Carnatic music is considered spiritual and one that can elevate the individual, both intellectually and emotionally. The lyrics are mainly based on religious themes and talk about various Hindu philosophies.

What you hear in this episode is a composition – Sarasiruhasanapriye- on Goddess Saraswathi composed by Puliyur shri Doraisamy Iyer in Sanskrit Language. He was also known as Panchanatha Iyer or Manattattaai Duraiswami Aiyar. He was also a renowned musician. He was proficient in Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit.

Goddess Saraswathi is considered as the Goddess of Knowledge. In this composition the composer describes Goddess Saraswathi as one who has two lotus like eyes, who has the face like the autumn moon and who attracts great devotees. Paying his salutations to the Goddess of Knowledge, he says, Oh Mother – I surrender to you, the goddess who likes to sit on a lotus and is surrounded by gems, who likes to always play on the Veena, who has a heart filled with joy and who shines holding a collection of books in her hand.

The composition in the Raga Naattai and set to Adi Taala is rendered by Nirmala Ramachandran.