This song, appropriate for both music and dance, highlights dasha rasas (10 predominant emotions) as opposed to the conventional nava (9) rasas by separating shoka (sorrow) from karuna (compassion) as has been done for centuries. The author postulates that (someone’s) shoka can (but need not) inspire karuna in another
P: Gambheeranattai
dasha rasa ganapatim bhAvayE
ruchira naTanAkrtim santatam
A: vashankara vallabhA saha krta shrngAram
pashupateesha vimatAm bhayankaram
S,, G, M P N P M G S P Ṇ P̣ Ṇ,| S,,,, M G P |M N P P M G S Ṇ||
S,, G, M P N P M G S Ṇ P̣ Ṇ , |S,, G S M G P |M N P P M G S Ṇ||
S G M P N, G M P N Ṡ, M P N Ṡ |Ġ, Ṁ Ġ Ṡ N P,| Ṡ N P M G, M G ||S Ṇ (dasha rasa)
C1: Ranjani
hAsya leelam valli guha prEmArtham
dAsya bhAva yuta bhakta karuNArdram
Ṡ Ṙ Ġ Ṡ N – D, Ṡ N D M G – M, D,| M G S Ṇ Ḍ – S, R|, G, S R G M D||
Ṡ Ṙ D Ṡ Ṙ M D Ṡ Ṙ G M D Ṡ Ṙ R G| M D Ṡ Ṙ G M D Ṡ| Ṙ M D Ṡ Ṙ D Ṡ Ṙ ||S Ṙ (dasha rasa)
C2: Bhoopalam
tApa bharita nandi shOka vArakam
kOpa sahita chandra shApa dAyakam
Ṡ Ṙ Ġ Ṙ, Ṡ D, P D Ṡ D, P G,| D P G R, S Ḍ, |, P̣ Ḍ – S R G P D||
Ṡ Ṙ Ġ, – S R GP D Ṡ Ṙ, – S R G P| D Ṡ, – S R G P D|, – S R G P, – S R|| G,
(dasha rasa)
C3: Sucharitra
bheebhatsAtmaka daitya kulAntakam
shreevatsa sama veera pradarshakam
S R S R,, G M P D P D N,, Ṡ| Ṙ N Ṡ, – P D M P|, – S R Ṇ S, – S R||
G M P – M P D – P D N, – D N Ṡ, – N Ṡ |Ṙ,, – Ṡ N Ṙ Ṡ,|, – Ṡ N D P,, – M|| G R (dasha rasa)
C4: Ratipatipriya
atishaya bhArata lEkhana charitam
dyuti jita shata ravi shashi sama shAntam
S,, R G, – S R G, – S R G,, – P|,, Ṡ N, – P Ṡ N|, – P Ṡ N,, – Ṡ,||
, Ṙ Ġ, – Ṡ Ṙ Ġ, – Ṡ Ṙ Ġ,, – Ṗ,, |Ġ Ṙ Ṡ, – Ṡ,, N| P G, – P,, G R||
S,, R G, S R G, S R G,,P|,, Ṡ N, P Ṡ N|, P Ṡ N,, Ṡ,||
, Ṙ Ġ, Ṡ Ṙ Ġ, Ṡ Ṙ Ġ,, – Ṗ Ġ ,| Ṙ, Ṡ, – Ṡ N, P|, G, – P G, R,||
S R G P G R S Ṇ S R, G P,,,|
Sucharitra
M P, D PD, N |Ṡ Ṙ , N Ṡ,,,||
Bhoopalam
Ṡ Ṙ Ġ Ṡ Ṙ D Ṡ, P D Ṡ P D G P,|
Ranjani
Ṡ N D N D M D M| G S R G S,,,||
Gambheera Nattai
S S G G M M P P G G M M P P N N |M M P P N N Ṡ Ṡ| P P N N Ṡ Ṡ Ġ Ġ||
Ṁ, Ġ, Ṡ,, – Ṁ Ġ Ṙ Ṡ N P – Ġ, Ṡ,|, – Ġ , Ṡ , N P N – | Ṡ,, – Ṁ, Ġ,Ṁ||
Ġ Ṡ N P – Ġ, Ṡ, Ġ Ṡ N P M – N, P|, P M G S Ṇ – S,|G, M ,, – G M P||
N P – M, P,, – G ,M , P Ṡ N – P,|, – S, G, S G M| P M – G, M, G M ||
P N P – M, P, M P N Ṡ Ġ – Ṁ, Ġ, |Ṡ,, – Ṁ Ġ Ṡ N P -| Ġ, Ṡ, , – Ġ, Ṡ,||
,N P N – Ṡ ,, – Ṁ, Ġ, Ṁ Ġ Ṡ N P -| Ġ, Ṡ, Ġ Ṡ N P|M – N, P ,P M G|| S Ṇ (dasha rasa)