Let us use the quiet beauty of Nature to help us restore
inner quiet, enjoyment, appreciation and good will
inner quiet, enjoyment, appreciation and good will
shri sache maha prabhu -
meaning
śrī sache mahā prabhu
shrii sache mahaa prabhu
radiant pursue fully powerful
favour established
Let us pursue and prefer (sache) pure consciousness until it is fully established (mahā mahaa), and therefore powerful (prabhu).
ki-je param ātma ki-je
ki-je param aatma ki-je
consciously fully higher consciously
successful restore self successful
Let us succeed (je) in using our wisdom (ki) to fully restore (param) our higher self (ātma aatma).
om shānti shānti shānti om
om shaanti shaanti shaanti om
inner peace in world
peace our lives peace
shrii sache mahaa prabhu
radiant pursue fully powerful
favour established
Let us pursue and prefer (sache) pure consciousness until it is fully established (mahā mahaa), and therefore powerful (prabhu).
ki-je param ātma ki-je
ki-je param aatma ki-je
consciously fully higher consciously
successful restore self successful
Let us succeed (je) in using our wisdom (ki) to fully restore (param) our higher self (ātma aatma).
om shānti shānti shānti om
om shaanti shaanti shaanti om
inner peace in world
peace our lives peace
The Song.
Like other songs on the “Love is Space” album, Deva Premal repeats the mantra unchanged many times before instrumental break, and the variety comes from extra sounds. This is a traditional form of mantra meditation, to go into the mantra deeply thru repetition. In addition, the instrumental is simple yet evocative. An excellent album, from as early as 2000.
Deva inserts a long om between each repetition of our mantra. In this form, the om can serve its primary purpose as a bridge from normal busy-ness of the mind to the focus and stillness of meditation.
Songs on “Love is Space” are at moderate pace. When we are familiar with the language of Sanskrit, then the meaning of each word will come to us quickly enough to understand each word at this moderate pace of singing. This takes practice : singing from the word sheet many times to expand our vocabulary.
I recommend you buy this album, for it has at least four good Kirtan songs : om shree sache, chidananda, jai radha madhav, om namo narayanaya. All these have –
You can listen to samples and buy the album at –
https://devapremalmiten.com/love-is-space/
Deva inserts a long om between each repetition of our mantra. In this form, the om can serve its primary purpose as a bridge from normal busy-ness of the mind to the focus and stillness of meditation.
Songs on “Love is Space” are at moderate pace. When we are familiar with the language of Sanskrit, then the meaning of each word will come to us quickly enough to understand each word at this moderate pace of singing. This takes practice : singing from the word sheet many times to expand our vocabulary.
I recommend you buy this album, for it has at least four good Kirtan songs : om shree sache, chidananda, jai radha madhav, om namo narayanaya. All these have –
- good singing and
- good instrumental,
- good melody for the song, that is easy to sing along to.
You can listen to samples and buy the album at –
https://devapremalmiten.com/love-is-space/
The Mantra – Word for Word Meaning
The word for Deity or Presence in this mantra is atma (properly spelled ātma and pronounced aatma), which can mean “higher self”. When we are in our higher self, then the spiritual Qualities are strong, and the defilements weak. param can mean “fully restrored”, thus param atma can be the experience when the defilements are entirely absent, and the spiritual Qualities are very strong, so strong that we are radiant = shri (properly spelled shrī and pronounced shree) with these beautiful Qualities.
So the mantra can emphasise how strong = prabhu the spiritual Qualities can be when fully restored = mahā (mahaa). Also wishing ourselves success = je in developing the Qualities, until we are radiant = shri with them. Using our wisdom to be successful = ki-je. (ki = wisdom)
The song ends with the shanti mantra :
shānti (shaanti), shānti (shaanti), shānti (shaanti)
peace in our heart, peace in our social situation, and world peace.
So the mantra can emphasise how strong = prabhu the spiritual Qualities can be when fully restored = mahā (mahaa). Also wishing ourselves success = je in developing the Qualities, until we are radiant = shri with them. Using our wisdom to be successful = ki-je. (ki = wisdom)
The song ends with the shanti mantra :
shānti (shaanti), shānti (shaanti), shānti (shaanti)
peace in our heart, peace in our social situation, and world peace.
For more translated Sanskrit mantras :
click onto the + at the top of this webpage, then click again onto the +
My introductory webpages “Mantras Translated A - C”
discuss how to gain the full benefit of these mantra writeups.
