A Soothing Lullaby For Everyone | Shalini & Srinivas | Madalasa Upadesha

Composed and sung by Shalini & Srinivas
Description :
In Markandeya purana there is this lullaby called Madalasa Upadesha. The story is that Madalasa was an enlightened Queen who gave birth to a child. When the child cried, instead of diverting the child's attention with various objects she chose to introduce him to the truth. And that truth is sung in the form of a sweet lullaby which is called madalasa upadesha or madalasa putra upadesha.
The mother is said to be "madalasa" which literally means one who has won over alasa or laziness. One may take it to be the Mother Sruthi teaching all of us. We are all children because we cry. Anyone who cries is a child. And we cry for various reasons. when a child cries, its because it feels unhappy about something. Here the mother is not trying to divert the child's attention by showing it a few toys. She directly teaches it the Truth which is really a joy to listen to. As we see the teaching, we will also try and see how the teaching is really an aid for us to "Just Be".
Verse 1 :
शुद्धोसि बुद्धोसि निरँजनोऽसि
सँसारमाया परिवर्जितोऽसि
सँसारस्वप्नँ त्यज मोहनिद्राँ
मँदालसोल्लपमुवाच पुत्रम्।
Madalasa says to her crying son:
"You are pure, Enlightened, and spotless.
Leave the illusion of the world
and wake up from this deep slumber of delusion."
Verse 2 :
शुद्धोऽसि रे तात न तेऽस्ति नाम
कृतँ हि तत्कल्पनयाधुनैव।
पच्चात्मकँ देहँ इदँ न तेऽस्ति
नैवास्य त्वँ रोदिषि कस्य हेतो॥
My Child, you are Ever Pure! You do not have a name. A name is only an imaginary superimposition on you.
This body made of five elements is not you nor do you belong to it. This being so, what can be a reason for your crying ?
Verse 3:
न वै भवान् रोदिति विक्ष्वजन्मा
शब्दोयमायाध्य महीश सूनूम्।
विकल्पयमानो विविधैर्गुणैस्ते
गुणाश्च भौताः सकलेन्दियेषु॥
The essence of the universe does not cry in reality. All is a maya of words, oh Prince! Please understand this. The various qualities you seem to have are are just your imaginations, they belong to the elements that make the senses (and have nothing to do with you).
Verse 4 :
भूतनि भूतैः परिदुर्बलानि
वृद्धिँ समायाति यथेह पुँसः।
अन्नाम्बुपानादिभिरेव तस्मात्
न तेस्ति वृद्धिर् न च तेस्ति हानिः॥
The Elements [that make this body] grow with accumulation of more elements or reduce in size if some elements are taken away. This is what is seen in a body's growing in size or becoming lean depending upon the consumption of food, water etc. You do not have growth or decay.
Verse 5 :
त्वम् कँचुके शीर्यमाणे निजोस्मिन्
तस्मिन् देहे मूढताँ मा व्रजेथाः।
शुभाशुभौः कर्मभिर्देहमेतत्
मृदादिभिः कँचुकस्ते पिनद्धः॥
You are in the body which is like a jacket that gets worn out day by day. Do not have the wrong notion that you are the body. This body is like a jacket that you are tied to, for the frutification of the good and bad karmas.
Verse 6 :
तातेति किँचित् तनयेति किँचित्
अँबेति किँचिद्धयितेति किँचित्।
ममेति किँचित् न ममेति किँचित्
त्वम् भूतसँघँ बहु म नयेथाः॥
Some may refer to you are Father and some others may refer to you a Son or
some may refer to you as mother and some one else may refer to you as wife.
some say "you are mine" and some others say "you are not mine"
These are all references to this "Combination of Physical Elements", Do not identify with them.
Verse 7 :
सुखानि दुःखोपशमाय भोगान्
सुखाय जानाति विमूढचेताः।
तान्येव दुःखानि पुनः सुखानि
जानाति विद्धनविमूढचेताः॥
The deluded look at objects of enjoyments as giving happiness by removing the unhappiness. The wise clearly see that the same object which gives happiness now will become a source of unhappiness.
Verse 8 :
यानँ चित्तौ तत्र गतश्च देहो
देहोपि चान्यः पुरुषो निविष्ठः।
ममत्वमुरोया न यथ तथास्मिन्
देहेति मात्रँ बत मूढरौष।
The vehicle that moves on the ground is different from the person in it similarly this body is also different from the person who is inside!
The owner of the body is different from the body! Ah how foolish it is to think I am the body!
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[@subhanarayanaswami8201]

When I was thinking about my beloved dad (who is no more in his body form) whose birthday falls on march 19th ,I shed tears and was feeling so unhappy , that moment I got a chance to listen to this wonderful meaningful lullaby .It was really soothing. Thanks a lot to the musicians and the creative team members.Jai Gurudev👍👌😢☺😊😄🙇🙏

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[@sayaankhan3484]

I am Muslim, but I find myself coming back to this lullaby now and then. it's deep profound spiritual nature resonates with my soul so much. I love it.

