First recorded voice for future generations !!!
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vasantkumar bhatt
Oct 25, 2017, 1:55:51 AM10/25/17
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'His Masters Voice' (HMV) had once published a pamphlet giving the history of gramophone record.
Gramophone was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in the 19th century.
Edison, who had invented many other gadgets like electric light and the motion picture camera, had become a legend even in his own time.
When he invented the gramophone record, which could record human voice for posterity, he wanted to record the voice of an eminent scholar on his first piece.
For that he chose Prof. Max Muller of England (a German by ethnicity), another great personality of the 19th century.
He wrote to Max Muller saying,
“I want to meet you and record your voice. When should I come?”
Max Muller who had great respect for Edison asked him to come on a suitable time when most of the scholars of the Europe would be gathering in England.
Accordingly, Edison took a ship and went to England. He was introduced to the audience. All cheered Edison’s presence.
Later at the request of Edison, Max Muller came on the stage and spoke in front of the instrument.
Then Edison went back to his laboratory and by afternoon came back with a disc & played it on the gramophone.
The audience was thrilled to hear the voice of Max Muller from the instrument.
They were glad that voices of great persons like Max Muller could be stored for the benefit of posterity.
After several rounds of applause and congratulations to Thomas Edison, Max Muller came to the stage and addressed the scholars and asked them,
“You heard my original voice in the morning. Then you heard the same voice coming out from this instrument in the afternoon. Do you understand what I said in the morning or what you heard in the afternoon?”
The audience fell silent because they could not understand the language in which Max Muller had spoken.
It was ‘Greek and Latin’ to them as they say.
But had it been Greek or Latin, they would have definitely understood because they were from various parts of Europe.
It was in a language which the European scholars had never heard.
Max Muller then explained what he had spoken.
He said that the language he spoke was Sanskrit and it was the first sloka of Rig Veda, which says "Agni Meele Purohitam”
This was the first recorded public version on the gramophone plate.
अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवं रत्वीजम।
होतारं रत्नधातमम।।
(Rig Veda 1.001.01)
Why did Max Muller choose this?
Addressing the audience he said,
“Vedas are the oldest text of the human race. And “Agni Meele Purohitam” is the first verse of Rig Veda.
In the most primordial time, when the people did not know how even to cover their bodies and lived by hunting and housed in caves, Indians had attained high civilization and they gave the world universal philosophies in the form of the Vedas.”
When “Agni Meele Purohitam” was replayed, the entire audience stood up in silence as a mark of respect.
The verse means :
“Oh Agni, You who gleam in the darkness, to You we come day by day, with devotion and bearing homage. So be of easy access to us, Agni, as a father to his son, abide with us for our well being."
Proud to be part of a truly glorious ancient civilization ...🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Gramophone was invented by Thomas Alva Edison in the 19th century.
Edison, who had invented many other gadgets like electric light and the motion picture camera, had become a legend even in his own time.
When he invented the gramophone record, which could record human voice for posterity, he wanted to record the voice of an eminent scholar on his first piece.
For that he chose Prof. Max Muller of England (a German by ethnicity), another great personality of the 19th century.
He wrote to Max Muller saying,
“I want to meet you and record your voice. When should I come?”
Max Muller who had great respect for Edison asked him to come on a suitable time when most of the scholars of the Europe would be gathering in England.
Accordingly, Edison took a ship and went to England. He was introduced to the audience. All cheered Edison’s presence.
Later at the request of Edison, Max Muller came on the stage and spoke in front of the instrument.
Then Edison went back to his laboratory and by afternoon came back with a disc & played it on the gramophone.
The audience was thrilled to hear the voice of Max Muller from the instrument.
They were glad that voices of great persons like Max Muller could be stored for the benefit of posterity.
After several rounds of applause and congratulations to Thomas Edison, Max Muller came to the stage and addressed the scholars and asked them,
“You heard my original voice in the morning. Then you heard the same voice coming out from this instrument in the afternoon. Do you understand what I said in the morning or what you heard in the afternoon?”
The audience fell silent because they could not understand the language in which Max Muller had spoken.
It was ‘Greek and Latin’ to them as they say.
But had it been Greek or Latin, they would have definitely understood because they were from various parts of Europe.
It was in a language which the European scholars had never heard.
Max Muller then explained what he had spoken.
