Monday, September 08, 2008

bhO shambhO - Meaning of this Ecstatic song

bhO shambhO
raagam:
rEvati

2 ratnaangi janya
Aa: S R1 M1 P N2 S
Av: S N2 P M1 R1 S

taaLam: aadi
Composer:
Dayaananda Saraswati
Language: Sanskrit

pallavi

bhO shambhO shiva shambhO svayambhO

anupallavi

gangAdhara shankara karuNAkara mAmava bhavasAgara tAraka

caraNam 1

nirguNa parabrahma svarUpa gamAgama bhUta prapanca rahita
nija guhanihita nitAnta ananta Ananda atishaya akSayalinga

caraNam 2

dhimita dhimita dhimi dhimikiTa kiTatOm tOm tOm tarikiTa tarikiTakiTa tOm
matanga munivara vandita Isha sarva digambara vESTita vESa Isha sabEsha sarvEsha


Meaning:by Suhasini Jayakumar
pallavi: Hail , oh Lord Shambhu, one who "self appeared"

anupallavi: Source of Ganges, Shankara, oh merciful lord who redeems me from this ocean of sorrow, samsAra

caraNam 1: without gunas, one who is beyond time, past, present and future

truth beyond gunas(?), beyond all things finite, oh infinite, blissful, wondrous, ever the same lingA

caraNam 2: This is just the rhythm of the dance of creation and destruction


Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde.

Song performed for karnATik by Prithi Narasimhan

Citation : http://www.karnatik.com/c2437.shtml

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I guess you should change the color of the font. It is not visible.

Kannan.V said...

Thanks for the comments Lakshmi, will change the color to readable,

i now blog at http://mindwind.vividscapes.com/?p=115

no longer blog here and thanks for stopping by.

Piscean said...

Thank you! Can you please tell me other kirtans sung for Lord Shiva? Thank you!