Japa Translations
Ganapati Om
Ganapati Om Jaya Ganapati Om
Ganapati Om Jaya Ganapati Om
Ganapati Ganapati
Tatvamasi Tatvamasi
A prayer to Ganesha (Ganapati), who purifies and removes the obstacles of the mind.
Jaya is hail or victory, Ganapati means lord of the multitudes.
Gana = multitudes, Pati = lord Tatvamasi = thou art that
Om namaste Ganapataye
Tvameva pratyaksham tattvamasi
Tvameva kevalam kartaasi
Tvameva kevalam dhartaasi
Tvameva kevalam hartaasi
Tvameva sarvam khalvidam brahmaasi
Tvam saakshad aatmaasi nityam
Om. Salutations to the lord of the multitudes.
You alone are the visible manifestation of Thou art That.
You alone create all this.
You alone sustain all this.
You alone destroy all this.
You alone are all this. You are Brahman.
You are the eternal, evident Self.
Jay Ambe
Jay Ambe Jagadambe Mata Bhavani Jay Ambe
Jaya Jagad Janani Jagadambe Mata Bhavani Jay Ambe
Ambe is a name for the creative power, Jagad means world. Jagadambe means the mother of the world.
Bhavani means the one who gives all things existence. Janani means she who gives birth.
Hey Shiva Shankara
Hey Shiva Shankara Hey Maheshwara
Sukha Kara Dukha Hara Hara Hara Shankara
Om Namah Shivaya
Héy Shiva Shankara Héy Maheshwara Hara Shambho Hara Shambho
Shiva is the destroyer of the ego, and the witness of all that passes.
All sorrow stems from identification with transient things, all happiness from identification with the eternal.
Om namah Shivaya = Om salutations to Shiva, literally,
or metaphorically, I am at one with the infinite.
Shankara = auspicious
Maheshwara = great lord
Sukha = happiness Kara = bestower
Dukha = sorrow Hara = remover
Shambho = benificent
Devakinandana Gopala
Devakinandana Gopala Devakinandana Gopala
Gopala Govinda Govinda Gopala
A Sanskrit double entendre. Deva means shining god, Nandana means joy.
Devaki = the name of Krishna’s mother Nandana = son of, or one who comes from.
Go = speech, senses, cows, earth Inda = master Vid = knower Pala = protector, lord, master
The knower of speech, the master of the senses and mind.
All are names of Krishna.
Shri Ram Jay Ram
Shri Ram Jay Ram Jay Jay Ram
Ram is an image of the divine in human form. He incarnated as a king who lost his kingdom and his love to demons.
He underwent a great journey and many trials, to ultimately reclaim what he had lost.
Taken from: http://davestringer.com/
