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    • Shambho Shangkara namah Shivaya >
      • Shambhu Shankara Namah Shivaya Krishna Das meaning
      • Om Namah Shivaya Krishna Das. Lyrics, meaning, discussion.
    • shri sache maha prabhu
    • Shiva Shiva Shambho Shangkara
    • Sīta Ram Hanuman.
    • twam eva.
    • tri-ambakam yajamahe >
      • Maha Mrityeonjaya Hein Braat meaning
  • Translated mantras B
    • mangalam bhagavan Vishnu
    • namah Shivaya hare Hari om
    • om bhakta jai
    • Bhakti Heenam
    • om jaya Shiva Shambo
    • om asat oma sad gamaya
    • om mani padme hum
    • om namo bhagavate Vasudevaya
    • om namō narāyanāya
    • om namah Shivaya
    • om param eshvaraya vidmahe
    • om tat purushaya vidmahi
  • Mantras Translated A
    • amma amma taye
    • chid-ananda-rupah shivo-ham
    • The Essence of All
    • gate gate para gate
    • Gayatri om bhur bhuvah svaha
    • Govinda, Gopala Radha. >
      • Radhe Govinda Krishna Das meaning
      • sands of pleasure lyrics translation
    • hare Krishna hare Rama (a) >
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      • The Hare Krishna Sect.
    • jai Radha Madhava - Meaning.
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    • om tare tutare ture soha
    • purnam-adah-purnam-idam
    • Rādhe Rādhe Rādhe Shyām
    • sarvesham svastir bhavatu
    • Shambho Shangkara namah Shivaya >
      • Shambhu Shankara Namah Shivaya Krishna Das meaning
      • Om Namah Shivaya Krishna Das. Lyrics, meaning, discussion.
    • shri sache maha prabhu
    • Shiva Shiva Shambho Shangkara
    • Sīta Ram Hanuman.
    • twam eva.
    • tri-ambakam yajamahe >
      • Maha Mrityeonjaya Hein Braat meaning
  • Translated mantras B
    • mangalam bhagavan Vishnu
    • namah Shivaya hare Hari om
    • om bhakta jai
    • Bhakti Heenam
    • om jaya Shiva Shambo
    • om asat oma sad gamaya
    • om mani padme hum
    • om namo bhagavate Vasudevaya
    • om namō narāyanāya
    • om namah Shivaya
    • om param eshvaraya vidmahe
    • om tat purushaya vidmahi
  • Mantras Translated A
    • amma amma taye
    • chid-ananda-rupah shivo-ham
    • The Essence of All
    • gate gate para gate
    • Gayatri om bhur bhuvah svaha
    • Govinda, Gopala Radha. >
      • Radhe Govinda Krishna Das meaning
      • sands of pleasure lyrics translation
    • hare Krishna hare Rama (a) >
      • hare Krishna hare Rama (b)
      • The Hare Krishna Sect.
    • jai Radha Madhava - Meaning.
    • je ma je Kali ma
    • Moola Mantra
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    • B : Buddha's Enlightenment
    • C Meditation for Enlightenment.
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    • E : The Ego
    • F : Discharge of DIstress
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    • om tare tutare ture soha
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    • sarvesham svastir bhavatu
    • Shambho Shangkara namah Shivaya >
      • Shambhu Shankara Namah Shivaya Krishna Das meaning
      • Om Namah Shivaya Krishna Das. Lyrics, meaning, discussion.
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    • Shiva Shiva Shambho Shangkara
    • Sīta Ram Hanuman.
    • twam eva.
    • tri-ambakam yajamahe >
      • Maha Mrityeonjaya Hein Braat meaning
  • Translated mantras B
    • mangalam bhagavan Vishnu
    • namah Shivaya hare Hari om
    • om bhakta jai
    • Bhakti Heenam
    • om jaya Shiva Shambo
    • om asat oma sad gamaya
    • om mani padme hum
    • om namo bhagavate Vasudevaya
    • om namō narāyanāya
    • om namah Shivaya
    • om param eshvaraya vidmahe
    • om tat purushaya vidmahi
  • Mantras Translated A
    • amma amma taye
    • chid-ananda-rupah shivo-ham
    • The Essence of All
    • gate gate para gate
    • Gayatri om bhur bhuvah svaha
    • Govinda, Gopala Radha. >
      • Radhe Govinda Krishna Das meaning
      • sands of pleasure lyrics translation
    • hare Krishna hare Rama (a) >
      • hare Krishna hare Rama (b)
      • The Hare Krishna Sect.
    • jai Radha Madhava - Meaning.
    • je ma je Kali ma
    • Moola Mantra
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    • B : Buddha's Enlightenment
    • C Meditation for Enlightenment.
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Let this Light illuminate our higher Self, and help us connect with
the sacred-ness of Nature,  and true enjoyment.
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​Moola Mantra 

​meaning, discussion.
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om      sat                  chit                    ānanda       
om      sat                  chit                    aananda                                  
ॐ       true                pure                    eternal      
           real        consciousness         happiness
(Let our) pure consciousness be true and real.  (Let us experience the) eternal happiness (of the Presence of Deity.) 
 
para                                       Brahma
fully developed       renewal, motivation
(Let our) motivation for spiritual practice be fully developed.  (Let us) renew our efforts (after a slump), as best we can.
 
purushot hāma                  param           ātma
purushot haama                param           aatma
Divine guidance                  fully             higher self
perfected                              restored
(Let our heart) be perfectly guided by Deity (towards the spiritual Qualities).  (Let our) higher self be fully restored.
 