[@Sanskritrhymes]

Our sanskriti is so great for having taught the essence of life in a lullaby. Thank you . Shara sahasra vadanavali.

[@jaigurudevasrisri]

My son since birth listens to this while sleeping now he’s 3.7 years old still does the same he hums it too now thanks Guruji n thanks Srinivas n shAlini ji

[@pranavyerram3062]

Wow! Awesome...

[@hemantbelsare1448]

I feel this is a Big advice for the Adults and not a lullaby for children to sleep. It is awakening the common Human beings to know the true nature of their soules. 🙏🙏

[@AT-yp4py]

It is to be taught from the early stages they say so,once they are grown they try to know the actual meaning

[@AT-yp4py]

🙏

[@sushilkumarsaraf4399]

🙏

[@amrutafutane2907]

Just remember Abhimanyu, you’ll come to know how Harbhajan sanskara happen. Shaisav avastha infonts grasp everything very quickly and keenly. They get knowledge out of what they grasp in childhood.

[@pikachue602]

​@@amrutafutane2907true . sadho sadho

[@ramyapai4693]

So Beautiful, Thankyou Shaliniji & Srinivasji🙏

[@agrimbhanot455]

Beautifully sung and moreover the lyrics r so clear that everyone can learn it Great contribution in keeping the vedic Sanskar alive. My mother used to sing it a for us

[@nalinisampath4009]

Soothing wonderful singing and playing by Shalini and srinivas 🎉

[@palakmarodia7836]

Lovely!! My daughter sleeps only after listening to this...

[@mrudulakolli282]

Very soothing! 👌👌👌

[@LUCKYMASON1]

Beautiful 😍

[@shubhashankar5235]

Really love this song and can't sleep until I hear this lovely lullaby .......... beautiful Jgd!!!

[@dimplechoudhary343]

Lovely song🙏

[@AnitaSharma-oj3zq]

Beautifully sung and great tune. Best one so far. Thanks for sharing

[@vedicwarriorOriginal]

Beautiful rendition. Great guitaring too. 👍🙏🕉

[@gayathrisomanathan8810]

Jgdev 🙏Thank you Saliniji & Srinivasji for this beautiful lullaby !! Thank you my dearest master 🦋🧚🏿‍♂️🦋🧚🏿‍♂️

[@nandlalnarang6906]

Beautiful southing soul , love it.

[@adi299ify]

Such soothing music. Calms my baby immediately. It's very melodious to hear when even I feel stressed and restless.

[@rajnisrivastava7578]

Very melodious... .. 👏👏👏👏🎤🎼

[@ramyapai4441]

Thanks a lot for beautiful lullaby 🙏JaiGurudev.

[@ashwinikharat3563]

It's a blessing to be able to receive this wisdom at this point of life !

[@shanksram]

Amazing Song and Excellent rendering !!! ---speechless

[@malarao4699]

Jai Guru Dev Thank you Shalini Srinivas mind gets purified!

[@tvjcp5430]

Lovely. Jai Guru deb

[@TheRiishii]

Thanks for the lullaby with lyrics. Jgd

[@DC-iz7st]

Simply love this song......truly ..Vedic women were so enlightened! Thanks for sharing :).Jai Gurudev

[@rajnisrivastava7578]

Awesome singing by Shalini ji

[@omragrawal4292]

Amazing and excellent

[@jyothsnareddi9921]

This edited video with singers is amazing than the earlier video

[@sridevitangirala5658]

So true, to learn the essence of life,the sooner the better

[@jakubisek]

The singer sings in correct Sanskrit, but the Devanagari lyrics displayed in the video contain several errors! So if you want to learn the Madālasopadeśa, do listen, but DO NOT READ the Devanagari text here. (The same text with the same mistypings is widely circulated on the internet, unfortunately) For example, the correct reading is "na kasya hetoḥ" as Shalini sings, correctly, not "heto" as the text displays, and so on.

[@registerednursesaijalusa5480]

Wow so soothing so nice voice so meaningful so deep was searching for this since so long finally got it so happy Jai Gurudev 🙏🏼😇

[@kajalvikmani8022]

Nice beautiful I like it when I go to sleep I always play that song very nice song👍💖💝 bye the my name Hetvi

[@vishwanath812]

It makes me feel sleepy 😊

[@amitna1r]

Beautiful! Truly so soothing!

[@chitwansingh4882]

My daughter ask me to play the lori before she sleeps. And she usually sleeps between the lullaby. She is just 2 but love this lullaby. Thank u guru dev

[@punnuaol]

So soothing! Loved it! I listen to this lullaby every night

[@ZoicZestBIOLOGY]

Very soothing...

[@adhmitre3648]

Beautiful!

[@jyotikashyap8972]

Amazing😇 Jai Gurudev 📿💖🌹🙏

[@akshatgoyal6319]

it is really amazing

[@ratnajibhamidipati4809]

Excellant Composition

[@aakankshasisodiya9853]

I need this before sleep...

