Paridhaanam ichithe……a song composed in the bilahari raagam… 

Song: paridhaanamiccithE
Raagam: bilahari
Aa: S R2 G3 P D2 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
Parent raagam: Dheera Shankarabharanam (29^th melakartha)
Talam: Khandachapu
Composer: Patnam Subramanya Aiyyar
Language: Telugu

pallavi 

paridAnamiccitE pAlintuvEmO

(paridAna) 

anupallavi 

parama puruSa shrIpati nApai nIku

karuNa galgaga kAraNamEmemayyA

(paridAna) 

caraNam 

rokkamicchutakunE mukkaNTi celikAnu

cakkani celiniyosaga janaka rAjunugAnu

mikkili sainya mivvamarkaTEndruDugAnu

AggadigameDu galgu Adi venkaTEshA nIku

(paridAna)
Meaning:

The poet invokes Raama’s (also Lord Venkateswara) exploits.

Kubera, Lord of Wealth, loaned a huge sum to Venkateswara.

King Janaka offered his daughter Seetaa to Raama.

And Vali and his half-monkey friends helped Raama in his battles.

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This song was not known to me till my teacher taught me. I liked it instantly. Its more of a song generally played on instruments….its got playing of notes…
Short and sweet song…

you can listen to MS Subbalakhshmi sing it at http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=raghuvamsa+sudha&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=yhXwSpPRIdSOkQWtiIGeBw&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CA4QqwQwAA#

You can listen to a remixed version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQ1YjOneQQ by a local band (college band I guess)

Song : Raghuvamsa sudha
Raagam: Kadhanakuthuhalam
Aa: S R2 M1 D2 N3 G3 P S
Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
Parent Raagam : Shankarabharanam (29th  melakartha)
Talam: Aadhi
Composer: Patnam subbramanya Aiyyar
Language: Sanskrit

pallavi

raghuvamsha sudhAmbudhi candra shrI rAma rAja rAjEshvara

anupallavi

agha mEgha mAruta shrIkara asurEndra mrgEndra vara jagannAtha

ciTTaswaram

;;;s, rmg, rsr, rmd, dng, gpS, Sndp || mgpmgr
sr rmmd dngp pSSR RMMG GRRS Snnd || dppmgr

caraNam 1

jamadagnija garva khaNDana jaya rudrAdi vismita bhaNDana
kamalAp-tAnvaya maNDana agaNita arputa shurya shrI venkatEshvara

caraNam 2

bhrgunandanA kavibhanjanA brndArakA brndAhitA
nigamAntava su-budhAvanA nIrajAkSa shrI venkaTEshvara

Meaning: (found on  http://sapthaswaras.blogspot.com/2009/03/raghuvamsa-sudhambudhi.html)

Pallavi
O moon to the nectar-ocean of the Raghu lineage!
Sri Rama, lord of emperors!

Anupallavi
O wind (that drives away the) sin-cloud! Maker of prosperity!
O lion (terrifying the) king of asuras! Noble lord of the world!

charanam
O Destroyer of Parasurama’s conceit!
One praised by the amazed Rudra and others!
O Ornament to the solar dynasty!
O Doer of innumerable marvellous heroics! Lord of Venkata!

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