Bho Shambho

10:42 AM Posted by Vijayasri

Song : bhO shambhO
raagam: rEvati
ratnaangi janya
Aa: S R1 M1 P N2 S
Av: S N2 P M1 R1 S
taaLam: aadi
Composer: Dayaananda Saraswati
Language: Sanskrit

pallavi
bhO shambhO shiva shambhO svayambhO

anupallavi
gangAdhara shankara karuNAkara mAmava bhavasAgara tAraka

Charanam 1
nirguNa parabrahma svarUpa gamAgama bhUta prapanca rahitanija guhanihita nitAnta ananta Ananda atishaya akSayalinga

Charanam 2
dhimita dhimita dhimi dhimikiTa kiTatOm
tOm tOm tarikiTa tarikiTakiTa tOm
matanga munivara vandita Isha
sarva digambara vESTita vEsha
Nitya Niranjana Nitbuta Isha
Isha sabEsha sarvEsha

Meaning: (taken from karnatik website)
pallavi: Hail , oh Lord Shambhu, one who "self appeared"
anupallavi: Source of Ganges, Shankara, oh merciful lord who redeems me from this ocean of sorrow, samsAra
charnam 1: without gunas, one who is beyond time, past, present and future
truth beyond gunas(?), beyond all things finite, oh infinite, blissful, wondrous, ever the same lingA
charanam 2: This is just the rhythm of the dance of creation and destruction

'Bho Sambho' by Maharajapuram Santhanam.