of our actions to God and living itself becomes synonymous with the joy of worship. This supreme ideal of making life itself worship is the central theme of Shri Krishna in the Bhagavadgita (9:27):

Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice or give away in alms, whatever penance you perform, offer it to Me.

Pandit Sharma’s collection of devotional songs is an expression of his own life-long bhakti. In addition, these songs are an excellent means (sadhana) for enabling us to grow towards the ideal of unceasing devotion (anapayani bhakti). While it is not possible to always be in a temple precinct or to perform traditional rituals of worship, these songs can be on our lips, heart and mind, helping us to center our daily lives in God. With the help of these songs, every act can become an offering to God.

On behalf of everyone whose religious lives will be deepened and enriched by this labor of love, I offer gratitude (dhanyavaad) to Pandit Ashram Sharma.

Anantanand Rambachan
Professor and Chair
Department of Religion
St. Olaf College, Minnesota, USA

(5) AISI LAAGI LAGAN

Non Film

Singer: Anup Jalota

Lyric: Meerabai Music: Anup Jalota

Aisi Laagi Lagan, Meera Ho Gai Magan (2)

Wo To Gali-Gali Hari Gun, Gaane Lagi

Aisi Laagi Lagan, Meera Ho Gai Magan

Wo To Gali-Gali Hari Gun, Gaane Lagi

(8) BADA NATKHAT HAI RE

Movie: Amar Prem

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar  Year: 1971

Lyric: Anand Bakshi Music: R.D. Burman

Bada Natkhat Hai Re, Krishna Kanhaiya

Ka Kare Yashoda Maiya, Ha,

Bada Natkhat Hai Re, Krishna Kanhaiya

Ka Kare Yashoda Maiya, Ha,

(18) CHALI RADHE RANI

Movie: Parineetaa

Singer: Manna Dey  Year: 1953

Lyric: Bharat Vyas Music: Arun Kumar Mukherjee

Chali Radhe Rani, Ankhiyon Me Paani

Apne Mohan Se Mukhara Mor Ke …..

Maan Bhari, Abhimaan Bhari,

Maan Bhari, Abhimaan Bhari

(20) DUKH HARO DWARKA NATH SHARAN

Non Film

Singer: Mukesh 

Lyric Deepak Music: Murli Manohar Swarup

Tum Kaha Chhupe Bhagwan Karo Mat Deri

Dukh Haro Dwarka Nath, Nath Sharan Mai Teri

Dukh Haro Dwarka Nath Sharan Mai Teri (2)

(26) HARE RAMA BHAJO RE BHAYI

Non Film

Singer: Mahendra Kapoor & Chorus 

Lyric: Chandrashekar Panday Music: Shyam Sagar

Hare Rama Bhajo Re Bhayi Raghuraayi (4)

Hari Ka Naam Patit Paawan Hai (2)

Isi Se Aas Lagaayi

Hare Rama Bhajo Re Bhayi Raghuraayi (3)

(29) HEY DUKHA BHANJAN

Non Film

Singer: Hari Om Sharan 

Lyric: Hari Om Sharan Music: Hari Om Sharan

Hey Dukha Bhanjan, Maruti Nandan,

Sunlo Meri Pukaar,

Pawansut, Vinati Baarambaar (2)

Hey Dukha Bhanjan …..

(40) JAI HE MAHA LAKSHMI MAA

Movie: Jai Mahalaxmi Maa

Singer: Usha Mangeshkar  Year: 1976

Lyric: Bharat Vyas Music: Chitragupt

Jai He Maha Lakshmi Maa

Jai He Maha Lakshmi Maa, Naiya Meri Paara Karo (2)

Jholi Phai Laye Khadi (2)

Maiya Bhandara Bharo

(45) JAPALE HARI KA NAAM

Non Film

Singer: Hari Om Sharan 

Lyric: Hari Om Sharan Music: Hari Om Sharan

Japale Hari Ka Naam Saanjh Sakaare, Saanjh Sakaare(2)

Antaryami Daata Hare Dukh Saare (2)

Japale Hari Ka Naam Saanjh Sakaare, Saanjh Sakaare

(50) JOT SE JOT JAGAATE CHALO

Movie: Sant Gyaneshwar

Singer: Mukesh & Chorus  Year: 1964

Lyric: Bharat Vyas Music: Laxmikant Pyarelal

Jot Se Jot Jagaate Chalo (2)

