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Podcast: Mantra, Kirtan and Stotra: Sanskrit Chants
Episode: Shivaya Parameshwaraya chanted by Carlotta
Description: Carlotta sings during a saturday evening satsang the mantra Shivaya Parameshwaraya. You'll find it in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 258:
ShivÄya ParameshwarÄya
ChandrashekharÄya Namah Om
BhavÄya Guna SambhavÄya
Shiva TÄndavÄya Namah Om
English translation of this mantra:
I bow to Shiva, the supreme god who wears the crescent moon on his forehead. I bow to Shiva, who generates and destroys by his dance the properties of nature (gunas).
Here are the chords to accompany this kirtan with a harmonium:
CEA............CFA.......CEA
Shivaya Parameshvaraya
............DFA....................CEA..CEG
Chandrashekaraya namah Om
CFA...