Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Mother! O Mother pArvati!
O Mother who is Beyond the Beyond! O Supremely Holy! O bhavAnI! O ambA!
O Effulgence that fills the entire Universe! O Mother!
O Sister of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Merciful! O Mother!

Why this indifference?

I trusted You alone in this World.
I submitted that I shall not tolerate further.

Is there any refuge other than Your feet?
Shall I also beseech for Your heart to commiserate?

Again and again I surrendered to You.

Why this indifference?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
parAmukham-En-ammA pArvati-ammA

O Mother (ammA)! Why (En) this indifference (parAmukham) (parAmukhamEnammA)? O Mother (ammA) pArvati (pArvatiyammA)!

anupallavi
parAtparI parama pAvanI bhavAnI ambA
pAril nAn unnaiyE nambinEn (parA)

O Mother who is Beyond the Beyond (parAtparI)! O Supremely (parama) Holy (pAvanI)! O bhavAnI! O ambA!
I (nAn) trusted (nambinEn) You alone (unnaiyE) in this World (pAril).
O Mother! Why this indifference? O Mother pArvati!

caraNam
caraNam 1
akhilam-engum nirainda jOtiyE ambikaiyE
annaiyE ini nAn tALEn-enac-connEn (parA)

O Effulgence (jOtiyE) that fills (nirainda) the entire (engum) Universe (akhilam) (akhilamengum)!
O Mother (annaiyE)! I submitted (connEn) (literally said) that (ena) I (nAn) shall not tolerate (tALEn) (tALEnenacconnEn) further (ini).
O Mother! Why this indifference? O Mother pArvati!

caraNam 2
unadu pAdam-inri vEru tuNai-uNDO
undan manam-irangavum nAn sollavO (parA)

Is there (uNDO) any other (vEru) refuge (tuNai) (literally company) (tuNaiyuNDO) than (inri) Your (unadu) feet (pAdam) (pAdaminri)?
Shall I (nAn) also beseech (sollavO) (literally say) for Your (undan) heart (manam) (literally mind) to commiserate (irangavum) (manamirangavum)?
O Mother! Why this indifference? O Mother pArvati!

caraNam 3
SyAma kRshNa sOdarI kRpA-karI
SaraNam SaraNam-enru sonnEn tAyE (parA)

O Sister (sOdarI) of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Merciful (kRpA-karI)!
O Mother (tAyE)! Again and again I surrendered (SaraNam SaraNam enru sonnEn) (SaraNamenru) (literally I submitted that I surrender) to You.
O Mother! Why this indifference? O Mother pArvati!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
³ - SyAma kRshNa sOdarI - SyAma kRshNan sOdarI.
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References
¹ – parAtparI – Beyond the Beyond – Please refer to following note on ‘tat-jyOti’ (That light).

² - akhilamengum nirainda jOtiyE – Effulgence that fills the entire Universe - Please refer to Srimad-bhagavad-gItA –

jyOtishAm-api taj-jyOtiH tamasaH param-ucyatE ||(13.17)

That light even of lights - It is said to be beyond darkness (because It doesn’t cast even a shadow). 'brahman'.
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parAmukham - rAga kalyANi