Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O kAmAkshi whose glances shed grace! O kAmAkshi who is witness of entire Universe! O bangAru kAmAkshi!
O Mother abiding in kAma kOTi pITha! O Mother who grants wishes! O kAmAkshi! O kAmAkshi of kAncIpura!
O Lotus petal eyed! O Mother who relieves from anxieties and fear! O Sankari! O Siva Sankari!
O Mother who nourishes SyAma kRshNa! O Mother who delights in sAma gAna! O SyAmaLA! O SyAmaLA holding parrot!

Please protect me.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

gItam
gItam 1
kAmAkshi karuNA kaTAkshi kAmAkshi lOka sAkshiNi
kAmAkshi karuNA kaTAkshi kAmAkshi mAm pAhi bangAru (kAmAkshi)

O kAmAkshi whose glances (kaTAkshi) (literally side glances) shed grace (karuNA)! O kAmAkshi who is witness (sAkshiNi) of entire Universe (lOka)!
O kAmAkshi whose glances (kaTAkshi) shed grace (karuNA)! O bangAru kAmAkshi! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAm).

gItam 2
kAma kOTi pITha gatE kAmita phala dAyikE
kAmAkshi mAm pAhi kanci kAmAkshi mAm pAhi

O Mother abiding (gatE) in kAma kOTi pITha! O Mother who grants (phala dAyikE) (literally grants fruits) wishes (kAmita)!
O kAmAkshi! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAm). O kAmAkshi of kAncIpura (kanci)! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAm).

gItam 3
pankaja daLa lOcanE sankaTa bhaya mOcanE
Sankari mAm pAhi Siva Sankari mAm pAhi

O Lotus (pankaja) petal (daLa) eyed (lOcanE)! O Mother who relieves (mOcanE) from anxieties (sankaTa) and fear (bhaya)!
O Sankari! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAm).O Siva Sankari! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAm).

gItam 4
SyAma kRshNa pAlita janani sAma gAna vinOdini
SyAmaLE mAm pAhi Suka SyAmaLE mAm pAhi

O Mother (janani) who nourishes (pAlita) SyAma kRshNa! O Mother who delights (vinOdini) in sAma gAna (literally recitation of sAma vEda)!
O SyAmaLA (SyAmaLE)! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAm). O SyAmaLA (SyAmaLE) holding parrot (Suka)! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAm).

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)

References
² - bangAru kAmAkshi – tanjAvUr.

³ - kAma kOTi pITha – kAncIpura – Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (589) – ‘kAma kOTikA’ - kAma kOTi pITha.

⁴ - sAma gAna vinOdini – Music and sAma gAna (recital) – Please refer to – Article on 'nAdOpAsana'.

⁵ - Suka SyAmaLE – Please refer to SyAmaLA daNDaka of kavi kALi dAsa.
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Comments
¹ - lOka sAkshiNi – ‘lOka’ means ‘people’ also. Therefore, this can be taken to mean ‘One who, as antaryAmi, is a witness in every jIva’.
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