maha kala bhairav stotram / ashtakam (“yam yam yaksha roopam…”) ::::
one of the most powerful Stotram i have heard and resonated with over the years is the Maha Kala Bhairava Stotram / Ashtakam, also known as the “Yam Yam Yaksha Roopam…” stotra.
There are many translations given to the lay people, but several years ago i came upon a website that offered close-to-literal translation of the actual Sanskrit words and an interpretation based on the meanings,
The website no longer seems to be accessible, but luckily it is archived at the internet archive wayback machine, and i will reproduce it here for an extra backup and a journal entry. I will also arrange it in a whole piece first, followed by the given literal translation of each sanskrit word … instead of split into different pages as the original website had it.
After this, i will copy directly from the website including the Author’s remarks, as can be seen in the archived websites.
Curiously, to me the verses sometimes seem like they could be alluding to the power of the Sun and Coronal Mass Ejections and Filaments erupting (???)
Hopefully someone finds it as useful as i did.
original links:
https://ancientinsight.online/2018/08/26/maha-kalabhairava-stotram-verses-1-2/
https://ancientinsight.online/2018/09/09/maha-kalabhairava-stotram-verses-3-4-5-6/
https://ancientinsight.online/2018/10/13/maha-kalabhairava-stotram-verses-7-8/
wayback links:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201125220442/https://ancientinsight.online/2018/08/26/maha-kalabhairava-stotram-verses-1-2/
https://web.archive.org/web/20200926041833/https://ancientinsight.online/2018/09/09/maha-kalabhairava-stotram-verses-3-4-5-6/
https://web.archive.org/web/20201125223559/https://ancientinsight.online/2018/10/13/maha-kalabhairava-stotram-verses-7-8/
audio of the stotram is above ^^^
Yam is spirit form known in 10 directions as matter enjoying comfortable ideas
Sam is the form of the collection of the entangled environment of bright light at the crown of the head
Dam is intense collection of the changing face of fierce thoughts of this immense void
Pam is the destruction of imperfection of that perpetual thought of prana, that preserves the unmanifested environment
Ram is the adhesive noise when two immense hot sharp edges are rubbed together
gham is noise, noise indeed made of gurgling noise, violent noise
kam is the trap of time bearing the radiant heat of desire
tam is the sublime body of that perpetual thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
lam indicates immense playful communication
Dhoom is the obscure description of the distinct large shining face of the fierce form
Rum is the multilated string of immense guide of red-colored light keeping back darkness
nam is the unadorned form of the continuous thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment.
vam is the motion of breath producing movement causing creation crossing later fading away
kham is the measure of disturbance in the three worlds resting in shining fierce form
Cham is the agitated tremulous motion of the circle of matter
Mam is the illusionary form of that continuous thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
Sham is the measure of uncertainity in the white beam of light freeing the entire entropy
Mam is the dense collection of unopened accumulation, a design constantly moving
Yam is the noise of the past tied together in bristles destroying
Am is the intermediate region of that continuous thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
kham is the disturbance separating the changing and the unchanging illusion of the immense time
sham is the agile speed of destroying the heated kindled idea
Houm is the roaring noise of the dense manifested roaring matter in motion
Vam is the beauty of those bristles of the thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
Sam is the harnessing of knowledge of the dense quality of the entire pure energy and energies
Pam is the centre of the concentric circles of illusion establishing and destroying equilibrium with bright light and heat energy guide
Aim is the omniscience continuous noise dispelling perturbations before energy (is formed?)
roum is the fierce form of the thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
Ham is the instability of the universal soul transcending the indistinct sound free harnessing of buoyant vibrancy
Dham is the form of guidance crown of head entangled attachment inflexible binding hand
Tam is the humming noise of tri-motion to give rise to disturbance obtaining self-interest desire
Bhrum is the past guide of the thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
Yam Yam Yam Yaksha Roopam Dasha Dishi Viditam Bhoomi Kampaayamaanam
yaksha = spirit roopam = form dashadishi = 10 directions
viditam = known as bhoomi = matter
kam+pAya + mAnam =comfort + sucking continuously + notion/idea
Sam Sam Samhaara Murtim Shira Mukuta Jataa Shekharam Chandra Bimbam
samhAra = collection mUrtim = form
shira + mukuTa = crown of the head
jaTa = entangled kshetaram = environment
chandra bimbam = bright + illumintaion
Dam Dam Dam Deergha Kaayam Vikruta Nakha Mukham Hyurdhva romam Karaalam
dIrgha = deep kAyam = group vikruta = changing
nakha = fierce mukam = face hyurdhva = mental activity
romam = void karAla = immense
Pam Pam Pam Paap Naasham Pranmata Satatam BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!1!!
