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pallavi
O jagat-ambA nanu (ambA) nIvu
javamuna brOvu ambA

O Mother (ambA) of Universe (jagat) (jagadambA)! O Mother (ambA)! You (nIvu) please protect (brOvu) me (nanu) quickly (javamuna), O Mother (ambA)!

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anupallavi
I jagati gatiyau janulaku mari
tEjamuna rAja vinutayau
rAja mukhI sarOja nayana suguNa
rAja rAjita kAmAkshi (O jagadambA)

You are refuge (gatiyau) for people (janulaku) in this (I) World (jagati). Further (mari), You are the One extolled (vinutayau) by kings (rAja) gloriously (tEjamuna).
O Moon (rAja) faced (mukhI)! O Lotus (sarOja) Eyed (nayana)! O Virtuous (suguNa)! O Mother kAmAkshi sporting (rAjita) crescent (rAja) (literally moon)!

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caraNam
caraNam 1
kanna talli nAdu centanu-inta
kannaDa salupaga tagunA
ninnu nE nammi-unna vADu gadA
nannu-okani brOcuTaku-arudA
anni bhuvanambulu gAcEvu
prasanna mUrti anna pUrNa varadA
vinnapambu vinnavinci sannidhi
vipanna bhaya vimOcana dhaurEya (O jagadambA)

O Mother (talli) who bore me (kanna)! Is it justified (tagunA) to show (salupaga) this much (inta) of unconcern (kannaDa) towards (centanu) (centaninta) me (nAdu)?
Am I (nE) not the One (vADu gadA) who has trusted (nammi unna) (nammiyunna) You (ninnu)? You nourish (gAcEvu) the entire (anni) Worlds (bhuvanambulu). Is protecting (brOcuTaku) me (nannu) alone (okani) (nannokani) so difficult (arudA) (literally scarce) (brOcuTakarudA)?
O Mother anna pUrNa with pleasing (prasanna) countenance (mUrti) who bestows boons (varadA)!
O Foremost (dhaurEya) in getting rid (vimOcana) the fears (bhaya) of unfortunate people (vipanna)! Heeding (vinnavinci) to my plea (vinnapambu) made in Your sannidhi (literally holy presence), please protect me quickly.

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caraNam 2
jAlamu-Ela Saila bAla tALa
jAlanu jananI ninnu vinA
pAlana-arthamuga vErE daivamula
lOla matiyai nammitinA
nIla nuta-A SIlamu nEnu-eccaTanu-aina
gAna gAna lOla hRdayA
nIla kaNTha rANi ninnu nammitini
nijambuga balikEdi daya cEsi (O jagadambA)

O Daughter (bAla) of Himalaya – Mountain (Saila)! Why (Ela) this tarrying (jAlamu) (jAlamEla)? I am unable (jAlanu) to forbear (tALa). O Mother (jananI)! Did I, becoming wavering (lOla) minded (matiyai), trust (nammitinA) other (vErE) Gods (daivamula) than (vinA) You (ninnu) for the sake (arthamuga) of protection (pAlana) (pAlanArthamuga)?
I (nEnu) do not find (gAna) anywhere (eccaTanu aina) (nEneccaTanaina) that (A) kind of (Your) virtue (SIlamu) which has been extolled (nuta) (nutA) by Siva (nIla). O Mother who enjoys (lOla hRdayA) music (gAna)!
O Queen Consort (rANi) of Siva – blue (nIla) throated (kaNTha)! I trusted (nammitini) You (ninnu) – this statement (balikEdi) is true (nijambuga). Kindly (daya cEsi) protect me quickly.

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caraNam 3
cancala-AtmuDanu-Emi pUrva
sancitamula salipitinO
kanci kAmAkshI nEnu ninnu
poDagAncitini SaraNu SaraNu
nIvu-incuka-A cancala gati nA
desanu-uncu-ammA SyAma kRshNa vinutA
manci kIrtini-iccunu-aTTi dEvI
manninci nAdu-aparAdhamula sahinci (O jagadambA)

I am unsteady (cancala) minded (AtmuDanu). O kAmAkshi of kAncIpura (kanci)! As a result of (salipitinO) some (Emi) earlier (pUrva) (meritorious) deeds (sancitamula), I (nEnu) beheld (poDagAncitini) You (ninnu). I surrender whole heartedly (SaraNu SaraNu).
O Mother (ammA)! You (nIvu) please turn (uncu) (literally place) a little (incuka) Your (A) (literally that) (nIvincukA) glance (cancala gati) (literally wandering) in my (nA) direction (desanu) (desanuncavammA). O Mother extolled (vinutA) by vishNu – SyAma kRshNa!
O dEvi who (aTTi) (literally that kind of) grants (iccunu) good (manci) fame (kIritini) (kIrtiniccunaTTi)! O Mother! Forgiving (manninci) me and tolerating (sahinci) my (nAdu) transgressions (aparAdhamula) (nAdaparAdhamula), please protect me quickly.

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svara sAhitya
vara sita giri nilayuni priya praNayini
parA Sakti manavini vinumA
mariyAdalu-erugani dush-prabhula
kOri vinutimpaga varambu-osagi (O jagadambA)

O Dear (priya) Consort (praNayini) of Siva – resident (nilayuni) of blessed (vara) Himalaya – snow (sita) (literally white) mountain (giri)! O parA Sakti! Please listen (vinumA) to my appeal (manavini).
Please grant (osagi) me boons (varambu) (varambosagi) and protect me quickly so that I do not seek (kOri) and extol (vinutimpaga) those evil-some rich (dush-prabhula) who do not know (erugani) decencies (mariyAdalu) (mariyAdalerugani).

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