S R M P N S Skip Ga and Dha. Notice the void. That missing Dha gives Desh its characteristic ‘floating’ quality.
He maps the mridangam syllables directly to melodic swaras. The ta ka dhi mi literally sounds like the mridangam bol, but played on the violin or sung. This is gati bhedam (changing the rhythmic gait) without changing the tala. desh thillana notation
Lyrically, it explodes into the sahitya (words): S R M P N S Skip Ga and Dha
| | Dhrutam (2 beats) | Dhrutam (2 beats) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Ta – dhim – ta – ; | Ta – dha – | dhim – ta | | Ta – dhim – ta – ; | Ta – dha – | dhim – ta | | Ta – ka – dhim – ta | Ta – ka – ; | dhim – ta | He maps the mridangam syllables directly to melodic swaras