pApa = imperfection Nasham = destroyed
Prana + mata = thought of prana satatam = perpetual
bhairavam kshetra pAlam = unmanifested environment preserve
Ram Ram Ram Raktavarnam, Kata katitam Teekshna DaMshTraa Karaalam
rakta + varnam = description of attachment or adhesion
kaTakaTita = noise made when rubbing two substances together
tIkShNa = hot daMshTrA = sharp edges karAlam = immense
Gham Gham Gham Ghosha Ghosham Gha Gha Gha Gha Ghatitam Ghargharam Ghora naadam
ghoSha = noise Ghosham = of noise ghA = indeed / surely
GhaTitam = made of ghargharam = gurgling noise
ghora = violent nAdam = sound / noise
Kam Kam Kam Kaala Paasham Dhruka Dhruka Dhrukitam Jwaalitam Kaamadaaham
kAla = time pAsham = trap dhruka = holding
dhrukitam = of supporting jvalitam = radiant
kAma + daham = desire + heat
Tam Tam Tam divya Deham, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!2!!
divya = sublime deham = body
Prana + mata = thought of prana satatam = perpetual
bhairavam kshetra pAlam = unmanifested environment preserve
Lam Lam Lam Lam Vadantam la la la la Lalitam Dheergha Jivhaa Karaalam
Dhoom Dhoom Dhoom Dhoomra Varnam Sphuta vikata mukham Bhaskaram Bheemaroopam
Rum Rum Rum Roondamalam, ravi tama niyatam taamra netram karaalam
Nam Nam Nam Nagnaroopam, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!3!!
vadantam = to indicate lalitam = playful
dheergha + jihva = long + tongue karAlam = immense
Dhoomra = obscure Varnam = description sphuTa = distinct
vikaTa = large mukham = face bhaskaram = shining
bhIma + roopam = fierce + form
ruNDa + malam = mutilated + string ravi = light tama = darkness
niyatam = kept back tAmra = red-color netram = guide
karAlam = immense
nagna = the unadorned
Vam Vam Vam vaayuvegam natajana dayinam Brahma paaram param tam
Kham Kham Kham khadga hastam tribhuvana nilayam bhaskaram bheema roopam
Cham Cham Cham Cham chalitvaa chala chala chalita chchaalitam bhoomi chakram
Mam Mam Mam maayi roopam Pranmata Satatam BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!4!!
vAyu + vegam = breath + motion naTa + jana = to move + producing
dayinam = causing bramha = creation pAram = crossing
param = later tam = fading away
khadga = disturbance hastam = a cubit measured by the hand?
tribhuvana = three worlds nilayam = resting bhaskaram = shining
bhIma = fierce rUpam = form
chalitva = motion chala = agitation chalita = shaking
bhoomi = matter chakram = cicle
mAyi + rUpam = illusionary + form
Sham Sham Sham Shankha Hastam, Sashi kara dhavalam, Moksha Sampoorna Tejam
Mam Mam Mam Mam Mahaantam, Kula makula kulam Mantra Guptam Sunityam
Yam Yam Yam Bhootanadham, Kili Kili Kilitam Vaalakeli Pradhanam
Am Am Am Aantariksham, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!5!!
