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Sanskrit Verse
देवात्मशब्देन शिवात्मभूता
यत्कूर्मवायव्यवचोविवृत्या ।
त्वं पाशविच्छेदकरी प्रसिद्धा
मां पाहि सर्वेश्वरि मोक्षदात्रि ॥ ४॥
English Transliteration
dēvā atma śabdēna śivā atma bhūtā
yat kūrma vāyavya vacō vivr̥tyā
tvaṁ pāśa vicchēdakarī prasiddhā
māṁ pāhi sarvēśvari mōkṣadātri || 4 ||
Meaning of the Sanskrit Words
देव – God
आत्म – Soul
शब्देन – sound
शिव – Lord Siva
आत्म – Soul
भूता – being
यत् – that
कूर्म – one of the outer winds of the body
वायव्य – one of the inner winds – the air passage from heart to centre of the forehead
वचो – speech
विवृत्या – manifest
त्वं – you
पाश – chain
विच्छॆदकरि – विच्छे करि – seek for
प्रसिद्धा – famous/well known
मां पाहि सर्वेश्वरि मोक्षदात्रि ॥ ४॥
Meaning in English
Formed by Self-power of sound of Siva’s aatma, You are declared by sacred texts as the sound of Anahatha**, Which exists in Kurma and Vayavya*** as Shakthi. You are known as one cutting off worldly attachments (or the rope that drags you to death), And so please protect me, oh goddess of all and oh giver of salvation.
Note: From the heart to the middle of the eyebrows is said to be the region of Vayu. It is black in colour and shines with the letter ‘Ya’. Carrying the breath along the region of Vayu, one should contemplate on Isvara, the omniscient. The Yogi does not meet his death through Vayu.) ( Naga, Kurma, Krikara, Devadatta and Dhananjaya are the five sub-Pranas; Kurma performs the function of opening the eyes
OM
**Anahata sabda – just before one enter Samadhi in yoga one can clearly hear Om inside which is not heard outside the physical body after this the person goes into Samadhi.
* **Vayavya Dharana
Meaning in Tamil
சிவான்மச்சக்கர ஒலி வழி உருவெடுத்த சுயசக்தியே
உள்மூச்சு வெளிமூச்சு வாக்கினிலும் உறை சக்தியே
பாசக்கயிற்றினை செயலாக்கும் பெயர் பெற்ற சக்தியே
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