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Shiv Aarti: Jai Shiv Omkara: Text, Transliteration and Meaning

Aarti · 8 verses · original in Hindi

About Shiv Aarti: Jai Shiv Omkara

The Shiva aarti sung on Mondays, Pradosh and Shivaratri. The book calls it the "Trigun aarti": it describes Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva in their one-, four- and five-faced forms and ends by saying the three are one within the syllable Om.

Text: Shivanand Swami (named in the last stanza) (Pre-modern)

Meanings and summaries are editorial, written for this library from the cited edition.

Text and meaning

Refrain

जय शिव ओंकारा हर जै शिव ओंकारा । ब्रह्मा विष्णु सदाशिव अर्द्धंगी धारा ॥ टेर ॥

jaya śiva oṃkārā hara jai śiva oṃkārā | brahmā viṣṇu sadāśiva arddhaṃgī dhārā || ṭera ||

Victory to Shiva, the form of Om; victory to Hara. Brahma, Vishnu and Sadashiva, who holds his consort as half his body: victory.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 8, refrain

Verse 2

एकानन चतुरानन पंचानन राजै । हंसासन गरुड़ासन वृहषवान साजै ॥ जैशि॰ ॥ १ ॥

ekānana caturānana paṃcānana rājai | haṃsāsana garuṛāsana vṛhaṣavāna sājai || jaiśi. || 1 ||

The one-faced (Vishnu), four-faced (Brahma) and five-faced (Shiva) forms shine, adorned with their mounts: the swan, Garuda and the bull.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 8, stanza 1

Verse 3

दोय भुज चार चतुर्भुज दशभुज ते सोहै । तीनों रूप निरखता त्रिभुवन जन मोहै ॥ जैशि॰ ॥ २ ॥

doya bhuja cāra caturbhuja daśabhuja te sohai | tīnoṃ rūpa nirakhatā tribhuvana jana mohai || jaiśi. || 2 ||

Forms with two arms, four arms and ten arms shine; seeing the three forms, the people of the three worlds are enchanted.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 8, stanza 2

Verse 4

अक्षमाला वनमाला रुंडमाला धारी । चंदन मृगमद चंदा भाले शुभकारी ॥ जैशि॰ ॥ ३ ॥

akṣamālā vanamālā ruṃḍamālā dhārī | caṃdana mṛgamada caṃdā bhāle śubhakārī || jaiśi. || 3 ||

You wear the rosary, the garland of forest flowers and the garland of skulls; sandal paste, musk and the moon on your brow bring blessing.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 8, stanza 3

Verse 5

श्वेतांबर पीतांबर बाघंबर अंगे । सनकादिक प्रभुतादिक भूतादिक संगे ॥ जैशि॰ ॥ ४ ॥

śvetāṃbara pītāṃbara bāghaṃbara aṃge | sanakādika prabhutādika bhūtādika saṃge || jaiśi. || 4 ||

White cloth, yellow cloth and tiger skin cover the body; Sanaka and the sages, the great lords and the hosts of spirits keep you company.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 8, stanza 4

Verse 6

कर मध्ये कमंडलु चक्र त्रिशूल धरता । जगकर्ता जगभर्ता जगसंहारकर्ता ॥ जैशिव॰ ॥ ५ ॥

kara madhye kamaṃḍalu cakra triśūla dharatā | jagakartā jagabhartā jagasaṃhārakartā || jaiśiva. || 5 ||

In your hands you hold the water pot, the discus and the trident; you create the world, sustain it and dissolve it.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 8, stanza 5

Verse 7

ब्रह्मा विष्णु सदाशिव जानत अविवेका । प्रणव अक्षर नु मध्ये ये तीनों एका ॥ जैशिव॰ ॥ ६ ॥

brahmā viṣṇu sadāśiva jānata avivekā | praṇava akṣara nu madhye ye tīnoṃ ekā || jaiśiva. || 6 ||

The undiscerning take Brahma, Vishnu and Sadashiva as separate; within the syllable Om the three are one.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 8, stanza 6

Verse 8

त्रिगुणस्वामीजी की आरती जो कोई गावै । भणत शिवानन्द स्वामी मनवांछित पावै ॥ जैशिव॰ ॥ ७ ॥

triguṇasvāmījī kī āratī jo koī gāvai | bhaṇata śivānanda svāmī manavāṃchita pāvai || jaiśiva. || 7 ||

Whoever sings this aarti of the Lord of the three qualities, says Shivanand Swami, receives what the heart desires.

Source: Arti Sangrah, Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay, February 2012 (Samvat 2068), Internet Archive item arti-sangrah-khemraj-publishers, p. 8, stanza 7

Sources and licence

Copied from the page image of "Arti Sangrah" (Khemraj Shrikrishnadas, Bombay; February 2012 edition), p. 8 ("अथ त्रिगुणआरती शिवजीकी"). The book prints the words run together; spaces have been added between words for reading, no letter or mark has been changed, and the printed abbreviation mark is written "॰". The printed spelling is kept, for example "जै", "अर्द्धंगी", "वृहषवान" (common reading "वृषवाहन"), "प्रभुतादिक" (common reading "गरुड़ादिक") and "प्रणव अक्षर नु मध्ये". This text differs in a few lines from the version commonly sung as "Om Jai Shiv Omkara". Meanings are editorial.

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