Bo shambo shiva shambo

November 18, 2008 - Posted by vidhya

I had not heard this song too much. Recently my sister had asked me something about it and I had found the link below
http://www.imeem.com/people/SEYjUy/music/Qn3StHKj/sudha_ragunathan_a_slokam_b_bho_shambo/

Sudha Raghunathan’s voice brought life into the song. the slokam in the begining was too good.This made me like the song also.

It so happened that my music teacher all of a sudden decided to teach me this song.
the raagam was new..I have not heard too much about it
Song: Bo Shambho
Ragam:Revathi
Parent Raagam: rataangi (2nd melakartha)
Aa: S R1 M1 P N2 S
Av: S N2 P M1 R1 S
Talam:Adhi
Composer:Dayanand Saraswathi (i never knew he composed songs)

got the lyrics as usual from karnatik.com

pallavi
bhO shambhO shiva shambhO svayambhO
anupallavi
gangAdhara shankara karuNAkara
mAmava bhavasAgara tAraka
caraNam 1
nirguNa parabrahma svarUpa
gamAgama bhUta prapanca rahita
nija guhanihita nitAntakananta
Ananda atishaya akSayalinga
caraNam 2
dhimita dhimita dhimi dhimikiTa kiTatOm
tOm tOm tarikiTa tarikiTakiTa tOm
matanga munivara vandita Isha
sarva digambara vESTita vESa
nitya niranjana nitya natesha
Isha sabEsha sarvEsha
 
Edit: added the line “nitya niranjana nitya natesha” which was missed out. Thanks to the reader for pointing this out
Not very convinced with the meaning below…but this is best I could get. (karnatik.com)
Meaning:
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
caraNam 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
caraNam 2: This is just the rhythm of the dance of creation and destruction

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1 Comment

  1. vidhya says:

    At February 8, 2009 8:58 AM , Blogger jaisitaram said…

    I hit ur blog accidentally. But, i think i shall visit ur space quite often hereafter :)
    As for the bhO shambhO,
    The second charanam starts with the sounds,but it says,"Oh Thou who art worshipped by sages like Matanga, who pervades in all directions, the one who performs the eternal dance" and so on.
    Shall try to get the meaning from some Sanskritist and pass it on to u ASAP.
    My wishes that u continue this work forever.
    -Sruti

     

    At February 9, 2009 4:16 AM , Blogger Swarna said…

    caraNam 2
    dhimita dhimita dhimi dhimikiTa kiTatOm tOm tOm tarikiTa tarikiTakiTa tOmmatanga munivara vandita Isha sarva digambara vESTita vESa Isha sabEsha sarvEsha

    In this charanam you missed out after matanga munivara vandita isha sarva digambara vestita vesha its nitya niranjana nitya natesha then comes isha sabesha sarvesha so it shud read

    matanga munivara vandita isha sarva digamabara vestita vesha nitya niranjana nitya natesha esha sabesha sarvesha

     

    At February 9, 2009 8:38 AM , Blogger Vidhya said…

    Thanks for that…yes…you are right..I ahve missed one line

    ... on July February 15th, 2009

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