pallavi
dayA nidhE mAm-ava sadA SyAma kRshNa pUjitE

O Ocean (nidhE) of Compassion (dayA)! Please always (sadA) protect (ava) me (mAM) (mAmava), O Mother worshipped (pUjitE) by SyAma kRshNa!

anupallavi
bhaya-apahAriNi SrI rAja rAjESvari (dayA)

O Remover (apahAriNi) of fear (bhaya) (bhayApahAriNi)! O SrI rAja rAjEsvari!
O Ocean of Compassion! Please always protect me, O Mother worshipped by SyAma kRshNa!

caraNam
parama pAvani bhavAni parAtpari Siva Sankari (dayA)

O Supremely (parama) Holy (pAvani)! O bhavAni! O parAtpari! O Siva Sankari!
O Ocean of Compassion! Please always protect me, O Mother worshipped by SyAma kRshNa!

svara sAhitya
pAlita jana muni gaNa sura samudayE
lalita pada yugaLE kamanIya kandharE
pApa Samani suhRdaya sammOdita
mahanIya suguNa-AlayE vitara bhaktiM mE (dayA)

O Protector (pAlita) of the communities (samudayE) of ordinary folks (jana), ascetics (muni gaNa) and celestials (sura)! O Mother whose feet (pada yugaLE) are very soft (lalita)! O Mother with a beautiful (kamanIya) (literally lovable) neck (kandharE)!
O Destroyer (Samani) of sins (pApa)! O Abode (AlayE) of illustrious (mahanIya) virtues (suguNa) (suguNAlayE) which bring delight (sammOdita) to pious people (suhRdaya)! Please grant (vitara) me (mE) devotion (bhaktiM).
O Ocean of Compassion! Please always protect me, O Mother worshipped by SyAma kRshNa!