Geeta dhayna shloka.mp3

This hymn is by Sage Patanjali, the author and compiler of the famous
yogasUtra . Once upon a time, as the story of the origin of
the hymn goes, Nandi, Shiva's carrier would not allow Patanjali Muni to have
Darshan of the Lord Shiva (Nataraja of Chidambaram).  In order to reach Lord
Shiva, Patanjali, with his mastery over grammatical forms,
spontaneously composed this prayer in praise of the
Lord without using any extended (`dIrgham') syllable,
(without `charaNa' and `shRi~Nga' i.e . leg and horn) to tease Nandi.
Shiva was quickly pleased, gave Darshan to the  devotee, and danced to the
lilting tune of this song .
The place where this incidence is said to have happened is
Chidambaram (also known as Thillai), located about a  hundred miles
from Madras, Tamilnadu, India . It is considered to be  one of the
holiest places in India . In this temple, which has a gold covered roof,
Lord Nataraja is present in a cosmic-dancing form . Many books have been
written on the greatness of the temple and its deity and can also be inferred
from various hymns composed in praise of the Lord by the Shaiva siddhanta saints.

Anish Nair