Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O SrI pArvati, worshipped by vishNu and other chieftains! O dEvi!
O Mother residing in kadamba grove! O Wholesome! O Consort of Siva! O Reliever of distress of my heart! O Mother abiding in the temple of precious stones! O dEvi who is pleased with the blessed sage nArada!
O Ever Youthful, whose feet are soft like shoots of creeper! O Mother who has Sun and Moon as Eyes! O Mother whose body is splendorous like millions of pre-dawn Suns! O Moon like beautiful Mother, sporting digit of moon! O Mother adorned with shining precious stone studded necklace in the beautiful neck! O Virtuous by nature! O Supreme Goddess! O Mother lalitA, abiding in kAma kOTi pITha!
O Mother of gaNa pati and subrahmaNya! O Protector of Music! O Holy One! O Sister of vishNu! O Destroyer of asuras! O Mother who is ever total! O Mother praised by Siva! O Protector of dependents! O Blemish-less! O Dear to Siva! O Mother whose face resembles Moon! O Mother who has no desires left unfulfilled! O Enjoyer of sAma gAna!
O Dark-blue bodied! O Lovely voiced! O Reliever of all kinds of fears! O Consort of mahESvara! O Mother with honey-bees like dark tresses! O kAmESvari! O gauri! O Sister of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Sovereign Ruler of Universe! O Consort of Sambhu! O Great tripura sundari! O Daughter of himavan! O Mother who grants wishes to poets! O Mother who bestows desired results!

Please protect me.
Please always gladly protect this wretch compassionately.
May there be Your grace towards me in this World.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
SrI-pati mukha viracita pUjyE
SrI pArvati mAm pAhi dEvi

O SrI pArvati, worshipped (viracita pUjyE) (literally performed worship) by vishNu – Consort (pati) of lakshmI (SrI) (SrI-pati) and other chieftains (mukha)! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAm), O dEvi!

anupallavi
nIpa vana nilayE nirAmayE
niTila nayana jAyE mama hRdaya
tApa hAriNi nava ratns-AlayE
tApasa vara nArada muditE dEvi (SrI-pati)

O Mother residing (nilayE) in kadamba (nIpa) grove (vana)! O Wholesome (nirAmayE) (literally disease-free)! O Consort (jAyE) of Siva – having third eye (nayana) on forehead (niTila)!
O Reliever (hAriNi) of distress (tApa) of my (mama) heart (hRdaya)! O Mother abiding in the temple (AlayE) of precious stones (nava ratna) (ratnAlayE)! O dEvi who is pleased (muditE) with the blessed (vara) sage (tApasa) nArada!
O SrI pArvati, worshipped by vishNu and other chieftains! Please protect me, O dEvi!

caraNam
caraNam 1
taruNi latA pallava mRdu caraNE
tapana vidhu vilOcanE
aruNa kOTi sama kAnti yuta
SarIrE kala dhRta kalApE
surucira maNi kaNTha lasan-maNi hArE
suguNa-SIlE satatam samudam
karuNayA ava dInam para dEvatE
kAma kOTi pITha gatE lalitE (SrI-pati)

O Ever Youthful (taruNi) whose feet (caraNE) are soft (mRdu) like shoots (pallava) of creeper (latA)! O Mother who has Sun (tapana) and Moon (vidhu) as Eyes (vilOcanE)! O Mother whose body (SarIrE) is splendorous (kAnti yuta) like (sama) (literally equal) millions (kOTi) of pre-dawn Suns (aruNa)! O Moon (kalApE) like beautiful Mother sporting (dhRta) digit of moon (kala)!
O Mother adorned with shining (lasat) precious stone studded (maNi) (lasan-maNi) necklace (hArE) in the beautiful (surucira) neck (maNi kaNTha) (literally larynx or Adam’s Apple)! O Virtuous by nature (suguNa-SIlE)! Please always (satatam) gladly (samudam) protect (ava) this wretch (dInam) compassionately (karuNayA), O Supreme (para) Goddess (dEvatE)! O Mother lalitA (lalitE), abiding (gatE) in kAma kOTi pITha (literally seat)!
O SrI pArvati, worshipped by vishNu and other chieftains! Please protect me, O dEvi!

caraNam 2
kari mukha kArtikEya janani
svara pAlini pAvani
hari sahOdari vidaLita
daitya-ari gaNE sadA pUrNE
paramESa vinutE Srita jana pAlitE
prItiH-iha vasatu vimalE
pura hara priyE SaSi nibha-AnanE
pUrNa kAmE sAma gAna lOlE (SrI-pati)

