Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Mother SrI rAja rAjESvari!
O Mother seated on throne! O Goddess! O Mother with firm resolve! O Mother with blissful heart!
O Bestower of fruits of material welfare wished for! O ambikA! O kALikA! O Mother seated in kAma kOTi pITha!
O Protector of humans and ascetics! O Respected One! O Mother! O bhavAni! O Adorable virtuous natured! O Spot-less! O Remover of sins of entire Worlds!
O Mother with lotus feet! O Enjoyer of music embellished with svara and jati! O Enjoyer of dance! O bAlA! O Mother adorned with garlands of fragrant flowers!
O SAradA! O Mother who likes recitation of sAma vEda! O Ruler of the excellent SrI cakra! O Creator of pleasing laya! O Sister of Syama kRshNa!

Please protect me.
Please come near.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
pAhi mAM SrI rAja rAja-ISvari amba
pAhi mAM SrI rAja rAjESvari
SrI rAja rAjESvari SrI rAja rAjESvari

O Mother (amba) SrI rAja rAjESvari (rAja ISvari)! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAM). O SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect (pAhi) me (mAM). O SrI rAja rAjESvari! O SrI rAja rAjESvari!

anupallavi
simha-Asana-ArUDhE dEvatE dRDha vratE
simhAsanArUDhE Ehi Ananda hRdayE (pAhi)

O Mother seated (ArUDhE) (literally mounted) on throne (simha Asana) (literally lion-seat) (simhAsanArUDhE)! O Goddess (dEvatE)! O Mother with firm (dRDha) resolve (vratE)!
O Mother seated on throne (simhAsanArUDhE)! Please come near (Ehi), O Mother with blissful (Ananda) heart (hRdayE)!
O Mother SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! O SrI rAja rAjESvari!

caraNam
caraNam 1
kAmita-artha phala dAyikE ambikE kALikE
kAmitArtha phala dAyikE kAma kOTi pITha gatE (pAhi)

O Bestower (dAyikE) of fruits (phala) of material welfare (artha) wished for (kAmita) (kAmitArtha)! O ambikA (ambikE)! O kALikA (kALikE)!
O Bestower of fruits of material welfare wished for (kAmitArtha phala dAyikE)! O Mother seated (gatE) in kAma kOTi pITha!
O Mother SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! O SrI rAja rAjESvari!

caraNam 2
mAnava muni gaNa pAlini mAnini janani bhavAni
mAnita guNa SAlini niranjani nikhila pApa Samani (pAhi)

O Protector (pAlini) of humans (mAnava) and ascetics (muni gaNa)! O Respected One (mAnini)! O Mother (janani)! O bhavAni!
O Adorable (mAnita) (literally regarded) virtuous (guNa) natured (SAlini)! O Spot-less (niranjani)! O Remover (Samani) of sins (pApa) of entire Worlds (nikhila)!
O Mother SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! O SrI rAja rAjESvari!

caraNam 3
sArasa pada yugaLE svara jati kalpita sangIta
rasikE naTa priyE bAlE surabhi pushpa mAlE (pAhi)

O Mother with lotus (sArasa) feet (pada yugaLE)! O Enjoyer (rasikE) of music (sangIta) embellished (kalpita) with svara and jati! O Enjoyer (priyE) of dance (naTa)! O bAlA (bAlE)! O Mother adorned with garlands (mAlE) of fragrant (surabhi) flowers (pushpa)!
O Mother SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! O SrI rAja rAjESvari!

caraNam 4
SAradE sAma gAna sammOdita-kari SrI
cakra rAja-ISvari sulaya-kari SyAma kRshNa sOdari (pAhi)

O SAradA (SAradE)! O Mother who likes (sammOdita-kari) recitation (gAna) of sAma vEda! O Ruler (ISvari) of the excellent (rAja) (rAjESvari) SrI cakra! O Creator of pleasing laya (sulaya-kari)! O Sister (sOdari) of Syama kRshNa!
O Mother SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! Please protect me. O SrI rAja rAjESvari! O SrI rAja rAjESvari!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)

References
¹ - kAma kOTi pITha gatE – please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (589) – ‘kAma kOTikA’ - kAma kOTi pITha.

² – SrI cakra rAjESvari – SrI cakra is called ‘cakra rAja’. Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAna (996) – Sri cakra rAja nilayA.
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