Sobhillu Sapta Svara

Tyagaraja turns the seven svaras themselves into objects of devotion.

Music	Detail
Composer	Tyagaraja
Raga	Jaganmohini
Tala	Rupaka
Type	Kriti
Language	Telugu

Lyrics

Pallavi

śōbhillu sapta svara
sundarula bhajimpavē manasā

Anupallavi

nābhi hṛt kaṇṭha rasana
nāsādulayandu

Charanam

dhara ṛk sāmādulalō
vara gāyatrī hṛdayamuna
sura bhūsura mānasamuna
śubha tyāgarājuniyeḍa

Meaning

The singer asks the mind to revere the beauty of the seven notes. Their radiance is imagined through the body’s places of sound, through sacred recitation, and within receptive minds. Music is not merely an ornament to worship here: attentive engagement with svara is itself devotional.

Musical context

The text links bodily experience with sacred sound. Its references to the navel, heart, throat, tongue and nose are poetic and traditional; they need not be read as a modern anatomical account of how the voice works.