This unique 7-segment piece in Tamil traverses through 7 Ragas with the first and last segments being general while the other 5 cover two each of Vishnu’s 10 incarnations (Dasha avataras). The entire song employs rhyme and word play using ‘tt’ like pattu, muttu, vittu or close variants. Unlike usual krtis, this piece is meant to be rendered in a continuous flow without going back to the opening segment. Ravikiran has also composed another piece on this theme but that employs 5 languages (Pancha Bhasha) and 5 ragas (Pancha Raga Bhasha Malika). Besides, he also composed 10 songs which highlight each of the incarnations separately.
SARASWATIMANOHARI
pattavatAram eDuttu bhaktar A –
battai neekkum mahattuDaiyOnE
BHAVAPRIYA
mutthaL niRai kaDal matsyamum (a) neeyE (b) pinnar
vittuhaL meeTTA varAhanum neeyE
BRINDAVANI
sattuvan prahlAdanai kAtta simhanum
mattinai tAngiya koormanum neeyE
SUPRADEEPAM
nittiya vAsam balikkaruL vAmana
kShattiriyarai tolaitta bhrgurAma
DARBARIKANADA
pattu rathanin maindanE raghu rAmanE
tattuva geetai uNartiDum shyAmanE
URMIKA
buddhi mozhi bOdhitta siddhArthanE a –
sattiya kaliyai tahartuDum kalkiyE
GUNTAKRIYA
ettavam purindun padamaDaindEnE rak –
ShittaruLvAyE ravi shashi nayananE