O Embodiment of Songs,
You came, crossing the ocean of slumber.
Let victory be Yours!

Expressing Yourself
in ragas and raginiis,
You developed the surasaptaka*.

In the niipa groves,
You resonate sweetly.
O Embodiment of effulgence!

You have expressed Yourself in numerous colours,
You created the colours of the rainbow.

O embodiment of consciousness,
You provided beauty and colour
to flowers, incense and bees.

*the seven notes of the Indian musical scale