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Meaning - Gist

O Wielder of kOdaNDa! O Holy One! O Wish-gem of those dependent!
O Lord whose Lotus feet are praised by brahmA! O Resident of ayOdhya! O Son of King daSaratha!
O Lord who is happy because of the proclamation by the very words of Lord Siva making name of rAma distinct i.e., tAraka nAma (for crossing over the Ocean of Worldly Existence)! O Lord who converses with sugrIva! O Nourisher of those who supplicate! O Lord whose form causes auspiciousness! O Blemish-less Lord!
O Lord who is true to His Word! O Lord who protects those blessed dependents! O Most Eminent of the dynasty of Sun! O Protector of the people who are truthful! O Lord who is very handsome! O Lord who is dear to the dancers! O Lord extolled by all! O Lord of virtuous conduct! O Lord whose form is ever a celebration to behold!
O Lord who subdued the pride of the Lord of Oceans! O Lord whose feet are praised by garuDa! O Lord who abides in the heart of Lord gaNa pati! O Lord who is watchful in protecting (devotees)! O Lord who is kind towards those who have sought refuge! O Lord praised by this tyAgarAja! O Lord who speeds on garuDa!

Please protect me.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
paripAlaya mAm kOdaNDa pANE
pAvana-ASrita cintAmaNE

Please protect (paripAlaya) me (mAm), O Wielder (pANE) of kOdaNDa! O Holy One (pAvana)! O Wish-gem (cintAmaNE) of those dependent (ASrita) (pAvanASrita)!

anupallavi
sarasija bhava nuta caraNa sarOja
sAkEta sadana daSaratha tanUja (pari)

O Lord whose Lotus (sarOja) feet (caraNa) are praised (nuta) by brahmA – One who abides (bhava) in the Lotus (sarasija)! O Resident (sadana) of ayOdhya (sAkEta)! O Son (tanUja) of King daSaratha!
Please protect me, O Wielder of kOdaNDa! O Holy One! O Wish-gem of those dependent!

caraNam
caraNam 1
SEsha-adhipa vara bhUshaNa vAg-
viSEsha kRta nAma ghOsha janita
santOsha ravija sambhAshaNa nata jana
pOshaNa Subha kara vEsha nir-dOsha (pari)

O Lord who is happy (santOsha) because of (janita) (literally born of) the proclamation (ghOsha) by the very words (vAk) of
Lord Siva – adorned (bhUshaNa) with blessed (vara) King (adhipa) (of serpents) SEsha (SEshAdhipa)
making (kRta) name (nAma) of rAma distinct (viSEsha) (vAg-viSEsha) ie., tAraka nAma (for crossing over the Ocean of Worldly Existence)!
O Lord who converses (sambhAshaNa) with sugrIva – son of Sun (ravija)! O Nourisher (pOshaNa) of those (jana) who supplicate (nata)! O Lord whose form (vEsha) (literally garb) causes (kara) auspiciousness (Subha)! O Blemish-less (nir-dOsha) Lord!
Please protect me, O Wielder of kOdaNDa! O Holy One! O Wish-gem of those dependent!

caraNam 2
satya sandha vara bhRtya pAlaka-
Aditya kula-uttama satya jana-avana
atyanta sundara nRtya jana priya
stutya sucAritra nitya-utsava rUpa (pari)

O Lord who is true to His Word (satya-sandha)! O Lord who protects (pAlaka) those blessed (vara) dependents (bhRtya)!
O Most Eminent (uttama) of the dynasty (kula) (kulOttama) of Sun (Aditya) (pAlakAditya)! O Protector (avana) of the people (jana) (janAvana) who are truthful (satya)!
O Lord who is very (atyanta) Handsome (sundara)! O Lord who is dear (priya) to the dancers (nRtya jana) (literally dancing people)!
O Lord extolled (stutya) by all! O Lord of virtuous conduct (su-cAritra)! O Lord whose form (rUpa) is ever (nitya) a celebration (utsava) (nityOtsava) to behold!
Please protect me, O Wielder of kOdaNDa! O Holy One! O Wish-gem of those dependent!

caraNam 3
sAgara mada damana nAga-ari nuta
caraNa gaNa pati hRdaya-AgAra pAlana
jAga-rUka SaraNa-Agata vatsala
tyAgarAja nuta nAga-ari turaga (pari)

O Lord who subdued (damana) the pride (mada) of the Lord of Oceans (sAgara)! O Lord whose feet (caraNa) are praised (nuta) by garuDa – enemy (ari) of serpents (nAga)(nAgAri)!
O Lord who abides (AgAra) in the heart (hRdaya) (hRdayAgAra) of Lord gaNa pati! O Lord who is watchful (jAga-rUka) in protecting (pAlana) (devotees)! O Lord who is kind (vatsala) (literally parental love) towards those who have sought (Agata) refuge (SaraNa) (SaraNAgata)!
O Lord praised (nuta) by this tyAgarAja! O Lord who speeds (turaga) on garuDa – the enemy (ari) of snakes (nAga) (nAgAri)!
Please protect me, O Wielder of kOdaNDa! O Holy One! O Wish-gem of those dependent!

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
¹ – pAvana – pavana.

References
² – cintAmaNi – Wish-yielding gem. The island maNidvIpa is stated to be the abode of the gem – also the abode of Mother lalitA mahA tripurasundari – refer to lalitA sahasra nAmaM (57).

Comments
³ – SEshAdhipa – SEsha himself is considered as the King of serpents; therefore, ‘SEshAdhipa’ is a little confusing, but no other meaning seems possible in the context.

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