Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O AkhilANDESvarI!
O Reliever of distress of entire Worlds! O Mother!
O Resident at the centre of temple which is made of precious stones! O Mother whose tresses are black like bees! O Queen Consort of Siva! O Goddess of Speech! O My Mother!
O Mother worshipped by brahmA, vishNu, Siva and all great ascetics! O Very Majestic!
O ambA! O Mother extolled by SyAma kRshNa!

Please listen.

In this World, who is greater than You?
Aren’t You protector of humble people?
Didn’t You hear my appeals?
Why this much indifference towards me who has trusted You?

Please protect me quickly.
Please grant me boon.
Please relieve my worry and give me the empire of Your devotion speedily.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
akhila-aNDa-ISvarI durusuga brOvumu

O AkhilANDESvarI (akhila aNDa ISvarI) (name of Mother at tiruvAnaikkA – consort of jambukESvara)! Please protect (brOvumu) me quickly (durusuga).

anupallavi
nikhila tApa hAriNI bhuvilOna
ninu mincina vAru-evaru-unnAru-ammA (akhila)

O Reliever (hAriNI) of distress (tApa) of entire Worlds (nikhila)! O Mother (ammA)! In this World (bhuvilOna), who (evaru) is (unnAru) greater (mincina vAru) (vArevarunnArammA) than You (ninu)?
O AkhilANDESvarI! Please protect me quickly.

caraNam
caraNam 1
mANikya mayamai-unna
mandira madhya vAsinI ali
vENI SrI Sambhu nAthuni rANI
varamu-IyavE gIrvANI mA-ammA (akhila)

O Resident (vAsinI) at the centre (madhya) of temple (mandira) which is (unna) made of precious stones (mANikya mayamai) (mayamaiyunna)! O Mother whose tresses (vENI) are black like bees (ali)!
O Queen Consort (rANI) of Siva (SrI Sambhu nAthuni)! Please grant (IyavE) me boon (varamu) (varamIyavE), O Goddess of Speech (gIrvANI)! O My (mA) Mother (ammA) (mAyammA)!
O AkhilANDESvarI! Please protect me quickly.

caraNam 2
ambhO-ruha sambhava hari Sankara
akhila muni-indra pUjitA ati
gambhIrA dIna rakshaNI
gadA nA moralanu vina lEdA (akhila)

O Mother worshipped (pUjitA) by brahmA – born (sambhava) of lotus (ambhO-ruha), vishNu (hari), Siva (Sankara) and all (akhila) great (indra) ascetics (muni) (munIndra)!
O Very (ati) Majestic (gambhIrA)! Aren’t (gadA) You protector (rakshaNI) of humble people (dIna)? Didn’t (lEdA) You hear (vina) my (nA) appeals (moralanu)?
O AkhilANDESvarI! Please protect me quickly.

caraNam 3
O ambA ninu nammina nApai
inta parAmukhamu-Ela vinu
SyAma kRshNa nutA cinta dIrci
sAmrAjyamu-IyavE vEgamE (akhila)

O ambA! Why (Ela) this much (inta) indifference (parAmukhamu) (parAmukhamEla) towards me (nApai) who has trusted (nammina) You (ninu)?
Please listen (vinu), O Mother extolled (nutA) by SyAma kRshNa! Please relieve (dIrci) my worry (cinta) and give (IyavE) me the empire (sAmrAjyamu) (sAmrAjyamIyavE) of Your devotion speedily (vEgamE).
O AkhilANDESvarI! Please protect me quickly.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – akhilANDESvarI – akhilANDESvari.
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References
² - mANikya mayamaiyunna mandira madhya vAsinI - Abiding in the centre of 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’.
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Comments
³ – gIrvANI – This generally refers to sarasvati. Therefore, it has been translated as Goddess of Speech.

⁴ – munIndra – this could also be taken as two epithets – muni (ascetics) and indra.

⁵ – sAmrAjyamIyavE – Give me the empire. In books, ‘sAmrAjyamu’ seems to have been translated as ‘supreme bliss’. In my humble opinion, a devotee demands no more than devotion in perpetuity. Therefore, it has been translated as ‘empire of devotion’.
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