Gurbani Shabad Kirtan: Raga Bhairon Or Bhairav

Listen a shabad in its title Raga with introduction

Bhairov 12 to 3 AM

Name	Play	Size	Length
01Description Bhairav		4.9 MB	28:32 min
Ek Pita Ekas Ke Ham Barik (Bhai Avtar Singh Ji)		6.3 MB	10:55 min
Hei Bhagwant Kirpa Kar (Bhai Avtar Singh Ji)		12.9 MB	14:02 min
Jo Na Bhajate Narayana (Bhai Nirmal Singh Ji)		4.2 MB	4:34 min
Too Parabh Daata Daan (Bhai Bakshish Singh Ji)		4.8 MB	5:12 min

Introduction : According to Indian School of music this raga is also a very old melodious and popular raga.
It is known as Janak raga of Bharav thaht.
In the opinion of Pandit Ravi shankar, this raga imparts morning invocation expression.
Ustad Hafees Ahmed Khan also believes that
Bhairav represents the mood for prayers and invocation.
It is masculine but tender in nature.
Pandit Jitendra Abhishekhi feels that Bhairav being a morning raga
imparts an energetic mood as morning symbolises energy.
This raga is mentioned as the first major raga in the Ragamala
listed at the end of Guru Granth Sahib.
The scale and notes of the raga are as follows:
Arohi (ascending scale) - ni sa ga ma dha ni sa re
Avrohi (descending scale) - sa ni dha pa ma ga re sa
The vadi (most popular) note is 'dha' and samvadi (second most popular) note is 're '.
This raga is sung at the fourth part of the night i.e., from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.
The season of its recitation is winter (sharad) i.e., during October, November.
In Guru Granth Sahib it has hymns from pages 1125- 1167 ( 43 pages).
The Composers:
The composers of this raga are:
Gurus
Guru Nanak Dev ji
Guru Amardas ji
Guru Ramdas Sahib
Guru Arjan Dev ji
Bhagats:
Kabir ji
Namdev ji
Ravidas ji