dhrupad bharat ki samriddh gayan shaili hai. dhrupad ka shabdash: arth hota hai- 'dhruv+pad' arthat- jisake niyam nishchit hoan, atal hoan, jo niyamoan mean bandha hua ho. dhrupad ganbhir prakriti ka git hai. ise gane mean kanth aur pheph de par bal p data hai. isaliye log ise 'mardana git' kahate haian. 'natyashastr' ke anusar varn, alankar, gan-kriya, yati, vani, lay adi jahaan dhruv roop mean paraspar sanbaddh rahean, un gitoan ko 'dhruva' kaha gaya hai. jin padoan mean ukt niyam ka nirvah ho raha ho, unhean 'dhruvapad' athava 'dhrupad' kaha jata hai. shastriy sangit ke pad, khayal, dhrupad adi ka janm brajabhoomi mean hone ke karan in sabaki bhasha braj hai aur dhrupad ka vishay samagr roop se braj ka ras hi hai. ...aur padhean
dhamar ek vishesh gayan shaili hai, jisaki utpatti mean braj ka bahut mahattv hai. hori gayan ka prachalan braj ke kshetr mean lok-git ke roop mean bahut kal se chala ata hai. is lokagit mean varny-vishay radha-krishn ke holi khelane ka rahata tha. ras shriangar tha aur bhasha thi braj. gramoan ke unmukt vatavaran mean drut gati ke dipachandi, dhumali aur kabhi addha jaisi tal mean yuvak-yuvatiyoan, praudh aur vriddhoan, sabhi ke dvara yah lokagit gae aur nache jate the. braj ke sanpoorn kshetr mean rasiya aur holi jan-jan mean vyapt hai. lok sangit hi parishkrit hokar shastriy niyamoan mean bandh jata hai, tab shastriy sangit kahalata hai. deshi gan, bhasha gan, dhamar gan, thumari adi isake udaharan haian. ...aur padhean
samaj gayan mean darjanabhar aur usase adhik log bhag lete haian. pramukh gayak ko 'mukhiya' kaha jata hai jabaki usaka anusaran karane vale 'sela' kahalate haian. gayan ke samay asapas baithe bhaktoan ka samooh samaj shabd se jana jata hai. prachin mandiroan mean unake alag-alag 'samaji' arthat 'samaj gayan karane vale' hote haian. barasana mean latthamar holi ke avasar par kanha ke ghar nandagaanv se unake sakha svaroop ate haian. barasanavasi radha ji ke paksh vale 'samaj gayan' mean bhaktiras ke sath chunauti poorn panktiyaan prastut karake vipaksh ko muqabale ke lie lalakarate haian. ...aur padhean
rasiya braj ki prachinatam gayaki kala hai. bhagavan shrikrishn ki bal lilaoan ka prastutikaran rasalila tatha rasiya gayan ke madhyam se kiya jata hai. prasiddh tyohar 'holi' braj mean bina rasiya gitoan ke adhoora-sa lagata hai. holi par kee prasiddh rasiya gitoan ki rachana huee hai. bharat mean vasant rritu ka b da hi mahattv hai. manaviy prem ke pratik basant panchami aur holi adi ke prasiddh utsav isi rritu mean manaye jate haian. svayan bhagavan shrikrishn ki vibhinn prem lilaoan ka sangitamay varnan is samay kiye jane ki parampara rahi hai. isi paranpara ka ek prachin pratik hai- 'rasiya gayan'. rasiya mukhy roop se brajabhasha mean gaya jata hai. ...aur padhean