"Navras" is a composition and a song from The Matrix Revolutions soundtrack by goa trance band Juno Reactor, whose remix version is composed by Don Davis and Juno Reactor featuring vocal elements by Lakshmi Shankar and Azam Ali.^[1] The song contains an adaption of the Pavamana Mantra found in the Hindu sacred text the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, section I.iii.28, used in the soundtrack of the movie The Matrix Revolutions. The song was also a remix of an earlier track called Neodammerung (German for "the twilight of Neo"). The name Navras might refer to the notion of nine rasas (nava rasa) in Sanskrit aesthetics.

asato mā sad gamaya
tamaso mā jyotir gamaya
mṛtyor mā amṛtaṁ gamaya

From ignorance lead me to truth
From darkness lead me to light
From death lead me to immortality

--Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, I.iii.28

The track was used by rhythmic gymnasts Simona Peycheva of Bulgaria and Penelope Blackmore of Australia in their respective ribbon routines at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.^[2][3]

The Calgary Flames have used this song since the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Used as the intro right before the Flames take the ice, this song has been used in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2022.

On 28 January 2022, "Navras" was released as single with 3 remixes from Bliss, Reaky Reakson and System Of The Abyss.

Personnel

• Don Davis – conductor
• Azam Ali – vocals
• Lakshmi Shankar – vocals
• Deepak Ram – vocals, flute
• Mabi Thobejane – vocals, percussion
• Zig Gron – editing
• Greg Hunter – engineer
• Scott Oyster – engineer

See also

• Rasa (aesthetics)
• Pavamana Mantra

References