Shankha = uncertainity hastam = measure shashikara = beam of light
dhavalam = white moksha = free sampUrNa = entire tejam = entropy
Mahantam = dense kula = collection makula = unopened
kulam = accumulated mantra = a design guptam = secret
su + nityam = to move + constantly
bhUta + nAdam = past + noise kilitam = tied
VAlakeli = bristle pradhAnam = destroy
Antariksham = the intermediate region
Kham Kham Kham Khadga Bhedam, Visha Mamruta Mayam Kaala Kaalam Karalam
Ksham Ksham Ksham Kshipra Vegam, Daha Daha Dahanam, Tapta Sandeepya Maanam
Houm Houm HoumKaara Nadam, Prakatita Gahanam Garjitairbhoomi Kampam
Vam Vam Vam Vaala Leelam, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!6!!
khadga = disturbance bhedam = separating
viSham + amruta = changing + unchanging mAyam = illusion
kAla = time kAlam = and time karalam = immense
kshipra = agile vegam = speed dahanam = destroying
tapta = heated sandIpya = kindle mAnam = idea
houmkAra = roaring nadam = noise prakatita = manifested
gahanam = dense garjitair + bhoomi = roaring + matter
kampam = motion
Vala = bristles lIlam = beauty
Sam Sam Sam Siddhi Yogam, Sakala guNa Ghanam, Deva Devam Prasannam
Pam Pam Pam Padmanabham, HariHara Mayanam,Chandra SuryaAgni Netram
Aim Aim Aim Aishwarya Naadham, Satata Bhayaharam, PoorvaDeva Swaroopam
Roum Roum Roum Roudra Roopam, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!7!!
siddi = knowledge yogam = harnessing sakala = entire guNa = quality
ghanam = dense deva = energy devam = energies prasannam = pure
padma + nAbham = centre of the concentric circles
hari + hara = establishing of equilibrium + destroyer(of equilibrium)
mAyam = illusion chandra = bright
surya + agni = light + heat energy netram = guide
aishwarya = omniscience nAdam = noise satata = continuous
bhayaharam = perturbation pUrva+deva = before energy
roudra = fierce rUpam = form
Ham Ham Ham Hamsa Haasam, HasitakalaHakam, MuktaYogaattahaasam
Dham Dham Dham Netra roopam, Siramakuta Jataabandha Bandhaagra Hastam
Tam Tam Tankaara nadham, Trida salata la tam, Kaama Garvaapa Haram
Bhrum Bhrum Bhrum Bhootanadham, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!8!!
hamsa = universal soul hAsam = instability
hasita + kala + hakam = transcend + indistinct + sound
mukta + yoga + atta + hAsam = free + harnessing + buoyant + vibrancy
netra = guidance rUpam = form sira + makuta = crown of head
jatA + bandha = entangled + attachment
badha+ugra = inflexible binding hastam = hand
TamkAra = humming nAdham = noise trida = three
salata = motion la = to give tam = disturbance
kAma = desire garvApa = ego / self-interest haram = obtaining
bhUta + nAtham = past (that which has become) + guide Translation from original website based on Sanskrit meaning of the words:::
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Posted on August 26, 2018 By philosophy @ https://ancientinsight.online/2018/08/26/maha-kalabhairava-stotram-verses-1-2/
I really do not know why this stotram is attributed to time unmanifested. It is also described as the “Teekshna Damstra KAralam stotram” sometimes and even this, to me, makes no sense. The translation of the verses seems to indicate that this is some sort of trace of the various paths to the “thought that preserves the unmanifested”.
I will translate this also in a series of blogs, since there are 8 verses and it is too much for a single blog. The starting of these lines of verses such as “Yam”, “Sam”, “Dam” etc., most of the time is translated as “bija mantras” or “seed mantras”. I wonder what that means. My take is that the correct repeated chanting of these mantras should evoke the subsequent meaning that is described in that line. Have we lost the correct chanting and hence lost the meaning? I wonder if we have retained only a ghost of the original meaning! But, here goes what I think this means.
