THE 108
NAMES OF
PARAM
GURUDEV SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA
Recited
During Paduka Puja
Om sri omkaaraa roopaaya
namah
Om,
prostrations to the One whose real form is Omkara.
Om sadgurave namah
Om,
prostrations to the Sat-Guru.
Om saakshacchankaraa
roopadhrite namah
Om,
to the One who is veritable Lord Siva Himself.
Om sivanandaaya namah
Om,
to Master Sivananda.
Om sivakaaraaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the Personification of Lord Siva.
Om
sivasayaaniroopakayaa namah
Om,
to Him who Reveals the form of Lord Siva.
Om hrishikesaa nivasine
namah
Om,
to Him who resides in Rishikesh.
Om vaidyasastra
visaradaayaa namah
Om,
to Him who is an expert in the knowledge of Medicines.
Om samaadarsine namah
Om,
to the one of equal vision.
Om tapasvine namah
Om,
to the Great Ascetic of great penance.
Om premaroopaaya namah
Om,
to the One who is a personification of Love.
Om mahaamunaye namah
Om,
to the Great Muni (Sage).
Om divya jeevana sangha
pratishthatre namah
Om,
to the Founder of The Divine Life Society.
Om prabhodhakaaya
namah
Om,
to the Great Awakener.
Om geetananda svaroopine
namah
Om,
to the very embodiment of the Bliss of the Bhagvad Gita.
Om bhaktigamyaaya
namah
Om,
to the One who can be attained through Devotion and Love.
Om bhayapaahayaa namah
Om,
to the Destroyer of Fear.
Om sarvavide namah
Om,
to the Being who is All-Knowing.
Om sarvagaaya namah
Om,
to the One who is Everywhere.
Om netre namah
Om,
to the One who Leads.
Om trayeemarga
pradarsakaaya namah
Om,
to the Expounder and Revealer of all the three Paths (Karma, Bhakti and Jnana).
Om vairagya jnana
niraataya namah
Om,
to Him who is established in Dispassion and Wisdom.
Om sarvaloka
hitotsukaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is intent upon the welfare of the entire universe.
Om bhavamayaa
prasamanaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the Allayer of the disease of phenomenal existence (Birth and
Death).
Om samadhigrantha
kalpakayaa namah
Om,
to Him who has written the Book on Samadhi.
Om gunine namah
Om,
to Him who is adorned by Divine Qualities.
Om mahatmane namah
Om,
to the Great Souled One.
Om dharmatmane namah
Om,
to the Righteousness-Incarnate.
Om sthithiprajnaya namah
Om,
to the One who is established in the form Wisdom (Superconsciousness).
Om subhodhayaa namah
Om,
to the One who is an Auspicious beginning (in all things).
Om ananda sagarayaa
namah
Om,
to Him who is an Ocean of Bliss.
Om saaraaya namah
Om,
to the Essence, the Quintessence of all Beings.
Om
gangateerasramasthitaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is residing on the bank of the Holy River Ganga.
Om
vishnudevananda-datta-brahnajnana-pradeepakaaya namah
Om,
to Him who shines with Brahma-Jnana (Divine Wisdom) conferred on Him by His
Sannyasa Guru, Swami Vishnudevananda (of Kailash Ashram).
Om sree
brahmasootropanishad anglabhashya prakapaakaya namah
Om,
to Him who rendered the Brahma-Sutras and the Upanishads in the English
Language.
Om visvananda
charanayugma sevajata subuddhimate namah
Om,
to Him who attained real Wisdom through the service of two Holy Feet of Swami
Vishwananda, His Spiritual Guru.
Om mantramoortaye namah
Om,
to Him who is the Personification of all Mantras.
Om japapaaraya namah
Om,
to Him who is immersed in Japa.
Om tantrajnaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the knower of all Tantras.
Om manavate namah
Om,
to Him who is full of Humanity, of human qualities.
Om baline namah
Om,
to Him who is Powerful.
Om umaramana padayugma
satatarchana laalasayaa namah
Om,
to Him who is ever eager to worship the Feet of the Lord of Uma.
Om parasmai jyotishe
namah
Om,
to the Transcendental Light.
Om parasmai dhamne
namah
Om,
to Him who is the Ultimate Transcendental Abode.
Om paraamanave namah
Om,
to the Supreme Atom, the Souled of even the Atom.
Om paratparayaa namah
Om,
to Him who is beyond even the Transcendental.
Om saantamoortaye namah
Om,
to Him who is the Personification of Peace.
Om dayasagaraaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the Ocean of Compassion and Mercy.
Om
mumukshu-hrdayasthithaya namah
Om,
to Him who dwells in the hearts of Seekers after Liberation.
Om anandamrita
samdogdhre namah
Om,
to Him who has obtained the Nectar of Supreme Bliss.
Om
appayyakula-deepakayaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the Illuminer of the lamp that lights the Family of Sage Appayya.
Om sakshibhootayaa
namah
Om,
to Him who is the Witness-Being.
Om rajayogine namah
Om,
to Him who is the Great Raja Yogin.
Om stayananda
swaroopine namah
Om,
to Him who is the embodiment of Truth and Bliss.
Om ajnanamayabheshajaya
namah
Om,
to Him who is the Physician for the Disease of Spiritual Ignorance.
Om
lokoddharananapanditaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the Expert in Saving Humanity.
Om yogananda rasasvadine
namah
Om,
to Him who is ever tasting the Nectar of Yogic Bliss.
Om sadachara
samujjvalayaa namah
Om,
to Him who is Effulgent, Radiant with Noble Conduct.
