This tribute to Tyagaraja (1767-1847) in Sanskrit was composed by Chitravina N Ravikiran on the day marking the 150th Death Anniversary of the renowned Carnatic composer in Jan 1997.
tyAgarAja guruvaram upAsmahE anisham shree
(1) yOgigaNa vinuta charaNam bhAgavata kulOddharaNam
(2) kamalApurAvatAram kamaneeya guNApAram
rAga tALa bhAva bhakti yukta sangeeta vidyA
sAgaram ati madhura gAna nAda sudhArasa rasikam
dasharatha rAjakumAra pratApa subhAShaNa chaturam
viShayAdi rahitam mahA paNDita mAnita charitam
dasha vidha gamakAdi bharita sat keertana krta nipuNam
rshi nArada bhakta varam ravi shashi samAnam amaram