O Mother (janani) of gaNa pati – elephant (kari) faced (mukha) and subrahmaNya (kArtikEya)! O Protector (pAlini) of Music (svara)! O Holy One (pAvani)! O Sister (sahOdari) of vishNu (hari)! O Destroyer (vidaLita) of asuras – enemies (ari gaNE) of celestials (daitya) (daityAri)! O Mother who is ever (sadA) total (pUrNE)!
O Mother praised (vinutE) by Siva (paramESa)! O Protector (pAlitE) of dependents (Srita jana)! O Blemish-less (vimalE)! May there be (vasatu) Your grace (prItiH) (towards me) in this World (iha) (prItiriha). O Dear (priyE) to Siva – destroyer (hara) three fortresses (pura)! O Mother whose face (AnanE) resembles (nibha) (nibhAnanE) Moon (SaSi)! O Mother who has no desires (kAmE) left unfulfilled (pUrNa)! O Enjoyer (lOlE) of sAma gAna (literally recitation of sAma vEda)!
O SrI pArvati, worshipped by vishNu and other chieftains! Please protect me, O dEvi!

caraNam 3
SyAmaLa-angi manjuLa vANi
sakala bhaya nivAriNi
hE mahA-ISvari madhupa sadRSa
vENi kAma-ISvari gauri
SyAma kRshNa sOdari bhuvana-ISvari
SAmbhavi mahA tripura sundari
hima giri kumAri kavi kula
kAmadE kAnkshita phala dAyikE (SrI-pati)

O Dark-blue (SyAmaLa) bodied (angi) (literally limbed) (SyAmaLAngi)! O Lovely (manjuLa) voiced (vANi)! O Reliever (nivAriNi) of all (sakala) kinds of fears (bhaya)! O (hE) Consort of mahESvara (mahESvari) (mahA ISvari)! O Mother with honey-bees (madhupa) like (sadRSa) dark tresses (vENi)! O kAmESvari (kAma ISvari)! O gauri!
O Sister (sOdari) of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Sovereign Ruler (ISvari) of Universe (bhuvana) (bhuvanESvari)! O Consort of Sambhu (SAmbhavi)! O Great (mahA) tripura sundari! O Daughter (kumAri) of himavan – Snow (hima) mountain (giri)! O Mother who grants wishes (kAmadE) to poets (kavi kula)! O Mother who bestows (dAyikE) desired (kAnkshita) results (phala)!
O SrI pArvati, worshipped by vishNu and other chieftains! Please protect me, O dEvi!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
³ - maNi kaNTha - maNi gaNTha : In the present context ‘ghaNTha’ is not appropriate.
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References
¹ – nIpa vana nilayE – Resident of kadamba grove. Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (60) – ‘kadamba vana vAsini’. Please also refer to ‘saundarya lahari’ (8) – ‘nIpa upavana-vati’.

² – nava ratnAlayE – Abiding in the temple of precious stones. Mother is stated to be resident in ‘cintAmaNi gRha’ – ‘cintA maNi gRhAntasthA’ – lalitA sahasra nAma (57). Please also refer to ‘saundarya lahari’ (8) – ‘cintAmaNi gRhE’.

³ – maNi kaNTha lasan-maNi hArE – This might refer to ‘aDDigai’

⁴ – kAma kOTi pITha gatE – please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (589) – ‘kAma kOTikA’ - kAma kOTi pITha.
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⁵ – sadA pUrNE – In this regard, the following ISAvasya upanishad verse is relevant –

OM pUrNam-adaH pUrNam-idaM pUrNAt pUrNam-udacyatE |
pUrNasya pUrNam-AdAya pUrNam-Eva avaSishyatE ||

“OM. That (Brahman) is infinite, and This (universe) is infinite. This infinite proceeds from That infinite. Taking the infinitude of This inifinte (universe) That infinite remains same (Brahman) alone.”
Please refer to essay on the upanishad.

⁶ – paramESa vinutE – paramESa is stated to be one of the legs of the cot in which kAmESvara-kAmESvari are seated. Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (947) – ‘panca prEta mancAdhi-SAyinI’.

⁷ – kAmESvari – For more information, please refer to ‘sarvAnanda-maya cakra’ – 9th AvaraNa of Sri vidyA – A brief reference on ‘kAmESvari – kAmESvara’ may be found in English Translation of kAnci mAhAsvAmi’s talk
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