Mantra tradition (Āgama and Tantra)

Salutation to Śambhu

ॐ शम्भवे नमः

मूल Original text

ॐ शम्भवे नमः

oṃ śambhave namaḥ

अनुवाद Translation — by Om Namah Shivay

Oṃ. Salutation to Śambhu, the source of well-being.

भाष्य Explanation — our commentary, not scripture

Śambhu means “the one from whom well-being (śam) comes”. The Śrī Rudram bows to him by this name: namaḥ śambhave ca mayobhave ca.

As a name-mantra it is short, gentle and easy to keep on the mālā — a good first japa.

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Mantra tradition (Āgama and Tantra)

Name-mantra, as in the lists of Śiva's names (nāmāvali)

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Original text

ॐ शम्भवे नमः

oṃ śambhave namaḥ

Translation

Oṃ. Salutation to Śambhu, the source of well-being.

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अर्पणArpaṇa

Offer what you feel

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Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) — Śrī Rudram, Namakam

Anuvāka 8 (“namaḥ śambhave ca mayobhave ca”)

TS 4.5.8

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Original text

नमः शम्भवे च मयोभवे च ।

नमः शङ्कराय च मयस्कराय च ।

नमः शिवाय च शिवतराय च ॥

namaḥ śambhave ca mayobhave ca |

namaḥ śaṅkarāya ca mayaskarāya ca |

namaḥ śivāya ca śivatarāya ca ||

Translation

Salutation to the source of peace and the source of joy. Salutation to the one who makes peace and the one who makes joy. Salutation to the Auspicious — and to the one more auspicious still.

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The Veda of ritual formulas, in two branches: Kṛṣṇa (Black) and Śukla (White).

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