Mohit Chouhan: Namaskar, Sadhguru.
I grew up in the hills, in Himachal Pradesh, and I am extremely attached to the mountains
and the beauty and the silences that I found over there.
And of course, lot of inspiration came to me from Mahadev and music.
Would love you can shed some light on the connection between these three – Mahadev, mountains and music,
and their significance in our lives.
Sadhguru: Namaskaram, Mohit (Laughs) Now you are sounding like a 3M company, hmm (Laughs)?
Mahadev, mountains and music!
Well, Mahadev means a great lord, of course you're referring to Shiva.
He was the greatest mathematician, and also among the greatest musicians ever.
But people did not hear much of his music,
because he danced to his own music,
and others did not hear that music.
They only were captivated by his dance, and they did not know to what rhythm he is dancing (Laughs),
but it’s his own rhythm and his own music, of course in the mountains.
So, you come from… you are a pahadi (Refers to Hindi word – Mountain dweller), so naturally…
there is a certain thing about mountains, when you walk in the mountains
and when you are in the mountains, you have to walk.
Only now roads are coming in, otherwise, people walked.
Mountain people always walked.
When you simply walk without knowing how far is your destination,
when you have to keep walking, day in and day out, you will see, you will develop a rhythm of your own.
A certain music, and a certain lilt to your walk and to your movements,
because you have to conserve your energy, you can't walk like how city people are walking.
You walk in a certain way, with minimum energy and maximum movement,
and that becomes a kind of music and dance within itself.
And naturally, pahadi people, or the mountain people, always came up with a music which is unique in itself,
which is limited in its range.
In terms of Indian Classical music, if you look at it, it’s limited in range, but it is…
there is a lilt and a rhythm to it which is unique.
Simply because the very walk and the way mountain people exist, they have to find a rhythm.
Otherwise, in that terrain, they cannot really survive.
Because minimizing consumption of energy is an important part of being in the mountains.
And well, people are loving your music, keep it going.
And very important that you bring more of pahadi music to the plains,
because people who live on the plains… plains give you a certain comfort.
You can move whichever way you want, you don’t have to conserve your energy.
But it’s important that people learn how to move with minimum energy and maximum movement,
because that leads to a kind of dance of its own.
Dance and music are not different.
Dance is just music in motion.
(Music) Shankar Sankatu Harana Shankar Sankatu Harana
Shiv Kailshon ki Vasi, Dhouli dhaaron ki raja
Shankar Sankatu Harana Shankar Sankatu Harana