Om aatamaramaya namah
Om,
to Him who is Ever-Rejoicing in His own Self.
Om sreegurave namah
Om,
to the Revered Guru.
Om sacchidananda
vigrahaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the Embodiment of Satchidananda.
Om jivanmuktaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is Liberated even while Living.
Om chinmayatmane namah
Om,
to Him who is Pure Consciousness.
Om nistraigunyaaya
namah
Om,
to Him who is devoid of the Three Gunas.
Om yateesvaraaya namah
Om, to Him who is the
Chief among Renunciates.
Om advaitasara-prakata
veda-vedanta tattvagayaa namah
Om,
to Him who has delved into the Wisdom of the Veda and Vedanta, expounding the
Essence of Non-Dualism (Advaita).
Om chidananda janahlada
nrityageeta pravartakaaya namah
Om,
to Him who causes great Rejoicing among people through His Ecstatic Song and
Dance.
Om naveenajana
santratre namah
Om,
to Him who is the Saviour of the Modern Man.
Om sree bharmamarga
pradarsakayaa namah
Om,
to Him who shows the Path to the Attainment of Brahman.
Om pranayama
parayanaya namah
Om,
to Him who is Ever-Intent on Pranayama.
Om nityavairagya
samupasritaya namah
Om,
to Him who constantly takes Recourse to the Highest Dispassion.
Om jitamayaya namah
Om,
to Him who has conquered Maya.
Om dhyaanamagnayaa namah
Om,
to Him who is blissfully immersed in Deep Meditation.
Om kshetrajnaya namah
Om,
to Him who knows entirely the Mystery of this Personality.
Om jnanabhaskaraaya
namah
Om,
to Him who is the Sun of Wisdom.
Om mahaa devaadi
devaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the God of Gods.
Om kalikalmashaa
nashannaaya namah
Om,
to Him who destroys the Impurity of this Iron Age (Kali Yuga).
Om tushaarasailayogine
namah
Om,
to Him who is the Yogi of the Snow Peaks, the Himalayan Yogi.
Om kotisoorya
samaprabhaaya namah
Om,
to the One whose Effulgence is equal to the Effulgence of a Million Suns.
Om munivaryaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the Foremost among Ascetics and Sages.
Om satyayonaye namah
Om,
to Him who is the Source of All Truth.
Om paramapurushaaya
namah
Om,
to Him who is the Supreme Being.
Om paratapavate namah
Om,
to Him who is endowed with Power.
Om
naama-sankeertanotkarsha praasamsine namah
Om,
to the Being who has Glorified the Singing of the Divine Name.
Om mahaadyutaye namah
Om,
to the great Radiance.
Om kailasayatra
samprapta bahusantushtachetase namah
Om,
to Him who has attained Great Satisfaction of the Soul by performing
Pilgrimage to Mount Kailash.
Om chatus sadhana
sampannayaa namah
Om,
to Him who is endowed with the Four Means of Liberation; 1. Viveka
(discrimination), 2. Vairagya (dispassion), 3. Shad-Sampat
(six-fold virtues; Sama or tranquility, Dama or control of outer senses, Uparati
or renunciation, Titiksha or endurance, Sraddha or faith, Samadhana or proper
concentration)
4. Mumukshutwa
(intense longing for liberation).
Om
dharmasthaapana-tatparayaa namah
Om,
to Him who is intent on Restablishing Dharma.
Om sivamoortaye namah
Om,
to Him who is the Form of Siva.
Om sivapaaraya namah
Om,
to Him who is ever devoted to Siva as the Supreme.
Om sishteshtaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is dear to Good People.
Om sivekshanaya namah
Om,
to Him who is a Lover of Siva.
Om chaturanta
medineevyapta suvisala yasodayaa namah
Om,
to Him whose Renown stretches to the Four Corners of the World.
Om satyasampoorna
vijnana suttatvaika sulakshanaya namah
Om,
to Him who is chacterised by Truthfulness, All-Knowledge and Insight into
Truth.
Om sarvapranishu samjata
brathurbhavaya namah
Om,
to Him who has Created a Feeling of Brotherhood amongst All Creatures.
Om suvarchalayaa namah
Om,
to Him who is Lustrous (in face).
Om pranavaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the Essence of the Pranava – Om.
Om sarva tattvajnayaa
namah
Om,
to Him who knows all 24 Tattwas (Mysteries of the Universe).
Om sujnanambudhai
chandrmase namah
Om,
to Him who is the Moon to the Ocean of Wisdom.
Om jnanaganga
srotasana pootapaapaya namah
Om,
to the One whose sins or Impurities have been completely removed by bathing in
the source of the Ganga of Divine Wisdom which is God.
Om sukhapradaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is the Giver of Happiness.
Om Visvanatha
krpapatraaya namah
Om,
to Him who has obtained the Grace of the Lord Siva.
Om sishya hrittapa
taaskarayaa namah
Om,
to Him who steals away the Afflictions of the Hearts of His Disciples.
Om kalyaanguna
sampoornaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is full of Auspicious Good Qualities.
Om
sadasiva prayanaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is Ever-Adoring Lord Siva.
Om kalpanarahitaaya
namah
Om,
to Him who is free from All Imagination of the Mind.
Om veeryaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is Heroic with Spiritual Force.
Om
bhagavadganalolupaaya namah
Om,
to Him who is immersed in Singing the Praises of the Lord.
Om
sree sadguru sivaananda swaamine namah
Om
namo bhagavate sivaanandaya
To
our Spiritual Master, Swami Sivananda, I offer adorations!
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