Chandramouli Shankara Chandrashekhara

Neelakanta Shooladhari Ambikeshwara

Hey Vibhuti Sundara Tribhuvaneshwara

Sai Natha Sai Natha Jai Maheshwara

Jai Mahesha Jai Umesha Jai Sureshwara

Salutations to Lord Sai, Lord of the Lords, and the Lord of Eternity. He is verily Lord Shiva, Lord of Uma and the blue-necked bearer of the trident. His body is decorated with holy ash and He wears the crescent moon on His forehead.

Deity

Shiva

Language

Sanskrit / Hindi

Glossary Terms

Song Glossary

ambikeshwara:

lord, husband of ambika (parvathi), refers to lord shiva

chandramouli:

one who has moon on the head, refers to lord shiva

chandrashekara:

one who has the moon on his head, refers to lord shiva; (var) chandrashekaraya

jai:

victory

mahesha:

greatest lord - refers to lord shiva; (var) mahesham

maheshwara:

greatest lord - refers to lord shiva

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

sai:

sa + aai = divine mother

sathya:

truth, short form of sathyanarayana – the childhood name of sri sathya sai baba; (var) sathyam

shankara:

name of lord shiva, one who bestows auspiciousness; (var) shankar, shankaraya, shankaram

shooladhari:

one who carries the trident - lord shiva

sri:

honorific title of respect; another name of goddess lakshmi; wealth, majesty, splendour, intellect, fortune; (var) thiru (tamil)

sundara:

beautiful; (var) sundarakara, sundaraya, sundari (f), soundari (f), sundaram - beauty

sureshwara:

lord of all demi gods; (var) suresha, suresham, sureshwaram

tribhuvaneshwara:

lord of the three worlds

umesha:

uma + esha = shiva shakti

vibhuti:

might, power, greatness, superhuman power, sacred ash; (var) vibhuthi

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