MAyamma Anine (Class / Lesson) : Ahiri ; Adi (2 kalai) ; Shyama Shastry

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Meaning: Courtesy: Shyama Shastry Vaibhavam: http://syamakrishnavaibhavam.blogspot.com/2011/03/syama-sastry-kriti-mayammayani-ahiri.html

pallavi

O Mother (ambA)! If I (nE) call (pilacitE) You as (ani) ‘O My (mA) (literally our) Mother (ammA) (mAyammAyani)’, won’t (rAdA) You talk (mATalu ADa) (mATlADa) to me (nAtO)?

anupallavi

O Mother (ammA) mInAkshi (mIna akshi) (literally fish eyed) (mInAkshammA)! Is it fair (nyAyamA)? Is this (idi) fair (nyAyamA) for mInAkshi (mInAkshikidi)?

Who (evaru) else (vErE) than (vinA) You (ninnu) is there (unnAru) as my refuge (dikku) (dikkeverunnAru)?

O Mother! If I call You as ‘O My Mother’, won’t You talk to me?

caraNam 1

O Most Lovely (su-lalita) Mother extolled (nuta) by brahmA – abiding (bhava) in lotus (sarasija), vishNu (hari) and Siva (hara)! I thrice affirm that I steadfastly (sthiramu ani) (sthiramani) trusted (nammiti nammiti nammitini) Your (nI) feet (pada) lotus (pankajamula).

O Mother kAtyAyani! Please show (jUDavE) mercy (karuNa). O kALikA! O bhAvAni! O Supreme Goddess (parama ISvari) (paramESvari)! O Queen (rANi) of Lord sundarESa (sundarESu) (name of Lord at Madurai)! O Mother (ambA) bAlA (bAlAmbA)! O Sweet (madhura) spoken (vANi)!

O Mother! If I call You as ‘O My Mother’, won’t You talk to me?

caraNam 2

O Mother who redresses (vimOcani) sins (pApa) of those (jana) who extol (vinuta) You! O Mother who bore us (jananI)! O Mother with rain-cloud (ghana) like dark (nIla) tresses (vENi)! O Destroyer (vidaLita/damanI) of entire community (maNDala) of asuras (dAnava)!

O Lotus (vanaja) Eyed (lOcanA)! O Moon (sudhA-kara) Faced (AnanA) (sudhAkarAnanA)! O Bestower (dAyaki) of boons (vara)! O Mother (ammA)! I remain (unnAnu) constantly (anayamu) praying (kOri) (kOriyunnAnammA) to You (ninu), O Golden (bangAru) Idol (bommA)!

O Mother! If I call You as ‘O My Mother’, won’t You talk to me?

caraNam 3

Please protect (brOvumu) me (nannu), granting (osagi) refuge (abayamu) (literally freedom from fear) (abhayamosagi), O Bestower of Boons (varadA)! Aren’t You (gadA) very (nera) generous (dAtavu), O ambikA! Won’t You have (rAdA) compassion (daya) on Your child (biDDapai) abundantly (goppaga)?

O Mother (jananI) of entire (akhila) Worlds (lOka)! Don’t You have (gAdA) the appellation (birudu) of (anETi) ‘Protector (rakshaki) of destitutes (anAtha)’? O Sister (sOdari) of that celebrated (vaibhavamu gala) vishNu – SyAma kRshNa! O Valorous (vIra) Sakti, tripura sundari!

O Mother! If I call You as ‘O My Mother’, won’t You talk to me?