Hindu Prayers |
| OM JAI SHIVA OMKAARAA, PRABHU JAI SHIVA
OMKAARAA Glory to you, O Shiva! Glory to you, O Omkaara! May Brahma, Vishnu and the assembly of other gods, including the great Lord Shiva, relieve me of my afflictions! EKAANANA
CHATURAANANA PANCHANANA RAAJE Being the Absolute, True being, Consciousness and Bliss, you play the roles of all the 3 gods- Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) As Vishnu you have but one face, as Brahma four and as Shiva five. They gladden the sight of all who behold them. As Brahma you prefer the back of the swan for your seat; as Vishnu you like to ensconce yourself on the back of Garuda (A large mythological eagle-like bird believed to be the vehicle of Lord Vishnu) and as Shiva to make the sacred bull your conveyance; all these stand ready. O Great Lord, pray rid me of my afflictions! DO BHUJA, CHAARU CHATURBHUJA DASHABHUJA ATI SOHE As Brahma, you possess two arms, as Vishnu four and as Shiva (Dashabaahu) ten, all of which look matchlessly lovely. No sooner do the inhabitants of the three spheres behold you than they are all enchanted. O great Lord Omkaara, pray rid me of my afflictions. AKSAMAALA VANAMAALA MUNDAMAALA DHAARII You are, O great Lord Omkaara, wearing a garland of Rudraaksha, another of forest flowers the third of skulls; your forehead, glistening in the moonlight which it holds, is smeared with sandal paste and musk, Pray rid... SHVETAAMBARA PIITAAMBARA BAAGHAMBARA
ANGE O great Lord Omkaara, your body is attired in white and yellow silken clothes and in tiger skin, while in your company are troops of goblins, gods like Brahma and divine seers like Sanaka. Pray rid... KARA MADHYE KAMANDALU AU TRISHUULA
DHAARII O great Lord Omkaara, you hold a kamandalu (the mendicants water-jar) in one of your hands and in another a trident; you bring joy to all, destroy all distress and sustain the whole world. May you rid me of all my afflictions! BRAHMAA
VISHNU SADAASHIVA JAANATA AVIVEKAA The ignorant (unwise and stupid) know Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva as three individual gods, but they are all indistinguishably fused into a single mystic syllable ‘OM’. Pray rid me of my afflictions) TRIGUNA
SVAAMI KII JO KOII NARA GAVE Says Swami Shivananda: “ He
who recites this Arti to the Lord of the three gunas-sattva, rajas and tamas-
attains fulfillment of his heart’s desire. O great lord Omkaara, may you
rid me of my afflictions.. |