Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Sankari! O Moon Faced Mother akhilANDESvari! O SAmbhavi! O Mother worshipped by brahmA! O gauri! O amba!
O Reliever of anxiety! O Destroyer of enemies! O kalyANi! O Bestower of results to those who always supplicate! O Consort of Siva! O Generator of this Universe!
O Mother who sports with Siva – jambu pati! O Mother who takes delight in protecting the Universe! O Conch necked, bhavAni! O Mother who carries skull! O Mother who wields trident!
O Mother who brings delight to Siva! O Nourisher of entire Universe! O Mother who bestows auspiciousness! O Consort of Siva – mRDa! O Swan like gaited!
O SyAmaLA - sister of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Slender waisted! O bAlA - enjoyer of sAma gAna! O Mother who is always intent on relieving the problems of devotees!

Please give us welfare.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
Sankari SaM-kuru candra mukhi akhila-aNDa-ISvari
SAmbhavi sarasija bhava vanditE gauri amba

O Sankari! Please give (kuru) (literally do) us welfare (SaM) (SaM-kuru). O Moon (candra) Faced (mukhi) Mother akhilANDESvari (literally Goddess of entire cosmos)!
O SAmbhavi (literally wife of Sambhu – Siva)! O Mother worshipped (vanditE) by brahmA – resident (bhava) in lotus (sarasija)! O gauri! O amba!

anupallavi
sankaTa hAriNi ripu vidAriNi kalyANi
sadA nata phala dAyikE hara nAyikE jagaj-janani (Sankari)

O Reliever (hAriNi) (literally destroyer) of anxiety (sankaTa)! O Destroyer (vidAriNi) of enemies (ripu)! O kalyANi!
O Bestower (dAyikE) of results (phala) (literally fruit) to those who always (sadA) supplicate (nata)! O Consort (nAyikE) of Siva (hara)! O Generator (janani) of this Universe (jagat) (jagaj-janani)!
O Sankari! Please give us welfare. O Moon Faced Mother akhilANDESvari! O SAmbhavi! O Mother worshipped by brahmA! O gauri! O amba!

caraNam
caraNam 1
jambu pati vilAsini jagad-avana-ullAsini
kambu kandharE bhavAni kapAla dhAriNi SUlini (Sankari)

O Mother who sports (vilAsini) with Siva – jambu pati (name of Lord at tiruvAnaikkA)! O Mother who takes delight (ullAsini) in protecting (avana) the Universe (jagat) (jagadavanOllAsini)!
O Conch (kambu) necked (kandharE), bhavAni (literally wife of bhava - Siva)! O Mother who carries (dhAriNi) skull (kapAla)! O Mother who wields trident (SUlini)!
O Sankari! Please give us welfare. O Moon Faced Mother akhilANDESvari! O SAmbhavi! O Mother worshipped by brahmA! O gauri! O amba!

caraNam 2
angaja ripu tOshiNi akhila bhuvana pOshiNi
mangaLa pradE mRDAni marALa sannibha gamani (Sankari)

O Mother who brings delight (tOshini) to Siva – enemy (ripu) of manmatha (angaja)! O Nourisher (pOshini) of entire (akhila) Universe (bhuvana)!
O Mother who bestows (pradE) auspiciousness (mangaLa)! O Consort of Siva – mRDa (mRDAni)! O Swan (marALa) like (sannibha) gaited (gamani)!
O Sankari! Please give us welfare. O Moon Faced Mother akhilANDESvari! O SAmbhavi! O Mother worshipped by brahmA! O gauri! O amba!

caraNam 3
SyAma kRshNa sOdari SyAmaLE SAta-udari
sAma gAna lOlE bAlE sadA-Arti bhanjana-SIlE (Sankari)

O SyAmaLA (SyAmaLE) - sister (sOdari) of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Slender (SAta) waisted (udari) (SAtOdari)!
O bAlA (bAlE) - enjoyer (lOlE) of sAma gAna (literally recitation of sAma vEda)! O Mother who is always (sadA) intent (SIlE) on relieving (bhanjana) (bhanjana-SIlE) the problems (Arti) of devotees!
O Sankari! Please give us welfare. O Moon Faced Mother akhilANDESvari! O SAmbhavi! O Mother worshipped by brahmA! O gauri! O amba!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
² - gauri amba – gauri.
³ - phala dAyikE - phala dAyaki.
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References
¹ – akhilANDESvari – name of Mother at tiruvAnaikkA (tiruvAnaikkoil) – Consort of ‘jambukESvara’ (jambu pati). Please refer to tiruvAnaikkA - 1; tiruvAnaikkA - 2 (Tamil website).

⁴ – kapAla dhAriNi – According to above website, akhilANDESvari was a ‘ugra dEvatA’ who was pacified by Adi Sankara by installing SrI cakra in Her ears.

⁵ – mRDAni – Wife of mRDa – Siva. Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (564) – ‘mRDAnI’.
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⁶ – marALa sannibha gamani – swan-like gaited. Please also refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (47) – ‘marALI manda gamanA’. Also refer to - discourse of kAnci mahAsvAmi on ‘saundarya lahari’ (91).

⁷ – SAtOdari – Slender waited. It also means ‘daughter of himavAn’ who is called ‘SatOdara’ (having hundreds of caves). Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (130) – ‘SAtOdarI’.

⁸ – bAlE – Mother tripura sundari is called ‘bAlA’ – please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (965). A 9-year girl is called ‘bAlA’.
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