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OM Namaste Astu Bhagavan: Shiva Stotram

Lord Shiva

Lyrics in Sanskrit
नमस्ते अस्तु भगवन
विश्र्वेश्र्वराय महादेवाय
त्र्यम्बकाय त्रिपुरान्तकाय
त्रिकालाग्निकालाय
कालाग्निरुद्राय नीलकण्ठाय मृत्युंजयाय
सर्वेश्र्वराय सदाशिवाय
श्रीमन् महादेवाय नमः

Lyrics in English (Transliteration)
Namaste Astu Bhagavan
Vishveshvaraaya Mahaadevaaya
Trayambakaaya Tripurantakaaya
Trikaalaagni - Kaalaaya
Kaalaagni - Rudraaya Nilakantaaya Mrityunjayaaya
Sarveshvaraaya Sadaashivaaya
Sriman Mahadevaaya Namah. 

Meaning in English, with word by word meaning

Oh Lord, salutations to you

Oh Lord of the Universe, Greatest of them all

He who has three eyes (eye of omniscience), he who gives enlightenment which is beyond three (Astral, Physical & Causal) worlds

He who like fire, devours all three times (Past, Present, Future) within himself

Like Time, he who ends everything, like time he who disciplines the world into order, He whose body is vast ( blue like sky, oceans), He who has conquered Yama  the Lord of Death/ Time.

Lord of all Beings, Conscousness which is untouched by the world yet everything in the world is because of him.

Oh great Lord, salutations to you

  • Namaste : Salutations
  • Astu: Bow
  • Bhagavan: Lord
  • Vishveshvara: Lord of the Universe; Vishwa=Universe; Ishvara=Lord/ Controller
  • Mahaadeva=Great God; Maha=great; Deva: God(Demi-Gods); Great one among the class of Suras, Devas, and other Angelic beings.
  • Trayambakaaya: Three eyed one; One with the third eye of omniscience.
  • Tripurantakaaya: He who ends the layered (Physical, Astral, Casual) manifestation.
  • Trikaalaagni-Kaala: He who ends the three (Past, Present, Future) fold existence of Time.
  • Kaalaagni : Fire/Energy of Death/Death
  • Rudraaya: The violent one
  • Nilakanta: He whose neck is Blue, the whol existence which is blue is part of his self
  • Mrityunjaya: He whose has conquered the Lord of Death; Deathless one
  • Sarveshvara: Lord of All beings
  • Sadaashiva: He whose is of the nature of Consciousness and bliss, He who is the essence of all creation, yet untouched by it. 
  • Sriman: Respected
  • Namah: Salutations

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