Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Consort of Siva!
O Ocean of Compassion! O Blemish-less! O mAyA!
O Mother whose braid is like swarm of bees! O bhavANi! O Sanctifier! O Mother whose voice is as soft as cooing of cuckoo! O Consort of Siva –Sarva! O Redeemer from problems of kali yuga! O bAlA! O Lovable virtue natured! O Mother whose forehead is adorned with tilaka! O Mother adorned with pearl beads!
O Mother whose body resembles a crore Suns! O Protector of ascetics! O Majestic One! O Nourisher of humble lot! O Mother who makes Her supplicating son(s) happy! O Eradicator of entire clan of asuras! O Mother who is easily accessible! O Sweet-spoken!
O Mother who is situated in kAma kOTi pITha! O kalyANi! O kAmAkshi! O Mother who grants wishes! O SrI lalitA! O Moon Faced! O Ancient One! O Beautiful One! O kaumAri! O Sister of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Daughter of himavAn!

Please protect me.
Please give me devotion to Your feet-lotus.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
pura hara jAyE pAlaya mAm

O Consort (jAyE) of Siva – destroyer (hara) of three fortresses (pura)! Please protect (pAlaya) me (mAm).

anupallavi
caraNa-ambuja bhaktim dEhi mE
karuNA nidhE nirAmayE mAyE (pura)

Please give (dEhi) me (mE) devotion (bhaktim) to Your feet (caraNa) lotus (ambuja) (caraNAmbuja), O Ocean (nidhE) of Compassion (karuNA)! O Blemish-less (nirAmayE)! O mAyA (mAyE)!
O Consort of Siva! Please protect me.

caraNam
caraNam 1
ali kula vENi bhavAni pAvani
kala rava mRdu-tara vANi SarvANi
kali mOcani bAlE kamanIya guNa-SIlE
tilaka-ancita phAlE dhRta maNi mAlE (pura)

O Mother whose braid (vENi) is like swarm (kula) of bees (ali)! O bhavANi! O Sanctifier (pAvani)! O Mother whose voice (vANi) is as soft (mRdu-tara) as cooing (rava) of cuckoo (kala)! O Consort of Siva –Sarva (SarvANi)!
O Redeemer (mOcani) from problems of kali yuga! O bAlA (bAlE)! O Lovable (kamanIya) virtue (guNa) natured (SIlE) (guNa-SIlE)! O Mother whose forehead (phAla) (phAlE) is adorned (ancita) with tilaka (tilakAncita)! O Mother adorned with (dhRta) pearl (maNi) beads (mAlE)!
O Consort of Siva! Please protect me.

caraNam 2
bhAnu kOTi samAna SarIrE
pAlita muni nikarE gambhIrE
dIna jana pOshiNi nata suta tOshiNi
daitya kula SOshiNi sulabhE manju bhAshiNi (pura)

O Mother whose body (SarIrE) resembles (samAna) (literally equal) a crore (kOTi) Suns (bhAnu)! O Protector (pAlita) of ascetics (muni nikarE) (literally group of ascetics)! O Majestic One (gambhIrE) (literally deep)!
O Nourisher (pOshiNi) of humble (dIna) lot (jana)! O Mother who makes Her supplicating (nata) son(s) (suta) happy (tOshiNi)! O Eradicator (SOshiNi) of entire clan (kula) of asuras (daitya)! O Mother who is easily accessible (sulabhE)! O Sweet (manju) spoken (bhAshiNi)!
O Consort of Siva! Please protect me.

caraNam 3
kAma pITha gatE kalyANi kAmAkshi
kAmita phaladE SrI lalitE
sOma mukhi purANi sundari kaumAri
SyAma kRshNa sOdari Saila rAja kumAri (pura)

O Mother who is situated (gatE) in kAma kOTi pITha! O kalyANi! O kAmAkshi! O Mother who grants (phaladE) (literally who grants fruits) wishes (kAmita)! O SrI lalitA (lalitE)!
O Moon (sOma) Faced (mukhi)! O Ancient One (purANi)! O Beautiful One (sundari)! O kaumAri! O Sister (sOdari) of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Daughter (kumAri) of himavAn – king (rAja) of mountains (Saila)!
O Consort of Siva! Please protect me.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
⁴ - bhAnu kOTi samAna - bhAnu kOTi samAbha.
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References
¹ – pura hara – Generally ‘pura’ refers to three fortresses built by asuras – kamalAksha, tArukAksha and vidyunmAli - which were destroyed by Siva. tripura saMhAra.
However, Mother is also called ‘tri-purA’. ‘tripura rahasya’.

² – kala rava – cooing of cuckoo – Please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (404) – ‘kAla kaNThI’.

⁶ – kAma pITha gatE – please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (589) – ‘kAma kOTikA’ - kAma kOTi pITha.
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Comments
³ – dhRta maNi mAlE – Generally ‘maNi’ refers to pearls. ‘dhRta’ may either mean ‘wearing’ or ‘holding in hand’. Mother, in the forms of bAlA tripura sundari, gAyatri and sarasvati, holds ‘aksha mAlA’ in the hand.

⁵ – nata suta tOshiNi – Sons - might refer to vinAyaka and subrahmaNya or SyAmA SAstri himself.
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