Thavadasoham Dasarathe

[viggop]

I heard this song rendered by Sowmya

What is the raga of this song and what are the lyrics?
Though I liked this song very much,i'm unable to find it in the net.Is it not a popular song?

[Lakshman]

tava dAsOham. rAgA: punnAgavarALi. Adi tALA. Composer: Tyagaraja.

P: tava dAsOham tava dAsOham tava dAsOham dAsharathE
C1: vara mrdu bhASa virahita dOSa naravara vESa dAsharathE
2: sarasija nEtra parama pavitra surapati mitra dAsharathE
3: ninnu kOritirA nirupama shUra nannElukOrA dAsharathE
4: manavini vinumA marava samayamA inakula dhanamA dAsharathE
5: ghana sama nIla muni janapAla kanakadukUla dAsharathE
6: dhara nIvaNTi deivamu lEdaNTi sharaNamu koNTi dAsharathE
7: Agama vinuta rAga virahita tyAgarAjanuta dAsharathE

[rajraj]

I heard this song rendered by Sowmya

What is the raga of this song and what are the lyrics?
Though I liked this song very much,i'm unable to find it in the net.Is it not a popular song?

viggop: This song sung by Hyderabad brothers, MS and Bombay sisters is available in MIO. Look under carnatic/vocal/ragam/punnagavarali.
There are a lot of songs that do not become popular (sung by a large number of vocalists). One I liked is Ninu vina namdendu by Thayagaraja in Navarasakannada. I heard that sung by MS about 40 years back. For a long time nobody else sang that. Now, BMK and Bombay sisters have sung that song.
If you go back 40 or 50 years and compare with the present you will find some songs disappearing from the scene! :(

[viggop]

Thanks a lot,rajraj and Lakshmanji