Aa:S R2 M1 P N2 D2 S
Av: S N2 D1 P M1 G2 R2 S

taaLam: Adi
Composer: Purandara Daasar
Language: Kannada

pallavi

nalidADe enna nAlige mElesarasvati dEvi kuNidADe enna nAlige mEle

anupallavi

salila jOdbhavana vadana nilayeLe iLeyoLa pratima guNa gaNAmbudhi tAye

caraNam 1

khilu khilu khilu gejjeya nAda phaLi phalire nimma hoLeva beraLungura kiNi kiNi nAda eLe mAvina taLira
pOluva divya pAda celuva peNdeya bhEda naliva yugaLa jange jalaguLLayante jAnu thaLI thaLisuva toDe hoLeva suguNiye

caraNam 2

dinakara kOTi tEjati hoLeva anupama vAda kanaka vasanadinda eseva ghanavAda jaghanaga ganadandadi sundara
kaTiyali mereva maNidAma vibhava tanu jaTharavu jAhnavi suLI nAbhiyu ghana stanayugaLa candana lEpitaLe

caraNam 3

duNDa muttina koraLa hAra uddaNDa maNI pracaNDa miNI miNisuva honnina sara karirAja pOtana soNDilinante
bhujada bhAra naDave oyyAra maNDita vAda kankaNa tOL baLegaLu duNDu havaLa kai kaTTULLavaLe

caraNam 4

nasunagu mukhavu nAsAbharaNa esave kapOla hosa kuNDala caLatumbuLLa shravaNa bisajadaLadante eseva karNAnta
vAda nayana tilakada hasana shshi sUryara AbharaNa su-shObhite kusuma muDida mUrdhajavuLLavaLe

caraNam 5

singAravAda jaDe bhangAra hongyAdige muDida bhangArada heraLina rAkaTivara bhrngAda svara hingade bhaktara
salahuva bhAra kangaLa manOhara ranga purandara viTTala rAyana mangaLa mUrtiya dore shubAngi

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Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde.