Vande Maataram - Gratitude to Motherland

The national song from India .. gratitude to mother earth. Sung with sign language and featuring beautiful ancient tribal people ..

The following is the Sanskrit text of the song:

Vande Maataram! Vande Maataram!

Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja shitalam,

Shasyashyamalam, Maataram!

Shubhrajyotsna pulakitayaminim,

Phullakusumita drumadala shobhinim,

Suhasinim sumadhura bhashinim,

Sukhadam varadam, Maataram!

Vande Maataram! Vande Maataram!

I have modified the English translation of the song rendered earlier by Sri Aurobindo to
reflect my own spirit:

I bow in reverence to you, my Motherland,
I bow in respect.

Richly-watered, richly-fruited,
Cool with the sandal fragrant winds of the south,
Dark with the crops of the harvests,
O Motherland!

Rejoicing her nights in the glory of the moonlight,
Beautifully clothed with her trees in flowering bloom,
Gentle in humor, sweet in speech,
Fulfiller of wishes, giver of happiness, o Motherland

I bow in gratitude to you Motherland,
I bow in reverence.

Classic debate sung beautifully

The worldly woman scolds the ascetic Yogi ...

A classic philosophical/religious debate between life-affirming and life-renouncing views on life ... an eternal inquiry.

"You keep running away from the affairs of this life, how can you obtain the truth you seek.
If you could not accept this world, won't you also regret in the other world?"