Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Mother!
O My Mother who is the substratum of entire Worlds!
O Primordial Energy! O Mother whose feet are extolled by brahmA, vishNu and Siva!
O dEvi!
O Mother who is the nourisher of SyAma kRshNa! O Mother who grants desired material welfare! O Lotus Eyed! O kaumArI! O Ruler! O Ancient One! O parA SaktI! O Resident of kAma kOTi pITha!

I have trusted You much.
Please listen.

Please do not be indifferent.
Isn’t this opportune moment for supporting me?
I am indeed servant of Your servants.

Celestials, kings and ascetics praise You as to ‘who is equal to You?’
Then, why delay in relieving my distress, granting boons and protecting me quickly?

I have trusted You much.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
talli ninnu nera namminAnu vinavE

O Mother (talli)! I have trusted (namminAnu) You (ninnu) much (nera). Please listen (vinavE).

anupallavi
ella lOkamulaku-AdhAramai-unna nA (talli)

O My (nA) Mother who is (unna) the substratum (AdhAramai) of entire (ella) Worlds (lOkamulaku) (lOkamulakAdhAramaiyunna)! I have trusted You much. Please listen.

caraNam
caraNam 1
Adi Sakti nIvu parAku sEyaku
AdarincuTaku-idi manci samayamu
gadA sarOja bhava-acyuta Sambhu nuta
padA nIdu dAsa-anudAsuDE (talli)

O Primordial (Adi) Energy (Sakti)! Please do not be (sEyaku) indifferent (parAku). Isn’t (gadA) this (idi) opportune (manci) (literally good) moment (samayamu) for supporting (AdarincuTaku) (AdarincuTakidi) me?
O Mother whose feet (padA) are extolled (nuta) by brahmA – abiding (bhava) in Lotus (sarOja), vishNu (acyuta) (bhavAcyuta) and Siva (Sambhu)! I am indeed servant (anudAsuDE) of Your (nIdu) servants (dAsa) (dAsAnudAsuDE).
O Mother! I have trusted You much. Please listen.

caraNam 2
dEvi nIdu sari samAnamu-evaru-ani
dEva rAja munulu ninnu pogaDaga
nA veta dIrci birAna varAlu-osagi
nannu brOva nI jAlamu-ElanE (talli)

O dEvi! As celestials (dEva), kings (rAja) and ascetics (munulu) praise (pogaDaga) You (ninnu) as to (ani) who (evaru) is equal (sari samAnamu) (samAnamevarani) to You (nIdu),
why (ElanE) delay (jAlamu) (jAlamElanE) by You (nI) in relieving (dIrci) my (nA) distress (veta), granting (osagi) boons (varAlu) (varAlosagi) and protecting (brOva) me (nannu) quickly (birAna)?
O Mother! I have trusted You much. Please listen.

caraNam 3
SyAma kRshNa paripAlinI jananI
kAmita-artha pradA pankaja lOcanI
kaumArI rANI purANI parA SaktI
kAma kOTi pITha vAsinI (talli)

O Mother (jananI) who is the nourisher (paripAlinI) of SyAma kRshNa! O Mother who grants (pradA) desired (kAmita) material welfare (artha) (kAmitArtha)! O Lotus (pankaja) Eyed (lOcanI)!
O kaumArI! O Ruler (rANI)! O Ancient One (purANI)! O parA SaktI! O Resident (vAsinI) of kAma kOTi pITha (literally seat)!
O Mother! I have trusted You much. Please listen.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ - parAku sEyaku - parAku sEyaka.
² – AdarincuTakidi – AdarincuTakidE.
³ – gadA – gAdA.
⁴ – padA – pAdA.
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⁵ - ninnu pogaDaga - ninu pogaDaga.
⁶ – nA veta – nA veda : In the present context ‘veda’ is not appropriate.
⁷ - kAmitArtha pradA pankaja lOcanI - kAmitArtha prada kanja lOcanI.
¹⁰ - kAma kOTi pITha vAsinI - kAma kOTi pITha nivAsinI - kAma kOTi pIThAdhi vAsinI.
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References
⁸ – kaumAri – One of sapta mAtRkAs (seven mothers).

⁹ - parA Sakti – parA - The transcendent Word - above the other lower stages of speech known as paSyanti (speech in the inaudible stage), madhyamA (speech in the middle stage of its expression) and vaikharI (uttered audible speech)”. (Translation by Swami Tapasyananda) - Discourse of kAnci paramAcArya Chandrasekharendra Saraswati on ‘parA’, ‘paSyanti’, ‘madhyamA’, ‘vaikhari (Page 30).

¹⁰ - kAma kOTi pITha vAsinI – please refer to lalitA sahasra nAma (589) – ‘kAma kOTikA’ - kAma kOTi pITha.
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