Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Mother!
O Sister of Lord vishNu! O Universal Mother!
O Mother, the prop of celestials! O Wife of Lord Siva! O Mother who is of formless (unfragmented) form! O pArvati!
O Valorous One who destroyed the enemies of celestials! O Mother who is as majestic as the Ocean! O Mother, the sweetness of whose voice wins over the notes of koel! O Mother of virtuous conduct!
O Mother gauri who confers happiness! O Mother who is the axe that destroys the foul forest of evil-actions! O Blemish-less One who roams in the heart of this tyAgarAja! O Mother dharma saMvardhani! O Mother who is of the form of praNava!

I am unable to control or manage my affairs;
I am unable to bear the distress;
I besought You in my mind;

Therefore, seeking You refuge, when I say that I trusted You whole-heartedly, what doubt have You?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
amba ninu nammitini-aNTE
nIku-anumAnamu-Emamma

O Mother (amba)! When I say (aNTE) that I trusted (nammitini) (nammitinaNTE) You (ninu), what (Emi) (Emamma) doubt (anumAnamu) have You (nIku) (nIkanumAnamEmamma)?

anupallavi
Sambara vairi janaka sOdari
SaraNu jocci manasAra SrI jagad(amba)

O Sister (sOdari) of Lord vishNu - father (janaka) of cupid – enemy (vairi) of demon Sambara!
O Universal (jagat) Mother (amba) (SrI jagadamba)! Having sought (jocci) Your refuge (SaraNu), when I say that I trusted You whole-heartedly (manasAra), what doubt have You?

caraNam
caraNam 1
gIrvANa gaNa-AdhAri amba
SarvANi akhaNDa-AkAri
parvata rAja manOjna kumAri
nirvAhamu lEka madini kOri (amba)

O Mother (amba), the prop (AdhAri) of celestials (gIrvANa gaNa) (gaNAdhAri)! O Wife of Lord Siva (Sarva) (SarvANi)! O Mother who is of formless (unfragmented) (akhaNDa) form (AkAri) (akhaNDAkAri)!
O pArvati – the Sweet (manOjna) daughter (kumAri) of himavAn – the king (rAja) mountains (parvata)!
O Mother! Being unable (lEka) to control or manage (nirvAhamu) (my affairs), having besought (kOri) You in my mind (madini), when I say that I trusted You, what doubt have You?

caraNam 2
sura vairi kadana SauryE
varuNa-Alaya sama gAmbhIryE
svara jita kOkila rava mAdhuryE
paritApamu tALakanu su-caryE (amba)

O Valorous One (SauryE) who destroyed (kadana) the enemies (vairi) of celestials (sura)! O Mother who is as (sama) majestic (gAmbhIryE) as the Ocean – the abode (Alaya) of Lord varuNa (varuNAlaya) (literally waters)!
O Mother, the sweetness (mAdhurya) (mAdhuryE) of whose voice (svara) wins over (jita) the notes (rava) of koel (kOkila)! O Mother of virtuous conduct (su-caryE)!
O Mother! Being unable to bear (tALakanu) the distress (paritApamu), when I say that I trusted You, what doubt have You?

caraNam 3
Sarma dAyaki gauri dush-
karma kalusha vana kuThAri
nirmala tyAgarAja hRc-cAri
dharma saMvardhani OMkAri (amba)

O Mother gauri who confers (dAyaki) happiness (Sarma)! O Mother who is the axe (kuThAri) that destroys the foul (kalusha) forest (vana) of evil-actions (dushkarma)!
O Blemish-less One (nirmala) who roams (cAri) in the heart (hRt) (hRccAri) of this tyAgarAja! O Mother dharma saMvardhani – name of Mother at tiruvaiyyAru! O Mother who is of the form of praNava (OMkAri)!
O Mother! When I say that I trusted You, what doubt have You?

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
² – manasAra – manasAraga.
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References
¹ – Sambara vairi - Demon Sambara was killed by pradyumna – (son of kRshNa) – also known as kAmadEva (cupid reborn)
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Comments
³ – nirmala – Blemishless – this may qualify either the Mother or tyAgarAja.
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amba ninu - rAga Arabhi