Transliteration Scheme

sItamma mAyamma - rAga vasanta

Tamil Version
Language Version

pallavi
sItamma mA(y)amma SrI rAmuDu mA taNDri

anupallavi
vAt(A)tmaja saumitri vainatEya ripu mardana
dhata bharat(A)dulu sOdarulu mAku O manasA (sIta)

caraNam
param(E)Sa vasishTha parASara nArada Saunaka Suka
sura pati gautama lamb(O)dara guha 1sanak(A)dulu
dhara nija bhAgavat(A)grEsarul(e)varO vAr(2e)llaru
vara tyAgarAjuniki parama bAndhavulu manasA (sIta)


Meaning - Gist
O My Mind!


Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
sItamma mA-amma SrI rAmuDu mA taNDri

sItamma is our (mA) mother (amma) (mAyamma) and SrI rAma (rAmuDu) is our (mA) father (taNDri).


anupallavi
vAta-Atmaja saumitri vainatEya ripu mardana
dhata bharata-Adulu sOdarulu mAku O manasA (sIta)

O My Mind (manasA)! AnjanEya – mind-born (Atmaja) of Wind God (vAta) (vAtAtmaja), lakshmaNa - son of sumitrA (saumitri), garuDa - son of vinatA (vainatEya), Satrughna – vanquisher (mardana) of enemies (ripu),
brahmA (dhata), bharata and others (Adulu) (bharatAdulu) are brothers (sOdarulu) for us (mAku);
sItamma is our mother and SrI rAma is our father.


caraNam
parama-ISa vasishTha parASara nArada Saunaka Suka
sura pati gautama lamba-udara guha sanaka-Adulu
dhara nija bhAgavata-agrEsarulu-evarO vAru-ellaru
vara tyAgarAjuniki parama bAndhavulu manasA (sIta)

O My Mind (manasA)! Lord Siva (parama ISa) (paramESa), sages vasishTha, parASara, nArada, Saunaka and Suka,
indra - Lord (pati) of celestials (sura), sage gautama, Lord gaNESa – protuberant (lamba) bellied (udara) (lambOdara), Lord subrahmaNya (guha), sage sanaka and others (Adulu) (sanakAdulu), and
all (ellaru) those (vAru) (vArellaru) whoever (evarO) are true (nija) and foremost (agrEsarulu) bhAgavatas (bhAgavatAgrEsarulevarO) on the earth (dhara),
are closest (parama) (literally supreme) relatives (bAndhavulu) to this blessed (vara) tyAgarAja (tyAgarAjuniki);
sItamma is our mother and SrI rAma is our father.


Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
2ellaru – ellanu. In the present context, 'ellaru' seems to be appropriate.

References
1sanakAdulu - sana, sanaka, sanatkumAra, sanandana – mind born sons of brahmA.
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