Varaveena is a Geetham in Sanskrit language in praise of Goddess Lakshmi in mohanam raagam, a derivative of 28th melakartha. Given below are the details of the Varaveena geetham.
Raagam – Mohanam, 28th mela karta jayanam
Composer : Appayya Deekshithar
Thaalam – Roopakam (3 beats)
Chaturasra Jathi
Arohana – S R2 G2 P D2 S
Avarohana – S D2 P G2 R2 S
| 1 | G | G | │ | P | , | P | , | || | D | P | │ | Ṡ | , | Ṡ | , | ‖ |
| Va | ra | │ | vee | - | nā | - | || | mru | du | │ | pā | - | ni | - | ‖ | |
| Ṙ | Ṡ | │ | D | D | P | , | || | D | P | │ | G | G | R | , | ‖ | |
| va | na | │ | ru | ha | lō | - | || | cha | na | │ | rā | - | ni | - | ‖ | |
| G | P | │ | D | Ṡ | D | , | || | D | P | │ | G | G | R | , | ‖ | |
| su | ru | │ | chi | ra | pam | - | || | ba | ra | │ | vē | - | ni | - | ‖ | |
| G | G | │ | D | P | G | , | || | P | G | │ | G | R | S | , | ‖ | |
| su | ra | │ | nu | tha | kal | - | || | yā | - | │ | - | - | ni | - | ‖ | |
| G | G | │ | G | G | R | G | || | P | G | │ | P | , | P | , | ‖ | |
| ni | ru | │ | pa | ma | shu | bha | || | gu | na | │ | lō | - | lā | - | ‖ | |
| G | G | │ | D | P | D | , | || | D | P | │ | Ṡ | Ṡ | , | ‖ | ||
| ni | ra | │ | tha | ja | yā | - | || | pra | da | │ | s'ee | - | lā | - | ‖ | |
| D | Ġ | │ | Ṙ | Ṙ | Ṡ | Ṡ | || | D | Ṡ | │ | D | D | D | P | ‖ | |
| va | ra | │ | dā | - | pri | ya | || | Ran | ga | │ | nā | - | ya | ki | ‖ | |
| G | P | │ | D | Ṙ | D | P | || | D | P | │ | G | G | R | S | ‖ | |
| vā | - | │ | nchi | tha | pha | la | || | da | - | │ | - | - | ya | ki | ‖ | |
| S | G | │ | G | , | G | , | || | G | R | │ | P | G | R | , | ‖ | |
| sa | ra | │ | si | - | jā | - | || | sa | na | │ | ja | na | ni | - | ‖ | |
| S | R | │ | S | G | R | S | || | |||||||||
| Ja | ya | │ | ja | ya | ja | ya | || | |||||||||
| "To stop with Mrudupāni' | ||||||||||||||||
Varaveena Lyrics
Varaveena Mrudu Paani Vanaruha Lochana Raani
Suruchira Bambhara Veni Suranuta Kalyaani
Nirupama Shubha Guna Lola Niratishaya Prada Sheela
Varadaapriya Ranganaayaki Vaanchita Phala Daayaki
Saraseejasana Janani Jaya Jaya Jaya
Inspiration to sing Varaveena geetham
Take a look at a western spin on Varaveena geetham:
You can also learn the following Geethams:
