mOkshamu galadhaa
raagam: saaramati

20 naTabhairavi janya
Aa: S R2 G2 M1 P D1 N2 S
Av: S N2 D1 M G2 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

mOkSamu galadA bhuvilO jIvanmuktulu gAni vAralaku

anupallavi

sAkSAtkAra nI sadbhakti sangIta jnAna vihInulaku

caraNam

prANanAla sam-yOgamu valla praNava nAdamu sapta svaramulai bAraga
vINA vAdana lOluDau shivamanO vidha merugaru tyAgarAja vinuta

Meaning:
Is salvation attainable by anyone in this world, who has not realised the Self? Are you not, Lord, ever ready to vouchsafe your vision to those intensely yearning for it? Is Beatitude attainable by anyone who has not experienced the profound ecstacy of devotional music?

The vital force praaNaa and anaala, fire, combine to generate praNava, the Omkaara (sound of Om). From that Omkaara, the seven musical notes emerge. To those who cannot intuitively perceive the mind of Shiva, who worships naada through the VeeNa, is salvation attainable?

Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde.

Song performed for karnATik by Uma Ayyar.