Prem Ki Ganga Bahate Chalo (2)

Raaha Me Aaye Jo Deen Dukhi (2)

Sabko Gale Se Lagate Chalo

(51) KAAM KRODHA AUR LOBHA

Movie: Bahurani

Singer: Mahendra Kapoor  Year: 1963

Lyric: Sahir Music: C. Ramchandra

Kaam Krodha Aur Lobha Ka Mara, Jagat Na Aaya Raas

Jab-Jab Ram Ne Janma Liya, Tab-Tab Paaya Ban-Baas

Tab-Tab Paaya Ban-Baas

(54) KOYI LAAKH KARE CHATURAYI

Movie: Chandi Poojaa

Singer: Pradeep  Year: 1957

Lyric: Pradeep Music: Ajeet Merchant

Koyi Laakh Kare Chaturayi                                                   

Karam Ka Lekha Mite Na Re Bhayi (2)

Zara Samjho Is Ki Sachayi Re,

Karam Ka Lekha Mite Na Re Bhayi

(59) MAILI CHADAR ORHA KE KAISE

Non Film

Singer: Hari Om Sharan 

Lyric: Hari Om Sharan Music: Murli Manohar Swarup

Maili Chadar Orha Ke Kaise, Dwaar Tumhare Aawu (2)

He Paawan Parmeshwar Mere, Man Hi Man Sharmawu

Maili Chadar Orha Ke Kaise, Dwaar Tumhare Aawu

Maili Chadar Orha Ke Kaise

(69) MURALIYA BAAJE RE

Non Film

Singer: Chitra Singh 

Lyric: Meerabai Music: Jagjit Singh

Muraliya Baaje Re Jamuna Ke Teer

Jamuna Ke Teer Ho Jamuna Ke Teer

Muraliya Baaje Re Jamuna Ke Teer

(70) NA BOLE NA BOLE NA BOLE RE

Movie: Aazaad

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar  Year: 1955

Lyric: Rajinder Krishan Music: C. Ramchandra

Na Bole Na Bole Na Bole Re (2)

Ghunghat Ke Pat Na Khole Re

Radha Na Bole Na Bole Na Bole Re

Ghunghat Ke Pat Na Khole Re

(76) PINJARE KE PANCHHI

Movie: Naag Mani

Singer: Pradeep  Year: 1957

Lyric: Pradeep Music: Avinash Vyas

Pinjare Ke Panchhi

Pinjare Ke Panchhi Re,

Tera Darad Na Jaane Koi (2)

Bahar Se To Khamosh Rahe Tu (2)

(99) SUNA SUNA LAGE

Movie: Neel Mani

Singer: Mohd. Rafi  Year: 1957

Lyric: Bharat Vyas Music: Chitragupt

Maiya Ki Mamata Taji, Taja Baba Ka Pyaar,

Gwaal Baal Ki Mitrata, Gopiyan Ki Manahaar

Taj Ke Sab Pariwaar Ko, Taj Murali Ki Taan,

Apno Se Mukha Morake, Mathura Chale Re Shyam

Pandit ASHRAM SHARMA was born in 1963, in South Trinidad in the West Indies. He is the grandson of the late Pandit Rambaran Tiwari, who migrated from Basti, U.P. India to Trinidad in 1906, whose son the late Pandit Harripersad Sharma was the father of Pandit Ashram Sharma, who comes from a family very steeped in dharma and anchored in spirituality-exponents of Sanatan Vedic Dharma.

Music, art, poetry and divinity run through the entire family in an unending stream irrigating and watering the lives of many devotees.

Panditji is a student of the late illustrious Pandit Jadoonanan Misra and the formidable Pandit Mahase Maharaj who infused in him the immortal treasures of divine knowledge and music.

In his quest for excellence Panditji travelled far and wide to India, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, South America, Guyana and elsewhere and interfaced with many masters like Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor, Mehdi Hassan, Hari Om Sharan, Suresh Wadkar, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and others who had a tremendous impact on his life.

To this end Panditji is the virtual repository of music, art and culture perpetually flowing in his veins and which continue to sustain his breath of life.

Panditji has a voluminous treasury of bhajans, kirtans, geets, ghazals, qawalis, film and non film songs which are ornaments of his very life.

Pt. Seusankar Seunarine
Barrister at Law
Gray’s Inn London
Attorney at Law Trinidad & Tobago