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Composer: Swaati TirunaaL
Language:

pallavi

janani pAhi sadA jagadIsha dEvi smarahara vallabhE

anupallavi

anavadyatara nava hArAlankrtE manju vana jAyata lOcanaE vAhinI taTavAsE

caraNam 1

shailarAja tanayE caNDmuNDa nAshini shUla shObhitakarE sundara rUpE
phAla rAji tilakE parama krpAvati pAlita sujana mAlikE surasAla kisalaya cAru nija pAdE

caraNam 2

mahita bAhu bala mahiSAsurAdi gahana dahanAyitE gatamada sEvyE su-hasitajita kundE
shONaja pAdhari vihara mama hrdi vidhu sadrshamukhi bahuLa malayaja bandhurE lOka

caraNam 3

parama pAvana shrI padmanAbha sahOdari nIla cikurE kEsari varavAhE carita durita
bhaktadara nikarE gauri kuru krpAm mayi kulisha dharamukha pariNutE ghana durita hrdilOla

Meaning:

janani - mother
pAhi - rescue
sadA - always
jagadIshe - ruler of the world
dEvi - dEvi
Smara hara - Sankara, destroyer of manmadha/cupid
vallabhE - consort of Sankara

Anavadyatara - unblemished
nava hAra - fresh garlands
alankritE - decked
Manju - well merited
vana jAyata - born from the garden - flower
lOcanE - eyes
vAhinI - flowing river
taTa - bank
vAsE - living

Shaila - mountain
rAja - king
tanayE - daughter
canDmuNDa - demons canDa and munDa
nAshini - destroyer
shUla - javelin
shObhita - decorated
karE - hands
Sundara - beautiful
rUpE - figure
phAla - forehead
rAji tilakE - decked with delightful tilakam/saffron mark
parama krpAvati - super kind minded
pAlita - caring for
Sujana - good people
mAlikE - decked with a garland
surasAla - delicate
Kisalaya - tender leaves
cAru - beautiful
Nija - truly
pAdE - feet

mahita - magnanimous
bAhu - hands
bala - strength
mahiSAsurAdi - demon mahiSAsura and others
gahana - destroyed
dahanAyitE - burnt up
Gatamada - arrogance
sEvyE -
Suhasitajita - charming smile
kundE - jasmin flowers
shONa - red
japa - japA flower
Adhari - lips
Vihara - dwell
mama - my
Hridi - heart
Vidhu - shining like a moon
sadrusha - equal to
mukhi - face
bahuLa - many
Malayaja - like cool breeze
bandhurE - related to
lOka - the world

parama - supreme
pAvana - pious
shrI padmanAbha - padmanAbha
sahOdari - sister
nIla - black
cikurE - tresses
kEsari - tiger
varavAhE - rider
carita - background
durita - miseries
bhaktadara - of devotees
nikarE - group
Gauri - gowri
Kuru - confer
kripAm - mercy
Mayi - on me
Kulisha- vajrAyudham, the weapon of Indra
Dhara - holder
mukha - face
pari nutE - praise
ghana - heavy/worst
Durita - miseries/sins
hritilOla - remover

Summary:

Oh mother dEvi, you are the consort of Sankara and I have always seeked refuge. You are decked with fresh and unblemished flower garlands and your well merited eyes resemble flower petals and you dwell by the river bank. You are the daughter of mountain king, and you destroyed demons ChanDa, MunDa. You hold a javelin as a weapon and you have a beautiful form. You decorate the forehead with a red/saffron mark (tilakam), your are foremost in kindness. You care for good people and your feet are beautiful like tender leaves.

You are strong with your arms and with that you destroyed demon Mahisha. You are worshiped by the people whose ego has been burnt up. Your gentle smile defeats the beauty of jasmine flowers, your lips are as red as JapA (hibiscus) flower, you dwell in my heart, your face shines like that of full moon, you are pleasant like a gentle breeze and you are related to the entire universe.

You are the sister of the supreme and pious srI padmanAbha (lord VishNu), you are beautiful with dark tresses and you use tiger as your stead. Please confer you mercy on the the devotees who had miseries in their past. Indra and other demigods worship you and you remove our worst sins.

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Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi.