Bhajan Bhakti — Words

Opening Vedic Chant

shuklaambara dharam vishnum, shashi varnam chaturbhujam prasanna vadanam dhyayet sarva vignopa shantaye agaja anana padmarkhum gajananam aharnishun anekadam tham bhaktanam ekadhantam upasnahe ekadhantam upasnahe

He who is attired in white and is all pervading, who has the complexion of the moon, who has four arms and a smiling face so pleasing, upon him we meditate for removing all obstacles. To the elephant-faced one, with trunk and lotus body and eyes, to that Gajanana we pray day and night. To the one with the single tusk who grants boons to his many devotees do we pray day and night.

gurur brahma gurur vishnu gurur devo maheshwara guru sakshat parabrahma tasmai shri gurave namaha akhanda mandalakaram vyaptam yena charaacharam tat padam darshitam yena tasmai shri gurave namaha

Guru is Brahma. Guru is Vishnu. Guru is Shiva. The true guru is the Highest, formless god. I prostrate before the holy guru. The unbounded is the endless canopy of the sky, the omnipresent in all creation, both animate and inanimate, I bow to Sri Guru who reveals to us the ultimate reality.

mahaganapate

shri mahaganapate gajanana mushika vahana gajanana omkara rupa gajanana kunja rasura bunjana

Great lord of the ganas, the elephant adorned one (gajanana). The rat (mushika) is your vehicle (vahana). You are the form of the creative power of Om (omkara). You are the destroyer of the demon (rasura) Kunjara.

shiva yogideva ravela

shivayogi deva ravela, mahayogi deva ravela, ravela, jagela, ravela, jagela [jai maharaja, shiva maharaja yogi swaroopa ravela] shivayogi deva ravela, mahayogi deva ravela, ravela, jagela, ravela, jagela niratamu nee nama smarane, mari mari jeseda o deva adivarapupeta nivasa [abhaya swaroopa ravela] neelakanta ninnera apadbandhava, ravera apada mokkula swami rava [abhaya swaroopa vegame rava] jagat jatadhara gangadhara, jagamula nele o deva nee padabhaktula mora vina rava [abhaya swaroopa vegame rava]

Lord Shivayogi come, great Lord Yogi come, come, awaken, come awaken. [Hail great king, Shiva great king, in the form of yogi come] Again and again I always remember your name, O lord. Native of Adivarapupeta, form of protection, come. Blue-throated one [reference to Shiva who drank the poison of the ocean, causing His throat to turn blue, ‘nila kanta’] it's you, come O releaser-of-troubles. You who free us from troubles [or you who grants boons], come Swami. You who are the form of protection, speedily come. You wear the world as your hair [‘jata’], you bear the Ganges, the ruler of the world, O lord. Devotees pray at your feet, hear and come.

godavari tera shivabalayogi

godavari teera shivabalayogi shankara darshana balya tapasvi uma maheshwara karuna sagara shivabalayogi omkareshwara (kailasa pati shiva omkareshwara)

On the banks (teera) of the River Godavari, Lord Shankara gave darshan to Shivabalayogi in childhood and he became a tapasvin. Uma (Goddess Parvati), Lord Shankara, ocean (sagara) of kindness (karuna). Shivabalayogi is Lord of the word Om.

shivaya parameshwaraya

shivaya parameshwaraya chandra shekharaya namah om bhavaya guna sambhavaya shiva tandavaya namah om (shivaya parameshwaraya nandi vahanaya namah om)

Worship Shiva, Great Lord, who holds the crescent moon on His forehead (whose vehicle is Nandi, the bull). He both creates and destroys the tendencies of nature by His tandava dance.

jaya shiva shankara

jay shiva shankara voom voom hara hara hara hara hara hara voom voom hara hara

“Voom voom” is the sound Shiva makes when he does the tandava dance.

gangajatadhara

(hara) gangajata-dhara gauri shankara girija mana ramana (shiva) mrityunjaya mahadeva maheshwara mangala shubha charana (jaya) nandi vahana naga bhushana nirupama guna sadana (jaya) natana manohara nila kantha shiva niraja dala nayana

Shiva with the Ganges in His matted hair, Bestower of Joy, Lord of Fair One and Mountain Born (Parvati), Conqueror of death, Great-God, auspicious and favourable are Your holy feet. Your vehicle is the sacred bull Nandi, You wear serpents and are the source of incomparable Divine qualities. Lord Shiva, You hold the poison in Your blue throat. You dance charmingly.

