Namaste!!
Om
Namah Shivaya Mantra
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What does "Om
Namah Shivaya" mean?
"Om Namah
Shivaya" is one of the most popular Hindu mantras and
the most important mantra in Shaivism.
Its
translation is "adoration (namas) to Śiva", preceded by the
mystical syllable "Aum".
It
is also called Panchakshara,
the "five-syllable" mantra (viz., excluding the Aum).
The Tamil Saivaite hymn Tiruvacakam begins with the five letters 'na' 'ma'
'ci' 'vaa' 'ya'.
It is part of the Shri Rudram Chamakam, a Hindu prayer taken from the
Yajurveda, and thus predates the use of Shiva as a proper name, in the
original context being an address to Rudra (later Shiva), where śiva retains its original meaning as
an adjective, meaning "auspicious, benign, friendly", a
euphemistic epithet of Rudra. The Panchakshara should be recited by
Shiva devotees during pooja, homa, Japa and while smearing Vibhuti.
The
meaning of the Namah Śivāya mantra was explained by
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami as follows:
Namah Śivāya is the most holy name of God Śiva, recorded at the very
centre of the Vedas and elaborated in the Śaiva Agamas.
Na is the Lord's concealing grace, Ma is the world, Śi stands for Śiva, Va is His revealing grace, Ya is the soul. The
five elements, too, are embodied in this ancient formula for invocation.
Na is earth, Ma is water, Śi is fire, Vā is air, and Ya is ether, or
Ākāśa. Many are its meanings.
Namah Śivaya has such power that the mere intonation
of these syllables reaps its own reward in salvaging the soul from
bondage of the treacherous instinctive mind and the steel bands of
a perfected externalized intellect. Namah Śivāya quells the
instinct, cuts through the steel bands and turns this intellect
within and on itself, to face itself and see its ignorance. Sages declare
that mantra is life, that mantra is action, that mantra is love and
that the repetition of mantra, japa, bursts forth wisdom from
within.
The holy Natchintanai proclaims, "Namah Śivāya is in
truth both Āgama and Veda. Namah Śivāya represents all mantras and
tantras. Namah Śivaya is our souls, our bodies and possessions. Namaḥ
Śivāya has become our sure protection."
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