He said that the language he spoke was Sanskrit and it was the first sloka of Rig Veda, which says "Agni Meele Purohitam”
This was the first recorded public version on the gramophone plate.
अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवं रत्वीजम।
होतारं रत्नधातमम।।
(Rig Veda 1.001.01)
Why did Max Muller choose this?
Addressing the audience he said,
“Vedas are the oldest text of the human race. And “Agni Meele Purohitam” is the first verse of Rig Veda.
In the most primordial time, when the people did not know how even to cover their bodies and lived by hunting and housed in caves, Indians had attained high civilization and they gave the world universal philosophies in the form of the Vedas.”
When “Agni Meele Purohitam” was replayed, the entire audience stood up in silence as a mark of respect.
The verse means :
“Oh Agni, You who gleam in the darkness, to You we come day by day, with devotion and bearing homage. So be of easy access to us, Agni, as a father to his son, abide with us for our well being."
Proud to be part of a truly glorious ancient civilization ...🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
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K S Kannan
Oct 25, 2017, 2:03:59 AM10/25/17
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A much circulated piece.
Any authentic source for this?
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Trichur Rukmani
Oct 25, 2017, 2:11:15 AM10/25/17
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How inspiring? Thank you for posting this.
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Jayaraman
Oct 25, 2017, 2:46:53 AM10/25/17
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Namaste
There are many aspects which do not seem factual in the above write up on Maxmuller.
Moncure convey was a literary critic. He wrote an article "Memoirs of Maxmuller" in North America Review in the year 1900, after the passing away of Prof.Maxmuller. This incident is mentioned in pg.888 .
It can be accessed here - https://archive.org/details/jstor-25105098
Seeing a lot of various versions circulating then, I had rendered this incident in Sanskrit in my blog in the year 2014 which can be seen here - http://mantra-artha.blogspot.in/2014/08/maxmuller-and-vedas-authentic-account.html
regards
Jayaraman
There are many aspects which do not seem factual in the above write up on Maxmuller.
Moncure convey was a literary critic. He wrote an article "Memoirs of Maxmuller" in North America Review in the year 1900, after the passing away of Prof.Maxmuller. This incident is mentioned in pg.888 .
It can be accessed here - https://archive.org/details/jstor-25105098
Seeing a lot of various versions circulating then, I had rendered this incident in Sanskrit in my blog in the year 2014 which can be seen here - http://mantra-artha.blogspot.in/2014/08/maxmuller-and-vedas-authentic-account.html
regards
Jayaraman
shankara
Oct 25, 2017, 2:47:14 AM10/25/17
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Namaste,
This topic was discussed at least twice in this group. Dr. HN Bhat had provided link to a biography of Max Muller which mentioned the actual incident.
Link to 'Memoirs of Max Muller' by Moncure D Convey, which describes the incident on page 888 - https://archive.org/details/jstor-25105098
regards
shankara
shankara
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Jayaraman
Oct 25, 2017, 2:51:04 AM10/25/17
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Moncure Conway's version, as could be seen from the reference above, seems authentic and seems to be the only available evidence or reference in this regard thus far. One does not find mention to Edison etc in his version.
regards
Jayaraman
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Marehalli Prasad
Oct 25, 2017, 9:55:47 AM10/25/17
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Namaste. I have also heard the recording which is supposed to be audio recording of the famous speech of Swami Vivekananda in the Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893. I tried to verify the possibility but could not sure about it.
Please let me know if anyone else have heard this recording and able to verify.
Regards
MG Prasad
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Nagaraj Paturi
Oct 25, 2017, 10:00:57 AM10/25/17
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Math concludes Vivekananda’s Chicago speech was not recorded
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Venkata Sriram
Nov 7, 2017, 8:50:42 AM11/7/17
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Namaste,
There is a drama in sanskrit by name 'मोक्षमूलर वैदुष्यं'. In the 17th page of the PDF document, this gramophone recording has been mentioned. The book can be downloaded from the below link.
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However, whether this drama can be taken as authentic or not is a debatable issue. But this edition was published in 1981.
regs,
sriram
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Dr. Rama kant Shukla
Nov 7, 2017, 9:11:37 AM11/7/17
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the writer of mmv is bhawani shankar trivedi not bhawani prasad dwivedi.he served in a.i.r. mmv was broacast from a.i.r.trivediji was my friend . he wrote a few words on me in his another book entitled ' sanskritam yuropeeyaa bhaashaashcha'
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