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नमः शिवाय

Namah Shivaya (from Shri Rudram)

Shukla Yajurveda (Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā) 16.41 — Rudrādhyāya

The words ‘नमः शिवाय’ come from this Yajurveda verse (Rudrādhyāya). ‘ॐ नमः शिवाय’ is the form commonly used for japa.

Sanskrit

नमः शम्भवाय च मयोभवाय च नमः शंकराय च मयस्कराय च नमः शिवाय च शिवतराय च ॥

🔈 संस्कृत पाठ / Sanskrit chanting: audio coming soon / ऑडियो जल्द आएगा

Transliteration (IAST)

namaḥ śambhavāya ca mayobhavāya ca namaḥ śaṃkarāya ca mayaskarāya ca namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca ||

सरल हिंदी भावार्थ

ड्राफ़्ट · समीक्षा बाकी (draft, under review)

सुख देने वाले और आनंद देने वाले को नमस्कार। कल्याण करने वाले और आनंद करने वाले को नमस्कार। शिव (मंगलमय) को और उनसे भी अधिक मंगलमय को नमस्कार।

🔊 हिंदी अर्थ / Hindi meaning

AI voice (Indic Parler-TTS, Apache-2.0) reading the Hindi meaning.

English meaning

Homage to the source of happiness and to the source of delight, homage to the causer of happiness and to the causer of delight, homage to the auspicious, homage to the most auspicious.

🔈 English meaning: audio coming soon / ऑडियो जल्द आएगा

AI-assisted simple meaning (सरल भावार्थ) based only on the public-domain sources listed; under review.