 
śrī                   b hāgavati                sameta
shrii                b haagavati              sameta
radiance        enlightened              connect to
                        human
 
śrī                   b hāgavate               namah
shrii               b haagavate            namah
radiance        enlightened            dedicated to,
                        human                       honour
(Let us) honour and be dedicated to this radiance of the enlightened human being  :  the Presence of Deity,  (in ourselves and others.)
 
Hari                om      tat                  sat
Presence       ॐ       that is             real and true (to the spiritual Qualities.)
 
(note  :  I have broken up some words into sections to help you pronounce the lyrics.)
 

The Song


Deva Premal and her band provide a really beautiful rendering of this mantra, from 2007.   The whole album is devoted to this one mantra,  which is repeated in blocks of three repetitions throughout the album.  Interspersed is impressive instrumental of high musicianship by five musicians,  jazz style.   Soraya Saraswati also provides an excellent melody for this mantra on “Journey into Space,”  by Terry Oldfield, 2012.  This album also has an exceptional recording of mangalam bhagavan Vishnu. 

You can hear a good sample of each track of Deva Premal’s album on –
https://devapremalmiten.com/moola-mantra/    


This is an album that I recommend you buy,  for the whole album meets my criteria of  good Kirtan -  
  • good melody that is easy to sing along to, and
  • good singing, and
  • good instrumental.


The Mantra Discussed


​This is an important mantra,  for Moola = mūla  means the basis, foundation and root of the Presence of Deity.  This piece of music by Deva Premal portrays the experience of Presence.  This piece of music is about  : how it actually feels when the spiritual Qualities are strong in our heart and our experience.  And the defilements are absent.    I offer a translation to go with Deva’s song,  to enhance our music meditation while we sing along to the recording. 
 
But when we are not singing along with Deva Premal,    we can also approach this mantra as a study of philosophy.   The Moola Mantra recites a list of words that summarise important and foundational themes in the Wisdom of the East.  Much has been published on each of these themes,  on this and many other websites.  So I will refer you to other pages on my website for discussion of the Moola Mantra.
 
sat-chit-ānanda and chid-ānanda  are key Hindu themes to describe Presence.  I offer a simplified interpretation for this song,  that suits the experience of being fully immersed in the beauty of the music and joining in with the song.
 
But for everyday life, we need a different interpretation to effectively handle everyday ups and downs.  Something more detailed.  I offer this for another song by Deva Premal entitled chid-ānanda  rupa Shivo-ham  =  “I am Transcendence in the form of chid-ānanda.”
 
Brahma  is part of a trio in Hinduism,  called tri-mūrti or three forms of Presence,  three phases in our spiritual practice.  In tri-mūrti: 
  • Brahma  is the principle of creation and beginnings,
  • Shiva  is the principle of dissolution and ending of defilements and pain,
  • Vishnu  is the principle of support and protection of our spiritual Qualities. 
 
In our spiritual practice,  Brahma is the first step in the healing process.   When we are in a slump,  and then we wake up and turn towards healing.  When we return to and renew our efforts in spiritual practice.   Going back to the bottom rung of the ladder and recommence the climb back up to happiness.  Consciously and purposefully.   NOT behaving like a cork bobbing up and down in the waves of life. 
 
Brahma is also  the motivation or determination to practice,  to make efforts to release the pain and rise up.  Our commitment to develop, practice and protect our spiritual Qualities. 
 
If there is no motivation,  or if the first step in healing is not taken,  there will be no recovery,  and we will continue to wallow in our troubles.  So Brahma is most important in spiritual practice.  In fact,  Brahma is sometimes given the highest rank in the Hindu pantheon.
 
I discuss purusha =  puruṣa  in my treatise on Deity and Kirtan,  section “2 e.  Deity as Immanent, All Pervasive”.   purushothāma  can mean “fully developed purusha”. 
 
David Frawley offers a more detailed discussion on Purusha = puruṣa   where purushot hāma  can mean fully developed Purusha.   On this website under “Hindu Themes,”  now nested under “Scriptures.”
 
I discuss ātmā = ātman  in my treatise on “Spiritual Practice”,  chapter on “Self Realisation”.    ātman  is often translated as “Self”. 
 

bhagavā  has many meanings  :  in this mantra I have translated it as “enlightened human”,  where bhagavāti  is the female form and  bhagavāte  is the male.  Or bhagavāti  can be the locative form and  bhagavāte  can be the dative form of the noun bhagavān.  This gives the following translations –
 
bhagavāti  can mean :  “Let us move towards the enlightened state”,  and
bhagavāte  can mean :  “Let us be located in the enlightened state.”
 
 I discuss the enlightened state in my chapter on “Buddha’s Enlightenment”. 

 
Soraya offers a song for the mantra  om namo bhagavate vasudevaya,   and I offer a different interpretation for bhagavā  on my webpage for this song and mantra. 
 
I have adapted the spelling of  bhagavā  to  b hāgava  to improve the pronunciation.  If the h of bhagavā  is not pronounced, it sounds like something else in this language!  It’s important to get the right sound for these mantras when we recite them.  


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