Pancha Sooktham/Divya Prabandam recitation

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Dear Bhagavatas:

 

Mani wrote:

>>since the svara and order of the words is of utmost

>>importance, the student is best able to learn them

>>correctly when the teacher hears the student repeat

>>after him and corrects whatever mistakes there are.

>>

 

This is true. The pronounciation of words are important in chanting. Otherwise

the meaning will be different. My teacher told me that verses from Upanishad may

be chanted without svara like any sloka. The vibrations will NOT be there

without svara.

 

The chanting of Prabandam may be learnt with a tape. My experience is that

chanting is learnt good only from a person who knows the chanting. I was able

to correct my way of chanting from the Prabanda recitation during the

celebration of the 600th anniversary in New Jersey.

 

DAsan Govindarajan