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Meaning - Gist
O Lord rAma! Whoever named and reared You? Please show them to me.

Whoever named You with a name which -
(a) is nectarine;
(b) is the most excellent;
(c) enables one to cross over the Ocean of Worldly Existence;
(d) is acceptable to all sects;
(e) instantly subdues even severe crimes; and
(f) is always chanted well by this tyAgarAja?

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
pEru-iDi ninu pencina vAru-evarE

Whoever (vAru evarE) (vArevarE) named (pEru iDi) (pEriDi) and reared (pencina) You (ninu)?

anupallavi
vArini jUpavE SrI rAmayya (pEriDi)

Whoever named and reared You? O Lord (ayya) rAma (rAmayya)! Please show (jUpavE) them (vArini) to me.

caraNam
sAra sAratara tAraka nAmamunu (pEriDi)

Whoever named You with a name (nAmamunu) which is nectarine (sAra), the most excellent (sAratara) and which enables one to cross over (tAraka) the Ocean of Worldly Existence?

sarva matamulaku sammatamaina (pEriDi)

Whoever named You with a name which is acceptable (sammatamaina) to all (sarva) sects (matamulaku)?

ghOra pAtakamula koppuna-aNacu (pEriDi)

Whoever named You with a name which subdues (aNacu) even severe (ghOra) crimes (pAtakamula) instantly (gobbuna) (gobbunayaNacu)?

tyAgarAju sadA bAguga bhajiyincu (pEriDi)

Whoever named You with a name which is always (sadA) chanted (bhajiyincu) well (bAguga) by this tyAgarAja?

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)

References
¹ – pEriDi ninu – In SrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, bAla kANDa, Chapter 18, vAlmIki does not say ‘a child was born to kausalyA’ but ‘rAma was born to kausalyA’. It was vasishTha who named the children. The following verses are relevant –

kausalyA janayad rAmaM divyalakshaNasaMyutaM ||10 ||

atItyaikAdaSAhaM tu nAmakarma tathAkarOt |
jyEshThaM rAmAm mahAtmAnaM bharataM kaikEyIsutaM ||
saumitriM lakshmaNamiti SatrughnamaparaM tathA |
vasishThaH parama prItO nAmAni kurutE tadA || 21, 22 ||

“...mother kausalyA gave birth to a highly blessed son named ‘rAma’ ... endowed with auspicious marks....” (10)

“He (daSaratha) further performed the naming ceremony (with respect to his sons) on completing eleven days. Supremely delighted the sage vasishTha (on behalf of the King) made the eldest, (an embodiment of) the Supreme Spirit, known by the name of ‘rAma’, the son of kaikEyI by that of ‘bharata’, the (first) son of sumitrA by that of ‘lakshmaNa’ and the other by that of ‘Satrughna’ on that occasion (21,22)
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² - sAra sAratara tAraka nAmamunu - Please refer to the Discourse of Kanchi Mahaswami Chandrasekharendra Saraswati on tAraka nAma

³ – sarva mata – The six modes of worship – shaNmata – worship of vishNu, Siva, Sakti, gaNapati, subrahmaNya, and sUrya.
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pEriDi ninu - rAga kharahara priya