Syama Sastry Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Mother of the three Worlds! O Mother!
O kAmAkshi!
O Wish Tree of pious people who seek refuge! O SankarI! O Sister of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa!

Graciously protect me.
Please protect me further everyday.

Please look at me kindly.

By casting a cool glance, at least for a moment, please protect me graciously.

While I am trusting You, is it necessary for me to undergo hardship?
I do not find anywhere refuge other than You.
Even after very sincerely entreating You again and again, not finding any result, I became distressed.

Please protect me graciously by making me blessed.

I do not know japa; neither I know penances.
I am fickle minded.
However, I implored by extolling You that I am always eligible for Your grace.

Considering me Your child, please, somehow, protect me graciously.

Because I, unforgettingly, contemplated on You, can’t You forgive me and say ‘fear not’?

Please protect me graciously.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
tri-lOka mAtA nannu brOvu karuNanu
dina-dinamu-ikanu brOvumu ambA

O Mother (mAtA) of the three (tri) Worlds (lOka)! Graciously (karuNanu) protect (brOvu) me (nannu). O Mother (ambA)! Please protect (brOvumu) me further (ikanu) everyday (dina-dinamu) (dina-dinamikanu).

anupallavi
vilOkimpumu sadaya nannu callani
vIkshinci kshaNamuna kAmAkshi (tri-lOka)

Please look (vilOkimpumu) at me (nannu) kindly (sadaya). O kAmAkshi!
By casting a cool (callani) glance (vIkshinci) at least for a moment (kshaNamuna) (literally in a moment), please protect me graciously.

caraNam
caraNam 1
ninnu nammi-uNDaga Srama-paDa valenA
nEnu-endu gAna dikku ninnu vinA
ghanamugA kOrikala kOri kOri-Emi
gAnaka 6khinnuDanu-aiti dhanyu jEsi (tri-lOka)

While I am (uNDaga) trusting (nammi)(nammiyuNDaga) You (ninnu), is it necessary (valenA) for me to undergo hardship (Srama-paDa)? I (nEnu) do not find (gAna) anywhere (endu ) (nEnendu) refuge (dikku) other than (vinA) You (ninnu).
Even after very sincerely (ghanamugA) entreating You again and again (kOrikala kOri kOri), not finding (gAnaka) any result (Emi) (kOriyEmi), I became (aiti) distressed (khinnuDanu) (khinnuDanaiti).
Please protect me graciously by making (jEsi) me blessed (dhanyu).

caraNam 2
japamulu-eruganu tapamulu-eruganu
capala cittuDanu satatamu kRpaku
pAtruDu-anu vEDedanu ninu
kIrtinci eTlaina nI biDDa-ani (tri-lOka)

I do not know (eruganu) japa (japamulu) (japamuleruganu); neither I know (eruganu) penances (tapamulu) (tapamuleruganu). I am fickle (capala) minded (cittuDanu). However, I implored (vEDedanu) by extolling (kIrtinci) You (ninu) that (anu) I am always (satatamu) eligible (pAtruDu) (pAtruDanu) for Your grace (kRpaku).
Considering (ani) me Your (nI) child (biDDa) (biDDayani), please, somehow (eTlaina), protect me graciously.

caraNam 3
maruvaka ninu nE madi talacaganu
manninci veravakumu-ana rAdA
SaraNu-anE sujanula pAli kalpa vallI
SankarI SyAma kRshNa sOdarI (tri-lOka)

Because I (nE), unforgettingly (maruvaka), contemplated (madi talacaganu) on You (ninu), can’t (rAdA) You forgive (mannici) me and say (ana) ‘fear not’ (veravakumu) (veravakumana)?
O Wish Tree (kalpa vallI) (literally creeper of kalpa vRksha) of (pAli) (literally belonging to) pious people (sujanula) who seek (anE) refuge (SaraNu) (SaraNanE)! O SankarI! O Sister (sOdarI) of vishNu – SyAma kRshNa!
Please protect me graciously.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
² - sadaya nannu callani - sadaya nanu callani.
³ – kshaNamuna – this is how it is given in all books. However, the meaning derived is ‘at least for a moment’. Therefore, in my opinion, this should be ‘kshaNamaina’.

⁴ - ninnu nammiyuNDaga - ninu nammiyuNDaga.
⁵ - nEnendu gAna - nEnendi gana : ‘nEnendi gana’ is not correct.
⁶ – khinnuDanaiti - khinnaDanaiti – khinnuDaiti : ‘khinnaDanaiti’ is not correct.
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⁷ - capala cittuDanu satatamu kRpaku pAtruDanu vEDedanu ninu kIrtinci eTlaina nI biDDayani – cApalya cittuDani santatamu kRpaku pAtruDanucu vEdyuDani nanu vIkshincakiTlAye nI biDDayani : the latter version is meaningless.

⁸ – SaraNanE – SaraNamE : ‘SaraNamE’ is not appropriate in the present context.
⁹ - kalpa vallI - kalpa valli.
¹⁰ - Syama kRshNa sOdarI - Syama kRshNa sOdari.
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References
¹ – tri-lOka – Heaven, Earth, Nether region.
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