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Mantra as Medicine

Namah Shivaya

Written by Krishna Das

SanskritOriginal recording

The words

Am / F? G / Am Om Namah Shivaaya Shivaaya namaha, Shivaaya namah om Shambhu Shankara namah Shivaaya, Girijaa Shankara namah Shivaaya Arunaachala Shiva namah Shivaaya Girijaa Shankara namah Shivaaya

Words by Krishna Das. Keep their name with the song when you sing it or share it, and honour the songwriter. If you wrote this song and would rather the words were not here, tell me and I will take them down.

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Om Namah Shivaya: I bow to Shiva, the inner Self. Shambhu Shankara and Girija Shankara: Shiva the kind, beloved of the Mountain Goddess. Arunachala Shiva: Shiva as the holy mountain Arunachala.

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