[Advaita-l] Are sandhi rules essential to be followed while chanting gita verses?

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste Siva Senani ji
I request your answer to another question as well.

*A question on visargas and halantas at the end of a verse*.


In this video (as also of several other artistes/sadhakas), the visargas at
the end of a verse and also the halantas are pronounced as written -  i.e.,
as sudden stops.

https://youtu.be/k3THo8l_4_4

Whereas it's common to hear the visarga at the end of a verse to be
pronounced as  "aha" in a word like "Raamaha" (half-mAtra at the end)
rather than just "RaamaH" (abrupt stop).

Similarly the phrase 'pada-mavyayan-tat' is pronounced as
pada-mavayayan-tatu" -introducing a half-maatra at the end. Is this latter
manner merely a southern indian accented sanskrit (and therefore best
avoided)? Or is it technically permissible?

Example - Challakere brothers who are considered the gold standard do
introduce the half maatra (even a full maatra perhaps for visargAnta and
halanta shlokas) as in ....

https://youtu.be/9CyS6mS2OA8

Are both manners of pronunciation acceptable? Is there any pANini sUtra or
prAti-shAkhya rule dealing with this issue?

Om
Raghav

On Wed, 2 Sep, 2020, 8:33 AM Siva Senani Nori via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
> Not merely a good practice, it is essential to follow sandhi rules. Sandhi
> is nitya in poetry.
> Why? Otherwise there would be chandobhanga. It is said that it is okay if
> there is a mistake in vyakarana , but there should be no mistake in
> chandas.Chandas is like devata and is held to be powerful in its own right
> without reference to the content.
>
> Regards,
> Senani
>
>   On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 at 11:06 pm, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l<
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:   Namaste,
>
> Generally, BG shloka contains 4 pAdAs with each having 8 syllables. So,
> while chanting,
> we give a short pause at 8th and resume.  There are exceptional shlokas
> that have more than
> 32 syllables and proper pause has to be followed.
>
> It is always a good practice to follow the sandhi rules as the chanting
> evokes a sense of
> rythm (गीता सुगीता कर्तव्या)
>
> 2nd option is more naive which is taught to kids.  3rd seems to be good.
>
> The Gita Press has recently published the 'सरल गीता that has markings
> where to pause.
>
> Regs,
> Sriram
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