Shivaya Parameshwaraya chanted by Carlotta

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Carlotta sings during a saturday evening satsang the mantra Shivaya Parameshwaraya. You’ll find it in the Yoga Vidya Kirtan Songbook as No. 258:

Shivāya Parameshwarāya
Chandrashekharāya Namah Om
Bhavāya Guna Sambhavāya
Shiva Tāndavāya Namah Om

English translation of this mantra:

I bow to Shiva, the supreme god who wears the crescent moon on his forehead. I bow to Shiva, who generates and destroys by his dance the properties of nature (gunas).

Here are the chords to accompany this kirtan with a harmonium:

CEA…………CFA…….CEA
Shivaya Parameshvaraya
…………DFA………………..CEA..CEG
Chandrashekaraya namah Om
CFA………………………..CEA
Bhavaya Bhavaya Guna Sambhavaya
………DFA……CFA……. CEA..CEG
Shiva Tandavaya Namah Om
………DFA…….CFA……..CEA
Shiva Tandavaya Namah Om