Naada Swaroopa Namah Shivaya
Naada Swaroopa Namah Shivaya
Nagabharana Namah Shivaya [ Naada Swaroopa ]
Chandrakaladhara Shashi Shekaraya
Ganga Jatadhara Trilochanaya
Bhasma Vibhushitha Sanathanaya
Natana Manohara Namah Shivaya
Om Namah Shivaya Shivaya Namah Om (4)
Lord Shiva! I bow to Thee! You are the form of divine music! The One who adorns the snake as an ornament! One who has the moon's crescent on His head! One whose hair locks bear the flowing river Ganga! One Who is three-eyed! One Who has the holy ash smeared His body! One Who is Eternal! One Who enchants with His cosmic dance! I bow down to that Shiva!
Translate Meaning:
Deity
Shiva
Language
Sanskrit / Hindi
Raga
Mohanam / Bhoop
Notes:
S R2 G2 P D2 S
S D2 P G2 R2 S
In the Key of C:
C D E G A C
C A G E D C
Beat
8 Beat / Keherwa / Adi
Reference Gents Pitch
1 Pancham / C
Reference Ladies Pitch
5 Pancham / G
Glossary Terms
Song Glossary
sacred ash
moon; (var) chandra
the sacred river ganges worshipped as goddess ganga; (var) gangey
one who wears locks of matted hair – shiva; (var) jatadhari
pleasing, beautiful, charming; (var) manohara, manoharam, manohari (f)
sound; (var) ninaada, naad
one who has the serpent as his ornament - lord shiva
offer salutations; not mine; (var) namaya
acting, dancing; (var) natanam
primordial sound of creation; (var) aum, omkar, omkara, omkaram
Bhagawan advices starting the day with Omkaram chanting – OM (x 21). He further enunciates: The Pranava (primeval sound OM) recital is one form of such spiritual effort. It is laid down at Prashaanthi Nilayam that the early dawn recital of Om should be done twenty one times. This number is not arbitrarily fixed; it has a significance of its own.The Jeevathathwam (life-principle) merges with Parathathwam (the Supreme Reality). The jeevathathwam may be pictured as a rider on the twenty-headed horse.
- We have the five karmendhriyas (senses of action) and the five jnaanendhriyas (senses of perception);
- we have also praanas (the five vital energies or airs) to sustain us.
- Then we have the five koshas (sheaths), enclosing the Divine Spark that is the Reality. These total up to twenty.
- Hence the recitation of Om twenty one times purifies and clarifies all these twenty components and makes man the twenty-first entity, ready for the final merger with Reality.
Finally, you end the Pranava recital with the recital of ‘shaanthi’ three times. That completes the process of clarification and purification. The first call for shaanthi (peace chant) is for the purity of the aadhibhouthik (body) part of the Self. The second call is for the purity of the aadhidhaivik (the mind). The third is for the purification of the aadhyaathmik (the spirit). This Pranava recital will tone you up, calm all agitations in the mind and quicken the downpour of Grace.
- Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Bal Vikas Gurus Training Camp, 06th June 1978, Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 14 (1978 - 80)
perpetual, constant, eternal, permanent; (var) sanatani (f), sanathana, sanathanaya
moon
highest part, top or crown of the head; (var) sekara, shekaraya, shekari (feminine)
lord shiva - one of the trinity who is the destroyer - the name shiva means auspiciousness; (var) shiv, shivaya, shivaraj, shivaraja, shivarajam, shivom, shivani (f) - of shiva
figure, embodiment; (var) swarupa, swaroopam, swaroopanin (tamil); roopini, swaroopini, svarupini (feminine)
three-eyed one, refers to lord shiva; (var) trilochanaya
decorated or adorned
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