Transliteration Scheme

pAhi SrI giri rAja-Ananda bhairavi

Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
pAhi SrI giri rAja sutE karuNA kalitE
pada sarOjam-anusarAmi tE amba

anupallavi
dEhi matE(r)1anupama gatiM 2mE Ek(A)mra pati sati sudati
tEjas(A)tulita divya mUrtE lalitE ati lalitE (pAhi)

caraNam
caraNam 1
dEvi purANi nigama vinutE prIti(r)iha vasatu
tE mAnadE anudinam-ajitE 3yudhi jit(E)ndra vimatE
4dEv(A)virata kRta nutE 5kAma kOTi pITha gatE
6dIna jana nikarE bhuvi para dEvatE sucaritE (pAhi)

caraNam 2
7nIpa vanI parama nivasanE namra jagad-avana
nEtri janani kanaka vasanE 8jhasha viSAla nayanE
9gOpAyita sukavi janE pApa 10tApa 11khaNDana nipuNE
kuntaLa vijita ghanE ghana jaghanE 12kalAvati kalE (pAhi)
caraNam 3
kAmita dhAtri kamala mukhi kAmAkshi akhila sAkshi
13kAma rati 14kAma Subha phaladE dhRta sugandha ghana latE
SyAmE adya bhava mama mudE SyAma kRshNa sad-varadE
15SyAmaLE ASrita ratE 16vidita gatE 17sadA iha varadE (pAhi)

Meaning - Gist

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
pAhi SrI giri rAja sutE karuNA kalitE
pada sarOjam-anusarAmi tE amba

O Daughter (sutE) of King (rAja) of Mountains (giri) (SrI giri)! Please protect (pAhi) me, O Merciful (karuNA kalitE)! O Mother (amba)! I adhere (anusarAmi) Your (tE) feet (pada) lotus (sarOjam) (sarOjamanusarAmi).

anupallavi
dEhi matEH-anupama gatiM mE Eka-Amra pati sati sudati
tEjasA-atulita divya mUrtE lalitE ati lalitE (pAhi)

O Consort (sati) of EkAmra pati (name of Lord Siva at kAncIpuram – Eka Amra ISvara - EkAmrESvara)! Please grant (dEhi) Your excellent (anupama) (literally incomparable) refuge (gatim) to my (mE) intellect (matEH) (matEranupama). O Mother with beautiful teeth (sudati)!
O Incomparable (atulita) divine (divya) form (mUrtE) in splendour (tEjasA) (tEjasAtulita)! O Very (ati) lovely (lalitlE) lalitA (lalitE)!
O Daughter of King of Mountains! Please protect me, O Merciful! O Mother! I adhere Your feet lotus.

caraNam
caraNam 1
dEvi purANi nigama vinutE prItiH-iha vasatu
tE mAnadE anudinam-ajitE yudhi jita-indra vimatE
dEva-avirata kRta nutE kAma kOTi pITha gatE
dIna jana nikarE bhuvi para dEvatE sucaritE (pAhi)

O dEvi! O Ancient One (purANi) extolled (vinutE) in vEdas (nigama)! May there be (vasatu) Your (tE) love (prItiH) here (iha) (prItiriha)! O Mother who always (anudinam) bestows honour (mAnadE)! O Unvanquished (ajitE) (anudinamajitE)! O Vanquisher (jita) of stupid (vimatE) asura kings (indra) (jitEndra) in battle (yudhi)!
O Mother whom celestials (dEva) incessantly (avarita) (dEvAvaria) extol (kRta nutE)! O Mother abiding (gatE) in kAma kOTi pITha! O Treasure (nikarE) of humble (dIna) people (jana) in this World (bhuvi)! O Supreme (para) Goddess (dEvatE)! O Mother of Auspicious exploits (sucaritE)!
O Daughter of King of Mountains! Please protect me, O Merciful! O Mother! I adhere Your feet lotus.

caraNam 2
nIpa vanI parama nivasanE namra jagad-avana
nEtri janani kanaka vasanE jhasha viSAla nayanE
gOpAyita sukavi janE pApa tApa khaNDana nipuNE
kuntaLa vijita ghanE ghana jaghanE kalAvati kalE (pAhi)

