sogasugaa mridanga - Lyrics

sogasugaa mridhanga

raagam: shree ranjani

22 kharaharapriya janya Aa: S R2 G2 M1 D2 N2 S Av: S N2 D2 M1 G2 R2 S

taaLam: roopakam Composer: Tyaagaraaja Language: Telugu

pallavi

sogasugA mrdanga tALamu jatagUrci ninu sokkajEyu dhIruDevvaDO

anupallavi

nigama shirOttama galgina nija vAkkulatO svara shuddhamutO

caraNam

yati vishrama sadbhakti virati drAkSArasa nva rasayuta krticE bhanjiyincE yukti tyAgarAjuni taramA shrI rAma

Meaning: Who is that stalwart, that great man of courage and conviction, who overwhelms you by singing songs pregnant with sublime thoughts of the Upanishads, with total purity and charming rhythms, to the accompaniment of the Mridanga? Does TyAgarAja have the competence for such an exalted task, employing the rules of prosody, proper intervals, with sublime devotion, and woven around the nine moods of men - the Navarasas - appropriately? O RAma!