पाखावाजा गोनांथारनायै मृदंगमनि मोनसे साहा भारतारि बानायस्लायनाय आरो मृदंग हिसाबै मिथिजानाय हासुं दाथाय दलफोरनि थाखोफोरनि जोबोर सरासनस्रा साहा भारतारि थान्दै ।
Pakhawaj is essentially a north Indian version of the mridangam and is the most common north Indian representative of the class of barrel shaped drums known as mridang .