Raghuvamsha Sudha is a popular kriti

Kriti

-Structure:Kritis typically contain three parts#Pallavi. This is the equivalent of a refrain in Western music.#Anupallavi. The second verse, which is sometimes optional....

 in Carnatic music

Carnatic music

Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...

, composed by Patnam Subramanya Iyer

Patnam Subramania Iyer

Patnam Subramania Iyer was a composer and singer of Carnatic music. Subramaniya Iyer followed the traditions of the great composer Tyagaraja. He has left behind almost one hundred compositions....

. It is set in the raga Kathanakuthuhalam and is in Aadi Talam

Tala (music)

Tāla, Taal or Tal is the term used in Indian classical music for the rhythmic pattern of any composition and for the entire subject of rhythm, roughly corresponding to metre in Western music, though closer conceptual equivalents are to be found in other Asian classical systems such as the notion...

. It has been rendered by several famous musicians like Chembai

Chembai

Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar was a Carnatic music singer from Palakkad . Known by his village name Chembai, or simply as Bhagavatar, he was born to Anantha Bhagavatar and Parvati Ammal in 1896, at Kottayi near Palakkad on Janmashtami day, with Bharani star in the month of Chingam...

, Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi

M. S. Subbulakshmi

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi , also known as M.S., was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. She is the first Indian musician to receive...

, Dr. K. J. Yesudas

K. J. Yesudas

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,...

, Neyyattinkara Vasudevan

Neyyattinkara Vasudevan

Neyyattinkara Vasudevan was an acclaimed Carnatic music vocalist from Kerala in south India. The Padmasree-winning Carnatic vocalist and disciple of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Ramnad Krishnan, he combined tradition and innovation in his widely acclaimed career.- Biography :Vasudevan born in a...

 etc.

29 Shankarabharanam

Dheerasankarabharanam

Dheerashankarābharanam , commonly known as Shankarābharanam, is a rāga in Carnatic music . It is the 29th Melakarta rāga in the 72 melakarta rāga system of Carnatic music....

 Janya

Janya

Janya is a term meaning "derived". In Carnatic music a janya raga is one derived from one of the 72 melakarta ragas...

Aarohanam : S R2 M1 D2 N3 G3 P S

Avarohanam : S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

Lyrics:

Pallavi

raghuvamsha sudhAmbudhi candra shrI

rAma rAja rAjEshvara

Anupallavi

agha mEgha mAruta shrIkara

asurEsha mrgEndra vara jagannAtha

Chittaswaram

Sa Re Ma - Ga Re Sa - Re Ma Ma - Da Da Ni - Ga Ga Pa - Sa,

Sa ni da pa ma ga, pa ma ga re.

Sa Re Re Ma Ma Da Da Ni, Ga Pa Pa Sa Sa Re Re Ma

Ma Ga Ga Re Re Sa Sa Ni, Ni Da Da Pa Pa Ma Ga Ri

(Raghuvamsa Sudha)

Charanam 1

jamadagnija garva khaNDana

jaya rudrAdi vismita bhaNDana

kamalAp-tAnvaya maNDana

agaNita arputa shurya shrI venkatEshvara

(Sa Re Ma)
(Raghuvamsa Sudha)

Charanam 2

bhrgunandanA kavibhanjanA

brndArakA brndAhitA

nigamAntava su-budhAvanA nIrajAkSa shrI venkaTEshvara

(Sa Re Ma)
(Raghuvamsa Sudha)

Meaning:

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 Parshurama's conceit!

One praised by the amazed Rudra and others!

O Ornament to the solar dynasty!

O Doer of innumerable marvellous heroics! Lord of Venkatesha!