Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O akhilANDESvarI! O Siva SankarI!
O Adi SaktI! O Source of all those beginning with Siva! O Ultimate Illuminator! O Lotus Eyed! O Mother!
O Siva kAmI! O abhirAmI! O Mother!
O Mother who granted livelihood for me in this Earth! O Eternal One! O Fame fruit! O Respected One! O Mother!
O Sister of SyAma kRshNa! O Mother SyAmaLa holding parrot in the hand! O nitya kalyANI! O Mother! O akhilANDESvarI!

Always meditating on Your feet-lotus, I thrice affirm that I trusted You.

I requested You again and again to protect me.
Am I not Your own son?
Is there any other mother for me?

Is it in my capacity to extol Your greatness?
What for this indifference? You should not be so.
Aren’t You Ocean of Mercy?

Why are You hesitating like water (droplet) on lotus leaf?
This indeed is opportune moment for showing compassion on me.
I told You that I do not know anything other than performing japa of Your name, every day.

On rising of moon, doesn’t the lily flower look up and blossom?
Isn’t it Your duty to grant refuge, properly, for me, who is a destitute?

Will I ever remain without extolling You?
Please grant me boon so that I do not forget Your feet.
Will I be able to bear now if You still delay?

Always meditating on Your feet-lotus, I thrice affirm that I trusted You.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
ennEramum un pAda kamala dhyAnam seydu-
koNDu-unnai nambinEn nambinEn nambinEn

Always (ennEramum) meditating (dhyAnam seydukoNDu) on Your (un) feet (pAda) lotus (kamala), I thrice affirm that I trusted (nambinEn nambinEn nambinEn) You (unnai) (seydukoNDunnai).

anupallavi
ennai rakshikkac-connEn sonnEn
sonda maindan nAn-allavO
annai pinnai-uNDO enakku
akhila-aNDa-ISvarI Siva SankarI (ennEramum)

I requested You again and again (sonnEn sonnEn) to protect (rakshikka) (rakshikkac-connEn) me (ennai). Am I (nAn) not (allavO) Your own (sonda) son (maindan)? Is there (uNDO) any other (pinnai) (pinnaiyuNDO) mother (annai) for me (enakku), O akhilANDESvarI (akhila aNDa ISvarI) (literally Universal Ruler)? O Siva SankarI!
Always meditating on Your feet-lotus, I thrice affirm that I trusted You.

caraNam
caraNam 1
Adi Sakti undan mahimaiyai
tudi seyyal-AgumO paraman
mudalAna pErukku-AdiyE paraM-
jOtiyE pangayak-kaNNiyE
Edu-ammA parA-mukham seyyak-
kUDAdu-ammA nI karuNaik-kaDal-allavO (ennEramum)

O Adi SaktI (literally primal power)! Is it in my capacity (AgumO) to extol (tudi seyyal) (seyyalAgumO) Your (undan) greatness (mahimaiyai)? O Source (AdiyE) of all those (pErukku) (pErukkAdiyE) beginning with (mudalAna) Siva (paraman)! O Ultimate (paraM) Illuminator (jOtiyE) (paraJjOtiyE)! O Lotus (pangaya) Eyed (kaNNiyE) (pangayak-kaNNiyE)! O Mother (ammA), what for (Edu) (EdammA) this indifference (parA-mukham)? O Mother (ammA), You should not be so (seyyak-kUDAdu) (seyyak-kUDAdammA). Aren’t (allavO) You (nI) Ocean (kaDal) of Mercy (karuNai) (karuNaik-kaDal)?
Always meditating on Your feet-lotus, I thrice affirm that I trusted You.

caraNam 2
tAmarai ilai-mEl taNNIr pOl
tayangukirAyE endan-mEl dayavu
seyya nalla taruNam-idE Siva
kAmiyE abhirAmiyE anudinamum un
nAmamE japam allAdu-onrum
nAn-ariyEn-enac-connEn tAyE (ennEramum)

Why are You hesitating (tayangukinrAyE) like (pOl) water (droplet) (taNNIr) on (mEl) lotus (tAmarai) leaf (ilai) (ilai-mEl)? This indeed (idE) is opportune (nalla) moment (taruNam) (taruNam-idE) for showing compassion (dayavu seyya) on me (endan-mEl), O Siva kAmI (kAmiyE)! O abhirAmI (abhirAmiyE)! O Mother (tAyE)! I told (sonnEn) You that (ena) I (nAn) do not know (ariyEn) (nAn-ariyEn-enac-connEn) anything (onrum) other than (allAdu) (allAdonrum) performing japa (japam) of Your (un) name only (nAmamE) every day (anudinamum).
Always meditating on Your feet-lotus, I thrice affirm that I trusted You.

caraNam 3
nilavin varavAl alli malar
nimirndu malaravillaiyO ennai
nilattil vAzha-vaitta annaiyE
sanAtaniyE pugazhk-kaniyE mAniyE
tamiyEn enakku-aDaikkalam nEyamoDu
taruvadu-un kaDamai-allavO tAyE (ennEramum)

On rising (varavAl) (literally coming) of moon (nilavin), doesn’t the lily (alli) flower (malar) look up (nimirndu) (literally straighten up) and blossom (malaravillaiyO)? O Mother (annaiyE) who granted livelihood (vAzha-vaitta) for me (ennai) in this Earth (nilattil)! O Eternal One (sanAtaniyE)! O Fame (pugazh) fruit (kaniyE) (pughazhk-kaniyE)! O Respected One (mAniyE)! O Mother (tAyE)! Isn’t it (allavO) Your (un) duty (kaDamai) (kaDamaiyallavO) to grant (taruvadu) (taruvadun) refuge (aDaikkalam), properly (nEyamoDu), for me (enakku) (enakkaDaikkalam), who is a destitute (tamiyEn)?
Always meditating on Your feet-lotus, I thrice affirm that I trusted You.

caraNam 4
SyAma kRshNan sOdarI unnai tudi
seyyAmal-iruppEnO un pAdangaLai
maravAmal-irukka varam-taruvAyE Suka
SyAmaLE nitya kalyANI
tAmadam-ini seydAl nAn-ippO
tAnguvEnO tAyE akhilANDa-ISvarI (ennEramum)

O Sister (sOdarI) of SyAma kRshNa (kRshNan)! Will I ever remain (iruppEnO) without extolling (tudi seyyAmal) (seyyAmal-iruppEnO) You (unnai)? Please grant (taruvAyE) me boon (varam) (varantaruvAyE) so that I do not forget (maravAmal-irukka) Your (un) feet (pAdangaLai). O Mother SyAmaLa (SyAmalE) holding parrot (Suka) in the hand! O nitya kalyANI (literally Eternally auspicious)! O Mother (tAyE)! Will I (nAn) be able to bear (tAnguvenO) now (ippO) if You still (ini) delay (tAmadam seydAl) (tAmadam-ini)? O akhilANDESvarI!
Always meditating on Your feet-lotus, I thrice affirm that I trusted You.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ - pAda kamala dhyAnam - pAda kamalamula dhyAnam : The latter version seems to be inappropriate as the whole kRti is in Tamil and most epithets in Sanskrit, whereas ‘kamalamula’ is in Telugu.

² – seidukoNDunnai - It is given as ‘seidukoNDonnai’ in all the books. However, the correct form is ‘seidukoNDunnai’.

⁵ – nilavin varavAl – It is given as ‘nilavin varalAl’ in all the books. This seems to be a writing down error because Tamil ‘la’ and ‘va’ look almost similar. The correct usage is ‘varavAl’. Accordingly, it has been adopted.

⁶ – tamiyEn – It is given as ‘taniyEn’ in all books. However, the meaning derived is ‘humble supplicant’. Therefore, it should be ‘tamiyEn’. ‘taniyEn’ is not appropriate in this place.

⁷ - SyAma kRshNan - SyAma kRshNa.
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References
³ – paraJjOti – paraM-jyOti – Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (806). Please also refer to kaThOpanishad statement –

na tatra sUryO bhati na candra-tArakaM
nEmA vidyutO bhAnti kutO(a)yam-agniH |
tam-Eva bhAntam-anubhAti sarvaM
tasya bhAsA sarvam-idaM vibhAti || 2.2.15 ||

“There the sun does not shine, neither do the moon and the stars; nor do these flashes of lightning shine. How can this fire? He shining, all these shine; through His lustre all these are variously illumined.” (Translation by Swami Gambhirananda).
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Comments
⁴ – tayangukinrAyE – this is part question and part exclamation. Therefore, it has been translated in interrogative form.

In order to facilitate non-Tamils, spelling of words of this Tamil kRti has been done as per pronunciation and not as per written form of Tamil language. However, the Tamil version contains the correct Tamil word forms.
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ennEramum un pAda - rAga punnAga varALi