Transliteration Scheme

himAcala tanaya - rAga Ananda bhairavi

Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
him(A)cala tanaya brOcuTak(i)di
manci samayamu rAvE 1amba

anupallavi
kumAra janani samAnam(e)var(i)lanu
mAnavati SrI bRhan-nAyakI (himAcala)

caraNam
caraNam 1
sarOja mukhi birAna nIvu
varAl(o)sagum(a)ni nEnu vEDiti
2pur(A)ri hari sur(E)ndra nuta purANi
3parAmukham(E)lanE talli (himAcala)

caraNam 2
umA 4hamsa gamanA tAmasamA
brOva dikk(e)varu 5nikkamuganu
mAk(i)puD(a)bhimAnamu cUpa
bhAramA vinumA dayatOnu (himAcala)
caraNam 3
sadA nata 6vara dAyakI nija
dAsuDanu 7SyAma kRshNa sOdari
gadA mora 8vinavA durita
vidAriNI SrI bRhan-nAyakI (himAcala)

Meaning - Gist

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
hima-acala tanaya brOcuTaku-idi
manci samayamu rAvE amba

O Daughter (tanaya) of Himalaya (hima) Mountain (acala) (himAcala)! This (idi) is opportune (manci) moment (samayamu) to protect (brOcuTaku) (brOcuTakidi) me. O Mother (amba)! Please come (rAvE).

anupallavi
kumAra janani samAnamu-evaru-ilanu
mAnavati SrI bRhan-nAyakI (himAcala)

O Mother (janani) of subrahmaNya (kumAra)! Who (evaru) is equal (samAnamu) to You in this World (ilanu) (samAnamevarilanu)? O Revered (mAnavati) Mother SrI bRahannAyakI – Ruler (nAyakI) of the Great Universe (bRhat) (name of Mother at tanjAvUr)!
O Daughter of Himalaya Mountain! This is opportune moment to protect me. O Mother! Please come.

caraNam
caraNam 1
sarOja mukhi birAna nIvu
varAlu-osagumu-ani nEnu vEDiti
purAri hari sura-indra nuta purANi
parAmukhamu-ElanE talli (himAcala)

O Lotus (sarOja) Faced (mukhi)! I (nEnu) pleaded (vEDiti) that (ani) You (nIvu) should quickly (birAna) grant (osagumu) me boons (varAlu) (varAlosagumani).
O Ancient One (purANi) extolled (nuta) by Siva – enemy (ari) of three fortresses (pura) (purAri), vishNu (hari) and indra – Lord (indra) of celestials (sura) (surEndra)! O Mother (talli)! Why (ElanE) this unconcern (parAmukhamu) (parAmukhamElanE)?
O Daughter of Himalaya Mountain! This is opportune moment to protect me. O Mother! Please come.

caraNam 2
umA hamsa gamanA tAmasamA
brOva dikku-evaru nikkamuganu
mAku-ipuDu-abhimAnamu cUpa
bhAramA vinumA dayatOnu (himAcala)

O Mother umA! O Swan (hamsa) gaited (gamanA)! Aren’t You delaying (tAmasamA) Your grace? Who (evaru) is refuge (dikku) (dikkeveru) to protect (brOva) me?
Is it burdensome (bhAramA) to show (cUpa) affection (abhimAnamu) now (ipuDu) towards me (mAku) (mAkipuDabhimAnamu) firmly (nikkamuganu)? Please kindly (dayatOnu) listen (vinumA) to me.
O Daughter of Himalaya Mountain! This is opportune moment to protect me. O Mother! Please come.
caraNam 3
sadA nata vara dAyakI nija
dAsuDanu SyAma kRshNa sOdari
gadA mora vinavA durita
vidAriNI SrI bRhan-nAyakI (himAcala)

O Bestower (dAyakI) of boons (vara) to those who always (sadA) supplicate (nata) to You! I am Your true (nija) devotee (dAsuDanu) (literally servant). Aren’t (gadA) You Sister (sOdari) of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa?
Won’t You heed (vinavA) to my appeal (mora), O Destroyer (vidAriNI) of sins (durita)! O Mother bRhannAyakI!
O Daughter of Himalaya Mountain! This is opportune moment to protect me. O Mother! Please come.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
1 – amba – ambA.

4 - hamsa gamanA - hamsa gamA : It is known whether ‘gamA’ is a proper usage.

5 - nikkamuganu mAkipuDabhimAnamu cUpa bhAramA vinumA – nikkamuga sumA ipuDabhimAnamu bhAramA calamA vinumA : In the present context, ‘sumA’ is not appropriate. The latter version seems to be doubtful.

6 - vara dAyakI nija dAsuDanu – varadA yOgini nija dAsuDanu : The latter version seems to be doubtful.

7 - SyAma kRshNa sOdari gadA - SyAma kRshNa sOdarI gadA : In the present context, ‘sOdarI’ is not a correct usage in view of word ‘gadA’ attached to this epithet.

8 - vinavA – vinadA.
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References

Comments
2 – purAri nuta – extolled by Siva. Here, the form of Mother lalitA mahA tripura sundari who is above the Trinity is meant.

3 – parAmukha – The correct telugu word is ‘parAbmukha’ or ‘parAngmukha’. ‘parAmukham’ is Tamil version of the Sanskrit word ‘parAngmukha’.
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