O Mother residing (nivasanE) in the Supreme (parama) kadamba (nIpa) grove (vanI)! O Chief (nEtri) in protecting (avana) those who revere (namra) You in this World (jagat) (jagadavana)! O Mother (janani)! O Mother adorned with pItAmbara (kanaka vasanE) (literally golden raiment)! O Large (viSAla) Eyed (nanayE) like fish (jhasha)!
O Mother who protects (gOpAyita) great poets (sukavi janE)! O Expert (nipuNE) in relieving (khaNDana) sins (pApa) and afflictions (tApa)! O Mother whose dark tresses (kuntaLa) excel (vijita) the rain-cloud (ghanE)! O Mother with large (ghana) hips (jaghanE)! O Embodiment of Fine Arts (kalAvati)! O Art Form (kalE)!
O Daughter of King of Mountains! Please protect me, O Merciful! O Mother! I adhere Your feet lotus.
caraNam 3
kAmita dhAtri kamala mukhi kAmAkshi akhila sAkshi
kAma rati kAma Subha phaladE dhRta sugandha ghana latE
SyAmE adya bhava mama mudE SyAma kRshNa sad-varadE
SyAmaLE ASrita ratE vidita gatE sadA iha varadE (pAhi)

O Granter (dhAtri) of wishes (kAmita)! O Lotus (kamala) Faced (mukhi)! O kAmAkshi! O Witness (sAkshi) of everything (akhila)! O Mother who delights (rati) in amorous sports (kAma)! O Bestower (phaladE) (literally bestow results) of welfare (Subha) to manmatha (kAma)! O Mother smeared (dhRtE) with very (ghana) fragrant musk (latE) sandal paste (sugandha)!
O Dark hued (SyAmE)! May You now (adya) be (bhava) my (mama) joy (mudE)! O Bestower of great boons (sad-varadE) to SyAma kRshNa! O SyAmaLA (SyAmaLE)! O Delight (ratE) of dependents (ASrita)! O Most (gatE) Learned (vidita)! O Ever (sadA) bestower of boons (varadE) on the Earth (iha)!
O Daughter of King of Mountains! Please protect me, O Merciful! O Mother! I adhere Your feet lotus.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
2 - mE EkAmra - mE (amba) EkAmra.
2 - EkAmra pati sati sudati - EkAmra pati sudati sati : the latter version does not seem to be appropriate.
3 - jitEndra vimatE - jitEndra vinutE.
4 - dEvAvirata kRta nutE - dEvAvira kRta nutE : the latter version does not seem to be appropriate.
6 - dIna jana nikarE - dIna jana nija karE : the latter version does not seem to be appropriate.
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9 – gOpAyita – gOpayita.
11 - khaNDana nipuNE - khaNDa nipuNE - khaNDana caNa.
12 - kalAvati kalE - kalAvati ratE – kalAvati ghanE.
15 - SyAmaLE ASrita ratE – SyAmaLa ucita radE : the latter version seems to be wrong.
17 - sadA iha varadE - sadEha varadE.
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References
5 - kAma pITha gatE – please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (589) – ‘kAma kOTikA’ - kAma kOTi pITha

7 - nIpa vanI parama nivasanE – Resident of Supreme kadamba grove. Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (60) – ‘kadamba vana vAsini’. Please also refer to ‘saundarya lahari’ (8) – ‘nIpa upavana-vati’.

10 – tApa – this would refer to tri-tApa – three afflictions – AdhyAtmika, Adhi-daivIka, Adhi-bhautIka (caused by self, deities and nature respectively).

12 – kalAvati kalE – Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (327) (kalAvati). One who embodies 64 Fine Arts – catush-shashTi kalAmayI (236) (kalE).

13 – kAma rati – One who delights in amorous sports – Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (863) – kAma kELi tarangitA.
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Comments
1 – anupama gatim – In books this seems to have translated as ‘wisdom’.

3 – yudhi jitEndra vimatE – In the books, this has been translated as ‘one who is humble even after conquering indra’. However, in my opinion, this refers to Mother’s battles with many asuras.

8 – jhasha viSAla nayanE – this probably refers to mInAkshi.

14 – kAma Subha phaladE – kAmAkshi revived manmatha after he was reduced to ashes by Siva.

16 – vidita gatE – The significance of this epithet is not very clear. In the books, this seems to have been translated as ‘learned one’. The same meaning has been retained here also.
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