[@vani6177]

Jai GURUDEV, nice step so soothing

[@usharao5888]

Very melodious and soothing

[@anujachary4429]

Thank you Shalini ji and Srinivas ji

[@suryanarayanamurtybehara9822]

Amazing 👏

[@swetavarma2000]

Sooo profound knowledge mom is giving

[@manjulars9116]

I love this so much. So close to heart. What an amazing rendition!

[@saniln4135]

പറയാൻ വാക്കുകൾ കിട്ടുന്നില്ല...... supper 🙌🙌🙌😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@pranavyerram3062]

Jai gurudev ✨!

[@manjujaiswal9692]

जय गुरु देव अति सुन्दर

[@rameshbalan7953]

Gurudev. great, very pleasing to ears, namaste gurudev. thanks. ramesh

[@SarvadeAsha]

Such a soothing voice.

[@rajnisrivastava7578]

Want to hear and hear anytime 😊

[@prasadaraosalapaka5875]

A great composition

[@pranavyerram3062]

Jai gurudev ✨

[@sridhivyajaikumar4416]

Melody voice 💜

[@santakumarireddy]

Tq so much 🥰👍🙏🙏🙏

[@sivaa12]

Pranams to the singer and musician.

[@aakankshasisodiya9853]

Jai Gurudev

[@priyanshisisodia4701]

Such soothing... I listen daily and it helps me sleep peacefully😇🤗🤗💖💖🙏🙏

[@drshwetaagrawal8597]

Thanks for this beautiful lullaby

[@bhavnathaker4363]

Very beautiful and soothing

[@sonianain1627]

अद्भुत

[@kajalvikmani8022]

Whenever I listen this song I quickly sleep

[@usharao5888]

Divine

[@drpriyankamakannawar03]

So beautiful :) Feeling so grateful to have come across this🌸

[@usharao5888]

Divine melody

[@panyamsmusic4860]

Listening to this I fel asleep at this age of 60 . wonderful maa.Sreenivas very nice

[@jayanthiperiyasamy1711]

🙏❤️

[@pravinabenkothiya228]

Jay.gurudev 🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹

[@pallavisainik6036]

Gurudev ... Plzz be with me .. in my challenging time

[@sukanyasawant4512]

Wow ✨

[@mahathi27]

The best song🙏

[@stumblingmywaytoindependence]

Thank you very much for uploading

[@gourabbasu4222]

It's Divine, Eternally Blissful.

[@harshalpancholi8959]

One britisher sings same song and can earn 2M views.. Why cant this one ?

[@hemantbelsare1448]

Because here it is portrayed just as a Lullaby. No this is not a lullaby. THIS IS AN ADVISE FOR A LIFETIME.

[@chka3440]

@@hemantbelsare1448 This is a Lullaby and should be sung as it is. Any own creativity will only ruin it and views doesn't reflect it.

[@souravsenapaty4738]

Makes me so proud to know that even our lullabies are so philosophically heavy

[@Indian.heart1997]

Because we approve of our ancient intelligence only when foreigners put their seal of approval on us. Quite shameful, but sadly true as we have been destroyed so many times...told that you are nobody, your temples are nothing, your knowledge is waste...so on...

[@pikachue602]

​@@hemantbelsare1448 this is a lullaby the queen madalasa the educated brilliant queen sung to her baby kids from childhood

[@gurupaduka7162]

Wonderful

[@swethaswarg9956]

Thanks for singing this Shaliniji

[@dhruvduggal5879]

JaiGuruDev...

[@steppingtowardsperfection8790]

The music and the voice of the one singing in this video was soothing and wanted to download and learn but while going through the lyrics simultaneously, found that there are lots of mistakes related to pronunciation.

[@manojv2255]

Lyrica might be wrong, I see pronunciation is good

[@gauripd]

My son sleeps listening to this everyday

[@aadityanayak4690]

Very Soothing ❤❤❤

[@shantibali1868]

Love it😍😍😍

[@sudarsanmishro1756]

Lullaby is something that brings you a smooth sleep.This is something that is enough to pull you out of your slumber!

[@meenasuvarna8296]

Jay guru Dev

[@prathimarangayyan6448]

👏👌🏽🙏🏼💐

[@TheAntevasi]

Thank you so much♥️

[@sepi846]

💜💜💜

[@NavanitaDeviom]

Too Nice ☺️

[@pravinabenkothiya228]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@asmitakulkarni5216]

Nice

[@dramagal6474]

❤️

[@pravinabenkothiya228]

🙏🙏🌹🌹

[@pravinabenkothiya228]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@pravinabenkothiya228]

🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹

[@trajeswari]

Please add this song to Amazon music. We would like to plat this as lullaby for kids.

[@surbhidewan8866]

Yes plese

[@rvinspiration5580]

😇😇👏👏

[@pravinabenkothiya228]

🙏🙏🌹🌹❤❤

[@nagrathnak7841]

🙏

[@pravinabenkothiya228]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏🙏