Gitam | A song for learners to be sung with feeling

Sreevidhya Chandramouli
Srīgananātha (Gītam) – Malahari rāga – Rūpaka tāla
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Lyrics, notation and translations >>
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Credit: p. 69, South Indian Music. Book II by P. Sambamoorthy (Wikipedia) >> 
Eighth ed. Madras: The Indian Music Publishing House, 1976.

South Indian conventions (raga names & svara notation):

shree gaNanatha, lambOdhara (geetham)
raagam: malahari, 15 maayamaaLava gowLa janya | taaLam: roopakam
Aa: S R1 M1 P D1 S | Av: S D1 P M1 G3 R1 S

m p | d S S R || R S | d p m p ||
shree | ga Na naatha || sindoo | ra varNa ||

r m | p d m p || d p | m g r s ||
ka ru | Na saaga ra || ka ri | va da na ||