Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O pArvati! O Mother, holding parrot! O Virtuous by disposition!
O Mother whose feet-lotus are worshipped by celestials! O Enjoyer of music! O Very virtuous! O kAmAkshI!
O Destroyer of bhaNDa asura! O Mother praised by indra! O Splendorous like millions of Suns! O Lotus Eyed! O Witness of Universe!
O Moon faced! O Jasmine teethed! O Majestic gaited like an elephant! O Sweet voiced! O Dark tressed like rain-cloud! O Goddess of Speech!
O Sister of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Siva SankarI! O gaurI! O Abode of Virtues! O Mother abiding in kAma kOTi pITha! O SAmbhavI! O mRDAnI!

Please protect me.

I trusted You totally.
Why still unconcern?
Why this delay?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
pArvati ninu nE nera nammiti Suka
pANI brOvu parAku-ikanu-ElE suSIlE

O pArvati! I (nE) trusted (nammiti) You (ninu) totally (nera) (literally much). O Mother, holding (pANI) parrot (Suka)! Please protect (brOvu) me. Why (ElE) still (ikanu) unconcern (parAku) (parAkikanElE), O Virtuous by disposition (suSIlE)?

anupallavi
gIrvANa vandita pada sArasa
sangIta lOlE suguNa jAlE jAlamu-ElE kAmAkshI (pArvati)

O Mother whose feet (pada) lotus (sArasa) are worshipped (vandita) by celestials (gIrvANa)! O Enjoyer (lOlE) of music (sangIta)! O Very (jAlE) (literally multitude) virtuous (suguNa)! Why (ElE) this delay (jAlamu) (jElamElE), O kAmAkshI?
O pArvati! I trusted You totally. O Mother, holding parrot! Please protect me. Why still unconcern, O Virtuous by disposition!

caraNam
caraNam 1
bhaNDa daitya khaNDana-AkhaNDala vinutA
mArtANDa kOTi tEja nIraja-akshI nikhila sAkshI (pArvati)

O Destroyer (khaNDana) of bhaNDa asura (daitya)! O Mother praised (vinutA) by indra (AkhaNDala) (khaNDanAkhaNDala)! O Splendorous (tEja) like millions (kOTi) of Suns (mArtANDa)! O Lotus (nIraja) Eyed (akshI) (nIrajAkshI)! O Witness (sAkshi) of Universe (nikhila) (literally complete)!
O pArvati! I trusted You totally. O Mother, holding parrot! Please protect me. Why still unconcern, O Virtuous by disposition!

caraNam 2
indu vadanA kunda radanA sindhura gamanA
makaranda vANI nIla mEgha vENI gIr-vANI (pArvati)

O Moon (indu) faced (vadanA)! O Jasmine (kunda) teethed (radanA)! O Majestic gaited (gamanA) like an elephant (sindhura)! O Sweet (makaranda) (literally honey) voiced (vANI)! O Dark (nIla) tressed (vENI) like rain-cloud (mEgha)! O Goddess of Speech (gIrvANI)!
O pArvati! I trusted You totally. O Mother, holding parrot! Please protect me. Why still unconcern, O Virtuous by disposition!

caraNam 3
SyAma kRshNa sOdarI Siva SankarI gaurI guNa
dhAma kAma pITha vAsinI SAmbhavI mRDAnI (pArvati)

O Sister (sOdarI) of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Siva SankarI! O gaurI! O Abode (dhAma) of Virtues (guNa)! O Mother abiding (vAsinI) in kAma kOTi pITha! O SAmbhavI (literally wife of Sambhu – Siva)! O mRDAnI (literally wife of mRDa – Siva)!
O pArvati! I trusted You totally. O Mother, holding parrot! Please protect me. Why still unconcern, O Virtuous by disposition!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – pArvati ninu nE nera – pArvatI ninu nera.
² – parAkikanElE suSIlE – parAkikanEla suSIla
³ - jAlamElE – jAlamEla.
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References
⁴ – gIrvANI – Goddess of Speech. kAmAkshi is stated to have restored speech to ‘mUka kavi’ (born deaf and dumb). He composed ‘mUka panca SatI’ on kAmAkshi. ‘mUka kavi’ (see appendix2).
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Comments
³ – jAlamu – In telugu, there are two similar sounding words ‘jAlam’ and ‘dzAlam’. In the present context, ‘jAlam’ means ‘deceit’; ‘dzAlam’ means ‘delay’. Here both words fit in. Though it has been translated as ‘delay’, it can be taken as ‘deceit’ also.
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