Om shivoham song lyrics
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When the song ends, only the Melshanti will be inside the Sreekovil or sacred sanctuary. When the song is sung halfway, the high Priest or Melshanti extinguishes each of the lamps of the Sanctorum shrine. Although this was done one by one, the priests left the Sanctorum Sanctum without making any noise. Melshanti and the other priests stand on either side of the Ayyappa idol and recite the Harivarasanam. In 1955, Swami Vimochananad recited this Ashtakam for the first time in front of Ayyappa Swamy at Sabarimala. Harivarasanam is the creation of Kumbakudi Kulathur Iyer. The entire region will be filled with Sarana Manthra and every devotee will feel the presence of Lord Ayyappa in his mind. The emotions of the Ayyappa devotees at Sabarimala have no explanation when they hear Harivarsanam at the Sanctorium. I am pure energy and pure consciousness.The divine song “Harivarasanam” or Hari Haratmaka Ashtakam is recited just prior to the closing of the temple doors at night. “Chidoham Chidoham” - I am the consciousness. “Brahmoham Brahmoham Brahma Swarupoham” - I am the Brahman, the totality, the all. Though I am formless, I move in forms, in all forms in the whole world. I am the formless though I am inside a form. Shivoham Shivoham Shiva Swarupoham” - There is no two. All these things come and go, but they cannot touch me, they cannot do anything to me. I am made up of a substance that is Shiva - innermost me. “”Shiva” here means that innocent, blissful, splendid, golden, beautiful. Jan 24, 2010: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s explanation: After writing this post, I came across (thanks to Amra!) an explanation of “Shivoham” by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar which is, of course, beautiful. We are, at our core, eternal, pure, untouched, intelligent and free. Some of us, who are lucky, get a glimpse of this in meditation. The experience of being one with our inner being is the bliss. So rather than identifying with thoughts, feelings, circumstances, roles and the mortal body, which are ever-changing, the singer identifies with his/her soul which is eternal and indestructible. To me, it means that the singer is identifying with his/her infinite self rather than with the temporary aspects of his/her existence. The meaning is very deep! It reminds me of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s profound yet practical commentary on the Ashtavakra Gita. The second part (starting from Jise shastra ) is in Hindi. The first part is a sanskrit chant which has its origins in a famous poem composed by Sage Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th century. “The immortal soul, the bliss of consciousness, I am. Which is not destroyed in the three ages, “That which is everywhere in every particle of existence,
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Vyaapak = everywhere, kana kana he waahas jiskaa = in every particle of existence, Nahi = which is not, teeno = the three, kaalo = ages, meih = in, naash = destroy Jo vyaapak hai kana kana he waahas jiskaa, I am Shiva (the pure unbounded consciousness) …”ĥ. That very soul, the bliss of consciousness, I am. I am the unbounded consciousness.”Īmar = immortal, aathmaa = soul, hai = is, maranshil = mortal, kaaya = body, sabhi = all, praaniyo = living beings, ke jo bhitar samaayaa = residing within I am Shiva (the pure unbounded consciousness). That very soul, the bliss of consciousness which is the truth, I am. That which cannot be dissolved by water, nor destroyed by death. “That which cannot be cut by a dagger, nor burnt by fire. Jise = which, shastra = dagger, kaate = cut, na = nor, agni = fire, jalaaye = burn, ghalaaye = dissolve, paani = water, mrityu = death, mitaaye = destroy, wahi = that, aathmaa = soul, Sat = Truth, Chida = consciousness, Aananda = bliss, mai = I, hoon = am. I am the bliss of consciousness which is the one Truth. I am Brahman (pure unbounded consciousness). “The bliss of non-duality (oneness), that which is in all forms and yet formless. I am the very form of the unbounded consciousness.”Īdvaita = non-duality (oneness), Aananda = bliss, rupa = form, arupa = formlessīrahman = the pure unbounded all-pervading consciousness (the transcendental self, the Absolute), Chida = consciousness, Sat = Truth. I am the very form of the unbounded consciousness. “I am Shiva (the pure unbounded consciousness). Shiva = the pure unbounded all-pervading consciousness (the transcendental self, the Absolute), Aham = I am, Shiva + Aham = Shivoham, swarup = the true form, nitya = eternal, shuddha = pure, buddha = intelligent, mukta = free.