Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Mother! O ambA! O SrI kAmAkshI!
O Supremely Holy! O bhavAnI! O dEvI!
O Sister of vishNu! O gaurI! O ambA! O mahA bhairavI! O SAmbhavI! O nAda embodied! O Mother! O dEvI! O nArAyaNI! O Lotus Eyed!
O rAja rAjESvarI! O Consciousness embodied! O Lotus Eyed! O Witness of Universe! O Effulgence natured! O Mother! O dEvI! O OjOvatI! O praNava embodied!
O Sanctifier of ignorant! O pArvatI! O dEvI! O SrI lalitA extolled by indra! O Nourisher of SyAma kRshNa! O dEvI! O Daughter of himAlaya!
O Lotus petal Eyed! O lalitA extolled by vishNu, Siva and celestials! O sundarI! O SankarI!

Who is equal to You?

Please show compassion.
I have trusted that You are parA Sakti.
I sought You as refuge for ever.
I trusted Your lotus feet.

In this Universe, who is equal to You?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
sari-evaru-ammA amba nI
daya jUDu-ammA SrI kAmAkshI nI (sari)

O Mother (ammA)! Who (evaru) is equal (sari) (sariyevarammA) to You (nI)? O ambA (amba)! O Mother (ammA)! Please show (jUDu) (jUDavammA) compassion (daya). O SrI kAmAkshI!

anupallavi
parama pAvanI bhavAnI dEvI
parA Sakti nIvu-ani namminAnu (sari)

O Supremely (parama) Holy (pAvanI)! O bhavAnI (OR O Consort of Siva – bhava)! O dEvI! I have trusted (namminAnu) that (ani) You (nIvu) (nIvani) are Supremely mighty (parA Sakti).
O Mother! Who is equal to You? O ambA! O Mother! Please show compassion. O SrI kAmAkshI!

caraNam
caraNam 1
mAdhava sOdarI gaurI amba
mahA bhairavI SAmbhavI
nAda rUpiNI jananI dEvI
nArAyaNI naLina-akshI (sari)

O Sister (sOdarI) of vishNu – Consort (dhava) of lakshmI (mA) (mAdhava)! O gaurI! O ambA (amba)! O mahA bhairavI! O SAmbhavI (OR O Consort of Siva – Sambhu)!
O nAda embodied (rUpiNI)! O Mother (jananI)! O dEvI! O nArAyaNI! O Lotus (naLina) Eyed (akshI) (naLinAkshI)!
O Mother! Who is equal to You? O ambA! O Mother! Please show compassion. O SrI kAmAkshI!

caraNam 2
rAja rAjESvarI cid-rUpI
rAjIva-akshI lOka sAkshI
tEjO-mayI jananI dEvI
OjOvatI OMkArI (sari)

O rAja rAjESvarI! O Consciousness (cit) embodied (rUpI) (cidrUpI)! O Lotus (rAjIva) Eyed (akshI) (rAjIvAkshI)! O Witness (sAkshI) of Universe (lOka)!
O Effulgence (tEjas) natured (mayI) (tEjO-mayI)! O Mother (jananI)! O dEvI! O OjOvatI (literally virile)! O praNava embodied (OMkArI)!
O Mother! Who is equal to You? O ambA! O Mother! Please show compassion. O SrI kAmAkshI!

caraNam 3
pAmara pAvanI pArvatI dEvI
pAka-ari vinutE SrI lalitE
SyAma kRshNa paripAlinI dEvI
SyAma giri suputrI (sari)

O Sanctifier (pAvanI) of ignorant (pAmara)! O pArvatI! O dEvI! O SrI lalitA (lalitE) extolled (vinutE) by indra – enemy (ari) of pAka asura (pAkAri)!
O Nourisher (paripAlinI) of SyAma kRshNa! O dEvI! O Daughter (suputrI) of himAlaya – blue or dark (SyAma) Mountain (giri)!
O Mother! Who is equal to You? O ambA! O Mother! Please show compassion. O SrI kAmAkshI!

svara sAhitya
sArasa daLa nayanA hari hara sura nuta
lalitA ninu satatamu SaraNamu
kOritini kamala pAda yugamu
nammiti sundari Sankari I jagamulO (sari)

O Lotus (sArasa) petal (daLa) Eyed (nayanA)! O lalitA extolled (nuta) by vishNu (hari), Siva (hara) and celestials (sura)! I sought (kOritini) You (ninu) as refuge (SaraNamu) for ever (satatamu). I trusted (nammiti) Your lotus (kamala) feet (pAda yugamu). O sundarI (literally beautiful)! O SankarI!
O Mother! In this (I) Universe (jagamulO), who is equal to You? O ambA! O Mother! Please show compassion. O SrI kAmAkshI!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
² - gaurI amba – gaurI.
⁵ - pArvatI dEvI – pArvatI.
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References
¹ - parA SaktI – ‘parA’ is the fountainhead of speech. In lalitA sahasra nAma, mother is called ‘parA, paSyantI, madhyamA, vaikharI rUpA’ – the four stages of speech. Please refer to discourse of kAnci mahAsvAmi on ‘saundarya lahari’

³ - mahA bhairavI – Please refer to 'SrI vidyA upAsanA rahasya'.

⁴ – OjOvatI – lalitA sahasra nAma (767) refers. Please also refer to 'Ojas'.
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Comments
Most of the epithets – mahA bhairavI, SAmbhavI, nAda rUpiNI, nArAyaNI, OMkArI, sundarI – belong to SrI vidyA. Please refer to web site on ‘SrI vidyA upAsana rahasya’ quoted above.
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