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Podcast: Mantra, Kirtan and Stotra: Sanskrit Chants
Episode: Om Namah Shivaya with Shankara
Description: Shankara S. sings the mantra Om Namah Shivaya during a Saturday evening satsang at Yoga Vidya in Bad Meinberg – just join in.
Om Namah Shivaya is Shiva's Panchakshara Mantra, the five-syllable mantra. It is also known as Shiva Mahamantra. Shiva literally means auspicious, benevolent. Shiva is also the cosmic dancer Nataraj, the meditator, the renunciant, and more.
The sung text
Om Namah Shivaya
Shiva Shiva Shambho
Mahadeva Shambho
Spiritual translation Om Namah Shivaya
Om reverence to the Divine in its manifestation as Shiva, the auspicious one.
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