Om Namah Shivaya Gurave
Shaivism / Bhakti Yoga ॐ नमः शिवाय गुरवे सच्चिदानन्द मूर्तये । निष्प्रपञ्चाय शान्ताय निरालम्बाय तेजसे ॥ Om Namah Shivaya Gurave Om Namah Shivaya Gurave, Satchidananda Murtaye, Nishprapanchaya Shantaya, Niralambaya Tejase "Honoring Shiva as the inner Guru — being, consciousness, and bliss itself" Chords — Key of G#m · Spacious invocation pace (~63 bpm); one line per slow breath cycle G#mOm Namah Shivaya GuraEve G#mSatchidananda MurtaD#ye C#mNishprapanchaya ShantaBya ENiralambaya D#TejaG#mse Full Translation A revered guru-vandana (verse in praise of the Guru) that bows to Shiva as the teacher: "I bow to Shiva, the Guru — the very embodiment of being, consciousness, and bliss (sat-chit-ananda); who is beyond the material world, perfectly peaceful, dependent on nothing, and radiant with his own light." Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice. kirtans.com/mantras/om-namah-shivaya-gurave

Shaivism / Bhakti Yoga

ॐ नमः शिवाय गुरवे सच्चिदानन्द मूर्तये । निष्प्रपञ्चाय शान्ताय निरालम्बाय तेजसे ॥

Om Namah Shivaya Gurave

Om Namah Shivaya Gurave, Satchidananda Murtaye, Nishprapanchaya Shantaya, Niralambaya Tejase

"Honoring Shiva as the inner Guru — being, consciousness, and bliss itself"

Chords — Key of G#m · Spacious invocation pace (~63 bpm); one line per slow breath cycle

G#mOm Namah Shivaya GuraEve

G#mSatchidananda MurtaD#ye

C#mNishprapanchaya ShantaBya

ENiralambaya D#TejaG#mse

Full Translation

A revered guru-vandana (verse in praise of the Guru) that bows to Shiva as the teacher: "I bow to Shiva, the Guru — the very embodiment of being, consciousness, and bliss (sat-chit-ananda); who is beyond the material world, perfectly peaceful, dependent on nothing, and radiant with his own light."

Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice.

kirtans.com/mantras/om-namah-shivaya-gurave