Nirakaramonkaarmulam turiyam
Nirakaramonkaarmulam turiyam
Chhand 2, Under Doha 108 · Uttar Kand
Chhand Text
निराकारमोंकारमूलं तुरीयं। गिरा ग्यान गोतीतमीशं गिरीशं॥ करालं महाकाल कालं कृपालं। गुणागार संसारपारं नतोऽहं॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nirākāramoṃkāramūlaṃ turīyaṃ। girā gyāna gotītamīśaṃ girīśaṃ॥ karālaṃ mahākāla kālaṃ kṛpālaṃ। guṇāgāra saṃsārapāraṃ nato'haṃ॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
I bow to the formless One, the source of Om, the fourth transcendental state, beyond speech, knowledge, and the senses, Lord of Kailasa, terrible, the time of even Mahakala, compassionate, the abode of virtues, and beyond the world.
Context
This is Chhand 2, Under Doha 108 from Uttar Kand, in the episode “Rudrashtakam: Hymn to Shiva”. The episode describes the sacred Rudrashtakam hymn glorifying Shiva's transcendence, compassion, and divine majesty.
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