You cannot stop an idea or identify meaning of the idea when it comes and when it comes it doesn’t stay for long, it vanishes in seconds of time. If you witness a thought/idea and try to ponder over it, it just drifts away or vanishes. But if you hold on to it and chew on it, then it stays with you by giving some vague presumptions until put to a logical end by adopting right action. A beautiful thought can get messed up because of our assumptions. The way we think about something, greatly impacts our emotions and actions. This phenomenon is not just a coincidence; it is a powerful aspect of human psychology that shapes our experiences and ultimately determines the outcomes.
An idea, especially one that has not yet been fully developed may be brilliant in nature. But the sad truth is so many such brilliant ideas come and go. An unresearched thought/idea is a bubble and they don’t get beyond a thought bubble.
I want to write about a beautiful Marathi lyric written by Tryambak Chintamani Khanolkar who had been given pen name as Arati Prab; the poetry was sung by Mahendra Kapoor and composed by Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar “Ti yete anik jaate”. In the poetry Khanolkar talks about an idea/thought of an artist, which comes and goes away. In Marathi thought is ‘kalpana’ which is feminine noun. The thought comes in form of bud and wants to be thriven like a flower before leaving. Which means the artist needs to give shape to the thought by adding clarity and shaping it in a perfect bloom.
The nature of any thought is transient to come and go, to inspire the artist for getting beautifully shaped. The thought teases the artist, it plays hide and seek . While coming to the artist she comes shyly and blushing. And if the artist fails to shape her, she mocks him while leaving for not grasping her. She wants to be grasped by the artist, and she wants to be comprehended precisely.
She has no constraints of time, place, situation while coming and going. She enjoys the freedom of arriving anytime, anywhere in any situation, in a fluid form. She stays for a while and runs far away from the artist if she is not caught in time and while going farther, she hums the evening tune which meaning the day coming to an end. She travels a far distance while coming. She feels disappointed and she vanishes, which dismays the artist. Our thoughts are like bubble waiting to be popped.
Hridaynath Mangeshkar spoke about his experience of composing this song: Tryambak Khanolkar and Hridaynath were great friends. Khanolkar was a bit whimsical poet. He had written this poetry on a piece of paper and gave it to Hridaynath for composing. Hridaynath after reading it felt that it is premgeet/love poetry. He kept it away thinking he would compose it some other time. Khanolkar came after a fortnight, asking whether this poetry is composed. Hridaynath told him that this is a common love poetry and why hurry to compose? Khanolkar became angry and told the meaning of the song. And Hridaynath without much delay asked his friend Mahendra Kapoor to sing this song. This is how the evergreen song “ti yete anik jate” is created.
I am giving here below the song and in Mahindra Kapoor’s velvety voice.
