Tyagaraja Kriti

Meaning - Gist

O Mother tripura sundari!
O Moon Faced!
O Eternally Young! O Protector of celestials! O Mother whose gait surpasses that of swan! O Self creator of all the Divine Sports! O Mother whose forehead is adorned with tilaka!
O Mother praised by sarasvati! O Mother who holds parrot in Her hand! O Mother whose braid is the blessed SEsha! O Mother lalitA! O Mother kalyANi! O Queen of sAmba Siva! O Sweet voiced! O Flower-like Beautiful One!
O Majestic One extolled by varuNa! O Resident of Adi pura (tiruvoTriyUr)! O Prop of humble people! O Daughter of himavAn! O Destroyer of (effects of) bad actions! O Mother tripura sundari sought by this tyAgarAja as refuge!

Deign to protect by finding me in the midst of these people.
Deceive me not, that it is crowded.

Superior is Your devotion.
Why Your compassion would descend not on me?

I trusted You.

Word Division - Word-by-word meaning

pallavi
sundari nannu-indarilO
jUci brOvu-amma tripura (sundari)

O Mother (amma) tripura sundari! Deign to protect (brOvu) (brOvavamma) by finding (jUci) me (nannu) in the midst of these people (indarilO) (nannindarilO).

anupallavi
sandaDi-ani indu mukhi
jAlamu vaddu-amma tripura (sundari)

O Moon (indu) Faced (mukhi)! Deceive (jAlamu) (literally deceit) me not (vaddu), O Mother (amma) (vaddamma) that (ani) it is crowded (sandaDi) (sandaDiyani);
O Mother tripura sundari! Deign to protect by finding me in the midst of these people.

caraNam
caraNam 1
bAlE pAlita sura jAlE gamana jita
marAlE svakRta-akhila lIlE tilaka-ankita
phAlE nI bhaktiyu mElE nI daya
rAdu-ElE talli tripura (sundari)

O Eternally Young (bAlE)! O Protector (pAlita) of celestials (sura jAlE) (literally multitude of celestials)! O Mother whose gait (gamana) surpasses (jita) that of swan (marAla) (marAlE)!
O Self creator (sva-kRta) of all (akhila) (svakRtAkhila) the Divine Sports (lIlA) (lIlE)! O Mother whose forehead (phAla) (phAlE) is adorned (ankita) (literally marked) with tilaka (tilakAnkita)!
Superior (mElu) (mElE) is Your (nI) devotion (bhakiyu); why (ElE) Your (nI) compassion (daya) would descend not (rAdu) (rAdElE) on me?
O Mother (talli) tripura sundari! Deign to protect by finding me in the midst of these people.

caraNam 2
vANi vinutE Suka pANi vara SEsha
vENi lalitE kalyANi sAmba Sivuni
rANi mAdhurya vANi nammiti
pUbONi talli tripura (sundari)

O Mother praised (vinutE) by sarasvati (vANi)! O Mother who holds parrot (Suka) in Her hand (pANi)! O Mother whose braid (vENi) is the blessed (vara) SEsha!
O Mother lalitA (lalitE) (literally lovely)! O Mother kalyANi (literally auspicious)! O Queen (rANi) of sAmba Siva (Sivuni)!
O Sweet (mAdhurya) voiced (vANi)! I trusted (nammiti) You, O Flower-like Beautiful One (pUbONi)!
O Mother (talli) tripura sundari! Deign to protect by finding me in the midst of these people.

caraNam 3
vAri-ISa stuta gambhIrE Adi pura
vihAri dIna jana-AdhAri naga rAja
kumAri dushkarma vidAri tyAgarAju
kOri-unna tripura (sundari)

O Majestic One (gambhIrE) extolled (stuta) by varuNa – Lord (ISa) of Waters (vAri) (vArISa)! O Resident (vihAri) of Adi pura (tiruvoTriyUr)!
O Prop (AdhAri) of humble (dIna) people (jana) (janAdhAri)! O Daughter (kumAri) of himavAn - King (rAja) of Mountains (naga)!
O Destroyer (vidAri) of (effects of) bad actions (dushkarma)!
O Mother tripura sundari sought (kOri unna) (kOriyunna) by this tyAgarAja (tyAgarAju) as refuge; deign to protect by finding me in the midst of these people.

Notes

Variations - (Pathanthara)
³ – tilakAnkita – tilakAncita : ‘tilakAncita’ is one of the names of Mother in lalitA sahasranAmaM (632) – ‘sindUra tilakAncitA’.
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References

Comments
¹ – jAlamu – This telugu word has two meanings - ‘deceipt’ and ‘delay’. In the present context, ‘deceipt’ is appropriate.

² – bAlA – One of the names of lalitA mahA tripura sundari – girl under 16 years of age.

⁴ - vara SEsha vENi – pArvathi is stated to be wearing SEsa as braid.
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