Syamas Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Spotless! O Mother of Universe! O mRDAni! O bhavAni! O ambA!
O Queen Consort of Siva! O pArvati! O Mother! O ambA! O SrI bRhadamba!
O Mother! O My Mother!
O ambA! O Mother extolled by SyAma kRshNa!

In this World, is there any refuge other than You?

Please listen.
It is not appropriate to be indifferent.
In my mind, I trusted that You alone are my refuge.

I am ignorant.
Kindly grant me boon.
I grieved much, caught in this substance-less Ocean of Worldly Existence.

In this World, is there any refuge other than You -

for wiping out all sins and to protect me speedily,
for relieving my worry, and
for nourishing devotees?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
ninnu vinA mari galadA gati lOkamulO
niranjani nikhila janani mRDAni bhavAni amba (ninnu)

In this World (bhuvilO), is there (galadA) any refuge (gati) other (mari) than (vinA) You (ninnu)?
O Spotless (niranjani)! O Mother (janani) of Universe (nikhila)! O mRDAni (OR O Consort of Siva – mRDa)! O bhavAni (OR O Consort of Siva – bhava)! O ambA (amba)!

anupallavi
pannaga bhUshaNuni rANi pArvati janani amba
parAku sEyaga rAdu vinu SrI bRhad-amba vinumu (ninnu)

O Queen Consort (rANi) of Siva – adorned with (bhUshaNuni) snake (pannage)! O pArvati! O Mother (janani)! O ambA (amba)!
Please listen (vinu), O SrI bRhadamba (bRhat amba)! It is not appropriate (rAdu) to be indifferent (parAku sEyaga).
Please listen (vinumu). In this World, is there any refuge other than You?

caraNam
caraNam 1
pAmaru-ammA daya cEsi varamu-I-ammA mA-ammA
pApamu-ella pariharinci birAna brOcuTaku (ninnu)

O Mother (ammA)! I am ignorant (pAmaruDu) (pAmarunammA). O Mother (ammA)! Kindly (daya cEsi) grant (I) me boon (varamu) (varamIyammA). O My (mA) Mother (ammA) (mAyammA)!
For wiping out (pariharinci) all (ella) sins (pApamu) (pApamella) and to protect (brOcuTaku) me speedily (birAna), in this World, is there any refuge other than You?

caraNam 2
sAramu lEni bhava jaladhi tagulukoni
cAla vEsAritini nA vicAramu dIrcuTaku (ninnu)

I grieved (vEsAritini) much (cAla), caught (tagulukoni) in this substance (sAramu) less (lEni) Ocean (jaladhi) of Worldly Existence (bhava).
For relieving (dIrcuTaku) my (nA) worry (vicAramu), in this World, is there any refuge other than You?

caraNam 3
nA madilO amba nIvE gati-ani nammiti
SyAma kRshNa nutA bhakta paripAlanamu sEyuTaku (ninnu)

O ambA! In my (nA) mind (madilO), I trusted (nammiti) that (ani) You alone (nIvE) are my refuge (gati) (gatiyani). O Mother extolled (nutA) by SyAma kRshNa!
For nourishing (paripAlanamu sEyuTaku) devotees (bhakta), in this World, is there any refuge other than You?

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ - ninnu vinA - ninu vinA.
¹ - galadA gati lOkamulO - galadA lOkamulO.
² – bhavAni amba – bhavAni.
³ - janani amba – lalita.

⁴ - parAku sEyaga rAdu – parAku sEya rAdikanu - In some books, it is given as ‘parAku sEyaka rAdu’. In the present context, ‘sEyaka’ gives an opposite meaning. Therefore, it is wrong. It should be ‘sEyaga’.

⁴ – vinu SrI bRhadamba – SrI bRhadamba.
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⁴ – vinumu – vinumA.
⁵ – pAmarunammA – pAmaruDammA.
⁶ - varamIyammA mAyammA – varamiamma.
⁷ - madilO amba – madilO.
⁸ – nammiti – nammitini.
⁹ - paripAlanamu sEyuTaku – paripAlA nanu brOcuTaku.
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References
⁴ – bRhadamba – name of Mother at tanjAvUr – bRhannAyaki.
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Comments
In some books, rAga of the kRti is given as ‘AbhEri’.
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ninnu vinA mari - rAga rItigauLa