So what do you see?
Bare tree branches?
Horrifying signature of lack of splendor?
Life waiting to be reborn in spring?
Lets take a break. Let the music in your ear start.
Hastana Artha Pradakshayat
Chakshubhyam Darshayat Bhavom
Padabhyam Tala Acherait
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Yato Hasta Stato Drushti
Yato Drushti Stato Manaha
Yato Manaha Stato Bhavom
Yato Bhavom Stato Rasaha
Let your hands bring out the meaning
Your glance should be full of expression
While your feet maintain the rhythm
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Where the hand goes, there the eyes should follow
Where the eyes are, the mind should follow
Where the mind is, there the expression should be brought out
Where the expression is, there the rasa or flavour will be experienced.
Now I can see.
This is the beautiful manifestation of Bharata Natyam.
The feet, for the most part, stay under the torso and rarely leave the floor - the rhythmic details grow and grow.
Branches describe describe mountain breezes with her arms and the flight of birds with her fingers.
Rhythm is flowing from one to another.
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