Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O ambA! O Queen of Siva! O kAmAkshi - holding parrot in the hand! O kalyANI!
O Mother of Pure exploits extolled by Adi SEsha! O Supreme Goddess worshipped by indra!
O Enjoyer of Music! O Golden Idol!
O Sister of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Bestower of material welfare as desired by devotees! O Long Lotus petal Eyed Mother kAmAkshi!
O Mother whose Lotus feet are extolled by brahmA and indra!

I have always trusted You alone.

Listening to my appeal, please protect me.

Aren’t You the mother who bore me?
Don’t You have this much kindness that I am Your child?

Please grant my wishes, coming quickly.
Why this indifference?

I do not know any mantra or tantra, excepting just meditation.
I do not find Your equal in this Universe.

Aren’t You Mercy Embodied?
You alone are my wealth.

Hearing Your greatness, I besought You alone in my mind as my refuge.
This indeed is the opportune moment.
Please protect me.

I have always trusted You alone.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
ninnE namminAnu sadA nA
vinnapamu vini nannu brOvumu

I have always (sadA) trusted (namminAnu) You alone (ninnE). Listening (vini) to my (nA) appeal (vinnapamu), please protect (brOvumu) me (nannu).

anupallavi
kanna talli gAdA (ambA) biDDa-ani
kanikaramu-intaina lEdA
pannaga dharuni rANI Suka
pANI kAmAkshI kalyANI (ninnE)

Aren’t (gAdA) You the mother (talli) who bore me (kanna), O ambA (literally Mother)! Don’t You have (lEdA) this much (intaina) kindness (kanikaramu) (kanikaramintaina) that (ani) I am Your child (biDDa) (biDDayani)?
O Queen (rANI) of Siva – adorned (dharuni) with snake (pannaga)! O kAmAkshi - holding parrot (Suka) in the hand (pANI)! O kalyANI (literally Auspicious One)!
I have always trusted You alone. Listening to my appeal, please protect me.

caraNam
caraNam 1
vEgamE vacci nAdu kOrkelu-IvE
parAmukhamu-Ela
bhOg(I)ndra sannuta pUta caritA
puruhUta pUjitA para dEvatE (ninnE)

Please grant (IvE) my (nAdu) wishes (kOrkelu) (kOrkelIvE), coming (vacci) quickly (vEgamE). Why (Ela) this indifference (parAmukhamu) (parAmukhamEla)?
O Mother of Pure (pUta) exploits (caritA) extolled by Adi SEsha – King (indra) of snakes (bhOgi) (bhOgIndra)! O Supreme (para) Goddess (dEvatE) worshipped (pUjitA) by indra (puruhUta)!
I have always trusted You alone. Listening to my appeal, please protect me.

caraNam 2
dhyAnamE vinAka mantra
tantramu-Emi erunganE
gAna vinOdinI nIdu sATi
jagAna gAnanE bangAru bommA (ninnE)

I do not know (erunganE) any (Emi) mantra or tantra, excepting (vinAka) just meditation (dhyAnamE).
O Enjoyer (vinOdini) of Music (gAna)! I do not find (gAnanE) Your (nIdu) equal (sATi) in this Universe (jagAna), O Golden (bangAru) Idol (bommA)!
I have always trusted You alone. Listening to my appeal, please protect me.

caraNam 3
SyAma kRshNa sahOdarI bhakta
kAmita-artha phala dAyakI
kAmAkshI kanja daLa-Ayata-akshI
kAruNya mUrti gadA nIvE saMpada (ninnE)

O Sister (sahOdarI) of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Bestower (dAyakI) of material welfare (artha phala) as desired (kAmita) (kAmitArtha) by devotees (bhakta)!
O Long (Ayata) Lotus (kanja) petal (daLa) Eyed (akshi) (daLAyatAkshi) Mother kAmAkshi! Aren’t You (gadA) Mercy (kAruNya) Embodied (mUrti)? You alone (nIvE) are my wealth (saMpada).
I have always trusted You alone. Listening to my appeal, please protect me.

svara sAhitya
nI mahima vini madilO
nIvE gati-anucunu kOriti
kamala bhava danuja ripu nuta pada
kamala yuga samayamu-idE brOvumu (ninnE)

Hearing (vini) Your (nI) greatness (mahima), I besought (kOriti) You alone (nIvE) in my mind (madilO) as (anucunu) my refuge (gati) (gatiyanucunu).
O Mother whose Lotus (kamala) feet (pada yuga) are extolled (nuta) by brahmA – abiding (bhava) in Lotus (kamala) and indra – enemy (ripu) of asuras (danuja)! This indeed (idE) is the opportune moment (samayamu) (samayamidE). Please protect (brOvumu) me.
I have always trusted You alone. Listening to my appeal, please protect me.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ - vini nannu brOvumu - vini brOvumu.
² - kanna talli gAdA (ambA) - kanna talli gAdA.

³ - pannaga dharuni - pannaga dhAruNi : In ‘dhAruNi’, the ending syllable ‘Ni’ does not seem to be correct.

⁴ – parAmukhamEla - parAmukhamElE.
⁵ – bhOgIndra – bhOgEndra : ‘bhOgEndra’ does not seem to be correct.
⁶ - para dEvatE - para dEvatA.

⁷ - dhyAnamE vinAka - dhyAnamE vinaga : ‘vinaga’ is not appropriate in the present context.

⁸ - tantramEmi erunganE – tantramEmilerunganE : The sandhi ‘l’ between ‘Emi’ and ‘eruganE’ does not seem to be appropriate.

⁹ – gAnanE – gAnanammA.
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References
¹⁰ – bangAru bommA – Golden Idol. bangAru kAmAkshi of Tanjavur is the ishta dEvatA of SyAmA Sastry.
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