nataraja

nataraja, nataraja, nartana sundara nataraja shivaraja, shivaraja, shiva kami priya shivaraja chidambaresha nataraja adi purishwara shivaraja

(Nataraja means King of Dance, Shiva in the Divine dance of creation and annihilation.) Beautiful Nataraja, King Shiva, beloved of His wife, who resides in Chidambaram, first Lord of the world.

murali krishna

murali krishna, mukunda krishna, mohana krishna krishna krishna gopi krishna, gopala krishna, govardana-dhara krishna krishna radha krishna, bala krishna, rasa vilola krishna krishna gopi krishna, gopala krishna, shiva bala yogi krishna krishna

Murali (Krishna's flute), Mukunda (Liberator from Life and Death, Krishna), mind-intoxicator Krishna. Gopi (a woman who tends cows), Gopala (Krishna), bearer of Govardana mountain. Radha (Krishna's beloved), boy Krishna, dancing ecstatically in circles with the Gopis.

jaya durga devi sharanam

jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya durga devi sharanam, jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya jaya durga devi sharanam amba parameshwari akhilandeshwari adi parashakti sharanam, shri bhuvaneshwari raja rajeshwari ananda rupini sharanam veenapani vimala saraswati vedanta rupini sharanam, manjula bhashini mangala karini madhura meenakshi sharanam nada swarupini shri chakra vasini ananda dayini sharanam karuna chupave anna purneshwari amba bhavani sharanam

Surrender and hail to Goddess Durga: mother (amba) and transcendent (param) goddess (ishwari), queen of the universe (akhilandeshwari), the first (adi) transcendent power (shakti), queen of creation (bhuvaneshwari), queen (rajeshwari) of kings (raja), the embodiment (rupini) of bliss (ananda). Veena in hand (pani), steady (vimala) Saraswati, embodiment of the Vedas; your speech (manjula) is beautiful (bhashini), creator (karini) of auspiciousness (mangala), Meenakshi of Madhura. The embodiment of sound (nada), you roam (vasini) in the Sri Chakra yantra, giver (dayini) of bliss (ananda), show me (chupave) compassion (karuna), Annapurna (the goddess of plenty), mother (amba) of creation (bhavani).

jaya bhagavati devi

jaya bhagavati devi namo durge tapasya manasa vasa priye shumbha nishumbha kapaladhare andhaka daitya vishoshakare mahishavimardini shuladhare (bhagavati devi daya jaladhe) chandra devakara netradhare paavaka bhushita vaktravare bhairava deva vilina pare (devi samashta shariradhare) vindhya himachala shrungasthite saagare gamini shambho nute mantra swarupini mantra nute (manjula bhashini veda nute) sakala chara chara deva munishwara maanava vandita daitya nute loka samasthata paapa hare (dukha daridra vinashakare)

Preserved transliteration from the archive; a full prose translation is not part of the original.

Collection B — parvati thanaya

parvati thanaya ganapati deva paraguna ravemaya o deva, paraguna ravemaya munduga nee namambu dalachada mukti margamu nosagu maya bhakta daya maya maa puje gaikon munduge mamu gapadu maya ishwara nandana vighneshwara maa moralak inchaya ravemaya mushika vahana munduga vediti davu chupuma dayamaya gaja mukha varada ganapati deva bhaktula palete dayamaya pada daruni sevakuralanu munduga mamu gapadu maya

Lord Ganapati, son (thanaya) of Parvati, of great character, why don't you come, O lord, of great character, why don't you come. First I will think of your name, grant me the path of liberation. Devotees worship our benefactor first; save us. Vigneshwara, son of Ishwara (Shiva), listen to our pleading and come. The rat, your vehicle, first pleaded kindness; show the epitome of your kindness. Elephant-faced Lord Ganapati, grant the boon of kindness to your devotees.

Collection B — shivayogi sharanam

shivayogi sharanam, balayogi sharanam shivayogi sharanam, balayogi sharanam sharanam sharanam shri shivayogi sharanam ardhanarishwara shivayogi sharanam avatara purusha, shivayogi sharanam sadgurudeva shivayogi sharanam balayogishwara nee divya sharanam

We surrender (sharanam) to Shiva Yogi, Balayogi, both male and female (ardhanarishwara), the incarnation of a divine soul (avatara purusha), the true guru (sadgurudeva). We surrender to your divine (nee divya) protection (sharanam) or feet (charanam).

More Bhajan Bhakti words

The remaining Collection B and Collection C lyrics and translations are queued for migration into this archive.