Bhāvayāmi Raghurāmam is a beautiful composition which conveys the entire story of Rāmāyanam in Sanskrit language. It was originally composed by Maharaja Sri Swāti Tirunāl in a single rāgam Sāveri., Rupaka tālam. It was later modified into a rāgamālika (i.e the current version) with built-in Chittaswaras for each Charanam by Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. The Pallavi & Anupallavi are in the rāgam Sāveri and there are six Charanās (stanzas) composed in 6 different rāgas as given below:
Nāttakurinji
Dhanyāsi
Mohanam
Mukhāri
Purvikalyāni &
Madhyamāvathi.
Each of this six Charanams describes one Kāndam (section) of the Epic Rāmāyana. They are Bāla Kāndam, Ayodhyā Kāndam, Aaranya Kāndam, Kishkindā Kāndam, Sundara Kāndam and Yuddha Kāndam.
Rāgam – Sāveri (Janya of 15th Melakartha Rāgam Māyāmālavagaula)
Ārohanam: SRMPDS
Avarohanam: SNDPMGRS
Pallavi
Bhāvayāmi Raghurāmam
Bhavya sugunārāmam
Anupallavi
Bhāvuka vitharanaparāpāngaleelā lasitham
Rāgam – Nāttakurinji (Janya of 28th Melakartha Rāgam Harikāmboji)
Ārohanam: SMGMNDNPDNS
Avarohanam: SNDMGMPGRS
Charanam 1 (Describes Bāla Kāndam)
Dinakarānvaya tilakam Divyagādisutasavanaa
Vanarachithasubāumukhavadhamahalyaapāvanam
Anaghameeshachāpabhangam Janakasuthaprānesham
Ghanakupithabhrugurāmagarvaharamitha sāketham
Rāgam – Dhanyāsi (Janya of 8th Melakartha Rāgam Hanumathodi)
Ārohanam: SGMPNS
Avarohanam: SNDPMGRS
Charanam 2 (Describes Ayodhyā Kāndam)
Vihithābhishekamathavipinagathamāryavacha
Sahithaseethāsoumitrim Shāntatamasheelam
Guhanilayagathamchitrakootāgathabharathadatta
Mahitharatnamayapādukām Madanasundarāngam
Rāgam – Mohanam (Janya of 28th Melakartha Rāgam Harikāmboji)
Ārohanam: SRGPDS
Avarohanam: SDPGRS
Charanam 3 (Describes Aaranya Kāndam)
Vitatadandakāranyakagathavirādhadalanam
Sucharithaghathajadathānupamithavaishnavāsam
Patagavarajatāyunutham Panchavadivihithāvasam
Atighorashoorpanakhāvachanāgathakharādhiharam
Rāgam – Mukhāri (Janya of 22nd Melakartha Rāgam Kharaharapriya)
Ārohanam: SRMPNDS
Avarohanam: SNDPMGRS
Charanam 4 (Describes Kishkindā Kāndam)
Kanakamrugaroopadhara Kharamāreechahalāmiha
Sujana vimatha dashāsyahruthajanakajānweshanam
Anaghapampaateerasangathānjaneya nabhomani
Tanujasakhyakāram vālitanudalanameesham
Rāgam – Purvikalyāni (Janya of 53rd Melakartha Rāgam Gamanasrama)
Ārohanam: SRGMPDPS
Avarohanam: SNDPMGRS
Charanam 5 (Describes Sundara Kāndam)
Vānarothamasahitha Vāyusoonukarārpitha
Bhānusatha Bhāsvara Bhavyarathnānguleeyam
Tena punarāneethānyoonachoodāmani Darshanam
Sreenidhim Udadhiteerasrutha vibheeshanamilitham
Rāgam – Madhyamāvathi (Janya of 22nd Melakartha Rāgam Kharaharapriya)
Ārohanam: SRMPNS
Avarohanam: SNPMRS
Charanam 6 (Describes Yuddha Kāndam)
Kalithavarasethubandham Khalanisseemapishitāshana
Dalanamurudashakantavidāram athideeram
Jwalanapoothajanakasuthāsahithamyātasāketham
Vilasithapattābhishekam Vishwapālam Padmanābham
Bhavayami Raghuramam