Songs

11. Song praising saraswathi:

Raaga: Hamsa priya

(arohanam: sa ri2 ma2 dha1 ni3 sa; avarohanam: sa ni3 dha1 ma2 ri2 sa) I dont know whether anybody used this scale before. Since I did not find any such raaga, i named this as hamsa priya. as the ri2 ni3 are characteristic like hamsadhwani and dha1 ma2 are characteristic like shanmugapriya. As per grammar this raaga is supposed to be janya of simmendhra madhimam.

Talam: kanda triputa

pallavi:

dhaya jhoodumi naabai sree saraswathy
thoyajaasana naaradha pogaditha thalli

anupallavi:

dharma paripalini gnanamu eechei
brahma kutumpini nadha brahmamayee

charanam:

puvilo naaku neevae kadhiyani
shruthi laya gnanamu bodhinchivi nee
hamsa vahana priya swetha kamali
venkatesa aarathinchina sangeetha roopini