Yam Yam Yam Yaksha Roopam Dasha Dishi Viditam Bhoomi Kampaayamaanam yaksha = spirit roopam = form dashadishi = 10 directions viditam = known as bhoomi = matter kam+pAya + mAnam =comfort + sucking continuously + notion/idea Sam Sam Samhaara Murtim Shira Mukuta Jataa Shekharam Chandra Bimbam samhAra = collection mUrtim = form shira + mukuTa = crown of the head jaTa = entangled kshetaram = environment chandra bimbam = bright + illumintaion Dam Dam Dam Deergha Kaayam Vikruta Nakha Mukham Hyurdhva romam Karaalam dIrgha = deep kAyam = group vikruta = changing nakha = fierce mukam = face hyurdhva = mental activity romam = void karAla = immense Pam Pam Pam Paap Naasham Pranmata Satatam BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!1!! pApa = imperfection Nasham = destroyed Prana + mata = thought of prana satatam = perpetual bhairavam kshetra pAlam = unmanifested environment preserve
Note, again, I have changed the Shekaram to kshetaram, environment instead of peak point. When the context of Shira MukuTa jaTa is translated as “twisted hair at the peak of the head”, then Shekaram makes sense, where as when we start translating the jATa with Chandra Bhimbam which is bright illumination or light, it is becomes kshetharam or the “entangled environment of bright light”.
Bhoomi as matter instead of earth. nakha, translated as claw when related to the living, translates as fierce without a reference. hryudhva is translated as “heart”, but here I have translated it as “mental activity” or in short they are “thoughts”.
So, we are looking at the translation of this verse as:
Yam is spirit form known in 10 directions as matter enjoying comfortable ideas
Sam is the form of the collection of the entangled environment of bright light at the crown of the head
Dam is intense collection of the changing face of fierce thoughts of this immense void
Pam is the destruction of imperfection of that perpetual thought of prana, that preserves the unmanifested environment
This is definitely thought provoking isn’t it? If we look at the path traversed here, it starts with a outer spirit enjoying matter, going to the inner electric signals that travel to the head to create this spirit, goes to the deeper thoughts that has triggered this signals and stops at that specific thought that is preserving the unmanifested environment so that the cycle of manifestation can be maintained.
Going on to the next verse:
Ram Ram Ram Raktavarnam, Kata katitam Teekshna DaMshTraa Karaalam rakta + varnam = description of attachment or adhesion kaTakaTita = noise made when rubbing two substances together tIkShNa = hot daMshTrA = sharp edges karAlam = immense Gham Gham Gham Ghosha Ghosham Gha Gha Gha Gha Ghatitam Ghargharam Ghora naadam ghoSha = noise Ghosham = of noise ghA = indeed / surely GhaTitam = made of ghargharam = gurgling noise ghora = violent nAdam = sound / noise Kam Kam Kam Kaala Paasham Dhruka Dhruka Dhrukitam Jwaalitam Kaamadaaham kAla = time pAsham = trap dhruka = holding dhrukitam = of supporting jvalitam = radiant kAma + daham = desire + heat Tam Tam Tam divya Deham, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!2!! divya = sublime deham = body Prana + mata = thought of prana satatam = perpetual bhairavam kshetra pAlam = unmanifested environment preserve
Here, “tIkShNa daMshTrA karAlam” is usually translated as “sharp fangs open wide”. Like I have said over and over again, that translation works if we want to apply the description to a human form. The minute we remove the human form from the translation, we have to look for meanings that are agnostic to sentience. In this case, “tIkShna daMshTra KarAlam” then becomes “immense hot sharp edges”
So, this translates to:
Ram is the adhesive noise when two immense hot sharp edges are rubbed together
gham is noise, noise indeed made of gurgling noise, violent noise
kam is the trap of time bearing the radiant heat of desire
tam is the sublime body of that perpetual thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
Going with the trend of the first verse, this should also be a path from outside to the thought of prana. Is this the path of noise I wonder? Noise made by sharp edges, to the gurgling noise to the noise of heat from that sublime body which is associated with the thought of prana?
This translation is strange!
Maha Kalabhairava stotram – Verses 3, 4, 5 & 6 Posted on September 9, 2018 By philosophy @ https://ancientinsight.online/2018/09/09/maha-kalabhairava-stotram-verses-3-4-5-6/
Continuing from the previous blog of Maha Kalabhairava stotram, here I have translated the next few verses. I wonder very much what this stotram is really explaining. As I have said in “Language is the barrier“, “How can I as a person transfer the vibrations that occur within in my brain in the exact form to the next human being?” I am really starting to wonder if each of these “bija mantras”, are vibrations, if intoned correctly will make the brain vibrate in the frequency that is the next step in the series of steps that give the first bija mantra i.e., “yaksha roopam” which is “the spirit form that enjoys material comfort”! Are the knowledge of these vibrations really lost?? Very sad, if it is true!!
