pallavi
nannu brOva rAdA O jagad-ambA
nI daya sEyavE
anupallavi
kanna talli 1nIvE ambA
nA moralanu vina rAdA (nannu)
caraNam
caraNam 1
Adi Sakti mah(E)SvarI kaumArI
AdarimpavE vEvEgamE nIl(A)yat(A)kshI bhavAnI (nannu)
pallavi
nannu brOva rAdA O jagad-ambA
nI daya sEyavE
O Mother (ambA) of Universe (jagat) (jagadambA)! Can’t (rAdA) You protect (brOva) me (nannu)? Please show Your (nI) mercy (daya sEyavE).
anupallavi
kanna talli nIvE ambA
nA moralanu vina rAdA (nannu)
You are indeed (nIvE) the mother (talli) who bore me (kanna), O ambA! Can’t (rAdA) You listen (vina) to my (nA) pleas (moralanu)?
O Mother of Universe! Can’t You protect me? Please show Your mercy.
caraNam
caraNam 1
Adi Sakti mahA-ISvarI kaumArI
AdarimpavE vEvEgamE nIla-Ayata-akshI bhavAnI (nannu)
O Adi Sakti (literally the source of Sakti)! O mahESvarI (mahA ISvarI) (OR O Consort of Siva – mahESvara)! O kaumArI (Sakti of kumAra – subrahmaNya)!
Please support (AdarimpavE) me very quickly (vEvEgamE). O nIlAyatAkshI (nIla Ayata akshI) (literally having dark elongated eyes) (name of Mother at nAgappaTTinam)! O bhavAnI!
O Mother of Universe! Can’t You protect me? Please show Your mercy.