Gangadhara Paahi Maam

Sai Natha Guru Satchidananda Guru [ Gangadhara Paahi ... ]

Neelakanta Shiva Gangadhara

Neelakanta Shiva Neelakanta Shiva Neelakanta Shiva Gangadhara Neelakanta Shiva Gangadhara

Bhasma Vibhushitha Gangadhara

Please protect me, O Lord Shiva who holds the river Ganges in Your matted locks, is besmeared with holy ash and is blue-throated (due to the consumption of the haalaa-hala poison). O divine Preceptor Sai, You are being, awareness and bliss. You are none other than Lord Shiva.

Deity

Guru, Shiva

Language

Sanskrit / Hindi

Glossary Terms

Song Glossary

bhasma:

sacred ash

gangadhara:

one who bears the holy river ganga – lord shiva; (var) gangadharaya, gangadhari

guru:

preceptor; (var) guruvara – belonging to the guru / guru’s

maam:

for me

natha:

lord or master; (var) nath, nathaya, natham, nada (tamil), nadanukku (tamil) - to the lord, nathudey (telugu)

neelakanta:

blue-throated, refers to lord shiva whose throat became blue after he drank the poison haalahala; (var) neelagriva, neelakantaya, neelakanteshwara

paahi:

protect; (var) pahi

sai:

sa + aai = divine mother

satchidananda:

sat + chith + ananda = truth or being + consciousness + bliss; (var) satchitananda, satchidanandam

shiva:

lord shiva - one of the trinity who is the destroyer - the name shiva means auspiciousness; (var) shiv, shivaya, shivaraj, shivaraja, shivarajam, shivom, shivani (f) - of shiva

vibhushitha:

decorated or adorned

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