Translating the next set of verses. Below, verse 3, 4, 5 and 6:
Lam Lam Lam Lam Vadantam la la la la Lalitam Dheergha Jivhaa Karaalam Dhoom Dhoom Dhoom Dhoomra Varnam Sphuta vikata mukham Bhaskaram Bheemaroopam Rum Rum Rum Roondamalam, ravi tama niyatam taamra netram karaalam Nam Nam Nam Nagnaroopam, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!3!! vadantam = to indicate lalitam = playful dheergha + jihva = long + tongue karAlam = immense Dhoomra = obscure Varnam = description sphuTa = distinct vikaTa = large mukham = face bhaskaram = shining bhIma + roopam = fierce + form ruNDa + malam = mutilated + string ravi = light tama = darkness niyatam = kept back tAmra = red-color netram = guide karAlam = immense nagna = the unadorned Vam Vam Vam vaayuvegam natajana dayinam Brahma paaram param tam Kham Kham Kham khadga hastam tribhuvana nilayam bhaskaram bheema roopam Cham Cham Cham Cham chalitvaa chala chala chalita chchaalitam bhoomi chakram Mam Mam Mam maayi roopam Pranmata Satatam BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!4!! vAyu + vegam = breath + motion naTa + jana = to move + producing dayinam = causing bramha = creation pAram = crossing param = later tam = fading away khadga = disturbance hastam = a cubit measured by the hand? tribhuvana = three worlds nilayam = resting bhaskaram = shining bhIma = fierce rUpam = form chalitva = motion chala = agitation chalita = shaking bhoomi = matter chakram = cicle mAyi + rUpam = illusionary + form Sham Sham Sham Shankha Hastam, Sashi kara dhavalam, Moksha Sampoorna Tejam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mahaantam, Kula makula kulam Mantra Guptam Sunityam Yam Yam Yam Bhootanadham, Kili Kili Kilitam Vaalakeli Pradhanam Am Am Am Aantariksham, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!5!! Shankha = uncertainity hastam = measure shashikara = beam of light dhavalam = white moksha = free sampUrNa = entire tejam = entropy Mahantam = dense kula = collection makula = unopened kulam = accumulated mantra = a design guptam = secret su + nityam = to move + constantly bhUta + nAdam = past + noise kilitam = tied VAlakeli = bristle pradhAnam = destroy Antariksham = the intermediate region Kham Kham Kham Khadga Bhedam, Visha Mamruta Mayam Kaala Kaalam Karalam Ksham Ksham Ksham Kshipra Vegam, Daha Daha Dahanam, Tapta Sandeepya Maanam Houm Houm HoumKaara Nadam, Prakatita Gahanam Garjitairbhoomi Kampam Vam Vam Vam Vaala Leelam, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!6!! khadga = disturbance bhedam = separating viSham + amruta = changing + unchanging mAyam = illusion kAla = time kAlam = and time karalam = immense kshipra = agile vegam = speed dahanam = destroying tapta = heated sandIpya = kindle mAnam = idea houmkAra = roaring nadam = noise prakatita = manifested gahanam = dense garjitair + bhoomi = roaring + matter kampam = motion Vala = bristles lIlam = beauty
Here, a few things, dheergha jihva, long tongued or talkative or communicative. Vayu vegam, speed of wind or actually breath if air is what is considered. So, the translation comes to:
lam indicates immense playful communication
Dhoom is the obscure description of the distinct large shining face of the fierce form
Rum is the multilated string of immense guide of red-colored light keeping back darkness
nam is the unadorned form of the continuous thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment.
vam is the motion of breath producing movement causing creation crossing later fading away
kham is the measure of disturbance in the three worlds resting in shining fierce form
Cham is the agitated tremulous motion of the circle of matter
Mam is the illusionary form of that continuous thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
Sham is the measure of uncertainity in the white beam of light freeing the entire entropy
Mam is the dense collection of unopened accumulation, a design constantly moving
Yam is the noise of the past tied together in bristles destroying
Am is the intermediate region of that continuous thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
kham is the disturbance separating the changing and the unchanging illusion of the immense time
sham is the agile speed of destroying the heated kindled idea
Houm is the roaring noise of the dense manifested roaring matter in motion
Vam is the beauty of those bristles of the thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
I am not sure there can be any explanation of these verses at all!!! But, if we followed this translation back up from the bottom up, we are looking at this:
A set of bristles moving in dense matter that is causing the heat that is forming ideas and getting destroyed causing a disturbance and gives us two states changing and unchanging. This creates an intermediate region with the destroyed bristles creating the noise of the past, a constantly moving accumulation, unopened. When this reaches a certain measure of uncertainty, frees the entire entropy. This illusionary form in the agitated tremulous motion forms the circle of matter and when a certain measure of disturbance is reached in that resting form, it causes a cross over and a creation, producing breath that keeps fading away (since this is a circle and forms again). This unadorned form is the mutilated string of immense red-colored (my take is a specific frequency perceived in a certain color?) light that is keeping back darkness, generating an obscure description for a distinct, fierce form with immense playful communication.
Following this into the previous two verses from the previous verses:
This distinct, fierce, immense communicative form is the sublime body which is a trap for the time bearing the radiant heat of desire, generating a gurgling noise, an adhesive noise when two immense hot sharp edges are rubbed together, giving rise to the imperfection and a collection of mental activity of this immense void, collecting this entangled mass of bright light at the crown of the head, giving rise to the spirit that knows the 10 directions and enjoys comfortable ideas!!
It holds together? Right? I wonder! But a rare beauty, if it is really what this means, I am stunned!!!
Maha Kalabhairava stotram verses 7 & 8 Posted on October 13, 2018 By philosophy @ https://ancientinsight.online/2018/10/13/maha-kalabhairava-stotram-verses-7-8/
I have translated the previous verses of the Maha Kalabhairava stotram in the previous 2 blogs here and here. The more I read these verses, the more I am amazed by the continuity and the depth of meaning in these verses and wonder “have I really understood what is said here”!! I must admit though, it is not just this stotram. The more I translate some of the commonly known stotrams, the more I am convinced that we are just fools. We seem to have just repeated these stotrams word to word without once questioning the underlying meaning. We are only too willing to accept the vague translations modified into non-sensical set of words as the meaning of these stotrams or dismiss them as superstition based on what the orientation of our mind is. We are willing to just attribute these to some vaguely defined gods and start worshipping this vagueness, impressing our fears or wants on these and being totally delusional and devotional.
But, the depth of meaning and what is described in these stotrams are so enormous that understanding them and accepting them takes a lifetime at the minimum and sometimes I wonder if even a lifetime is sufficient. These are stotrams that need to be lived, to be experienced, to be allowed to sink in and allow the vibrations that make us be modified to exist as what is described here to really know them!! For eg., the second verse of this stotram talks about the “tIkShNa daMshTrA karAlam”, while I have translated the words, and it translates to “immense hot sharp edges rubbed together”, I sometimes wonder would this just not be the “heat distribution map”. But, how many of us can feel the heat distribution in ourselves that has in turn formed the mental map, the emotional map and hence the spirit of us? When we have not even been able to see beyond the mind, I wonder how someone was able to go all the way down to the buoyant vibrancy that has led to all this and how someone was able to distinguish that persistence has led to the vibrancy and so on!!
But, going forward the translation of the last two verses of this stotram is as below:
Sam Sam Sam Siddhi Yogam, Sakala guNa Ghanam, Deva Devam Prasannam Pam Pam Pam Padmanabham, HariHara Mayanam,Chandra SuryaAgni Netram Aim Aim Aim Aishwarya Naadham, Satata Bhayaharam, PoorvaDeva Swaroopam Roum Roum Roum Roudra Roopam, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!7!! siddi = knowledge yogam = harnessing sakala = entire guNa = quality ghanam = dense deva = energy devam = energies prasannam = pure padma + nAbham = centre of the concentric circles hari + hara = establishing of equilibrium + destroyer(of equilibrium) mAyam = illusion chandra = bright surya + agni = light + heat energy netram = guide aishwarya = omniscience nAdam = noise satata = continuous bhayaharam = perturbation pUrva+deva = before energy roudra = fierce rUpam = form Ham Ham Ham Hamsa Haasam, HasitakalaHakam, MuktaYogaattahaasam Dham Dham Dham Netra roopam, Siramakuta Jataabandha Bandhaagra Hastam Tam Tam Tankaara nadham, Trida salata la tam, Kaama Garvaapa Haram Bhrum Bhrum Bhrum Bhootanadham, Pranmata Satatam, BHAIRAVAM KSHETRA PAALAM !!8!! hamsa = universal soul hAsam = instability hasita + kala + hakam = transcend + indistinct + sound mukta + yoga + atta + hAsam = free + harnessing + buoyant + vibrancy netra = guidance rUpam = form sira + makuta = crown of head jatA + bandha = entangled + attachment badha+ugra = inflexible binding hastam = hand TamkAra = humming nAdham = noise trida = three salata = motion la = to give tam = disturbance kAma = desire garvApa = ego / self-interest haram = obtaining bhUta + nAtham = past (that which has become) + guide
So, these verses translate to:
Sam is the harnessing of knowledge of the dense quality of the entire pure energy and energies
Pam is the centre of the concentric circles of illusion establishing and destroying equilibrium with bright light and heat energy guide
Aim is the omniscience continuous noise dispelling perturbations before energy (is formed?)
roum is the fierce form of the thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
Ham is the instability of the universal soul transcending the indistinct sound free harnessing of buoyant vibrancy
Dham is the form of guidance crown of head entangled attachment inflexible binding hand
Tam is the humming noise of tri-motion to give rise to disturbance obtaining self-interest desire
Bhrum is the past guide of the thought of prana that preserves the unmanifested environment
Now, if we add this to the previous set of verses and read it bottom up, we start with saying that the “guide of the past” starts everything and this is exactly what is said in the Kalabhairava ashtakam also in the last verse. “Splitting the continuity by buoyant vibrancy we lose the ability to see and we fit it into an inflexible order and then string them together into a thread and call it intelligence. In this case the past and a vast recollection becomes a necessity”. Here again something similar is said.
“The persistence of the past has given rise to the humming noise and hence three motions (I wonder what these three motions are?) giving rise to a disturbance and hence self interest and desire (similar to the nIlakant of Kalabhairava stotram) which has caused an inflexible binding and attachment causing an instability causing buoyant vibrancy. This fierce form is omniscience continuous noise forming perturbations, this becomes the centre of the concentric circle of illusion that is establishing and destroying equilibrium of light and heat energy and hence the dense quality is established in the pure energy that become knowledge (which according to Aitreya Upanishad can be sensed?).”
Continuing into the other verses from here:
A set of bristles moving in the above dense matter that is causing the heat that is forming ideas and getting destroyed causing a disturbance and gives us two states changing and unchanging. This creates an intermediate region with the destroyed bristles creating the noise of the past, a constantly moving accumulation, unopened. When this reaches a certain measure of uncertainty, frees the entire entropy. This illusionary form in the agitated tremulous motion forms the circle of matter and when a certain measure of disturbance is reached in that resting form, it causes a cross over and a creation, producing breath that keeps fading away (since this is a circle and forms again). This unadorned form is the mutilated string of immense red-colored (my take is a specific frequency perceived in a certain color?) light that is keeping back darkness, generating an obscure description for a distinct, fierce form with immense playful communication.
This distinct, fierce, immense communicative form is the sublime body which is a trap for the time bearing the radiant heat of desire, generating a gurgling noise, an adhesive noise when two immense hot sharp edges are rubbed together, giving rise to the imperfection and a collection of mental activity of this immense void, collecting this entangled mass of bright light at the crown of the head, giving rise to the spirit that knows the 10 directions and enjoys comfortable ideas!!
So, persistence has caused a whole universe?! What is time is not anymore as simple as the movement of a clock hand!
Read an interpretation in my Book
A Research of Shiva: The Enigma
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