THE 108 NAMES OF

GURUDEV SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA  

(The Sivananda Ashtotra Shata Namavali)

(RECITED DURING PADUKA PUJA)

 

Holy Padukaji of Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj

 

1.       Om sri omkara roopaya namah.

          Om, Prostrations to the One whose real form is Omkara.

 

2.       Om sadgurave namah.

          Om, Prostrations to the Sat-Guru.

 

3.       Om sakshacchankara roopadhrite namah.

          Om, to the One who is veritable Lord Siva Himself.

 

4.       Om sivanandaya namah.

          Qm, to Master Sivananda.

 

5.       Om sivakaraya namah.

          Om, to Him who is the personification of Lord Siva.

 

6.       Om sivasayaniroopakaya namah.

          Om, to Him who reveals the form of Lord Siva.

 

7.       Om hrishikesa nivasine namah.

          Om, to HIM who resides in Rishikesh.

 

8.       Om  vaidyasastra visaradaya namah.

          Om, to Him who is an expert in the knowledge of Medicines.

 

9.       Om samadarsine namah.

          Om, to the One of equal vision.

 

10.     Om tapasvine namah.

          Om, to the great ascetic, of great penance.

 

11.     Om premaroopaya namah.

          Om, to the One who is a personification of Love.

 

 12.     Om mahamunaye namah.

          Om, to the great Muni (Sage).

 

13.     Om divya jeevana sangha pratishthatre namah.

          Om, to the Founder of The Divine Life Society

 

14.     Om prabodhakaya namah.

          Om, to the Great Awakener.

 

15.     Om geetananda svaroopine namah.

Om, to the very embodiment of the Bliss of the Bhagavad Gita.

 

16.     Om bhaktigamyaya namah.

Om, to the One who can be attained through devotion and love.

 

17.     Om bhayapahaya namah.

     Om, to the Destroyer of Fear.

 

18.     Om sarvavide namah.

Om, to the Being who is All-Knowing.

 

19.     Om sarvagaya namah.

          Om, to the One who is everywhere

 

20.      Om netre namah. 

     Om, to the One who leads.

 

21.     Om trayeemarga pradarsakaya namah.

Om, to the Expounder and Revealer of all the three Paths (Karma, Bhakti and Jnana).

 

22.     Om vairagya jnana nirataya namah.

Om, to Him who is established in Dispassion and Wisdom.

 

23.     Om sarvaloka hitotsukaya namah.

Om, to Him who is intent upon the welfare of the entire universe.

 

24.     Om bhavamaya prasamanaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Allayer of the disease of this phenomenal existence (Birth and Death).

 

25.     Om samadhigrantha kalpakaya namah.

Om, to Him who has written the Book on Samadhi.

 

26.     Om gunine namah.

Om, to Him who is adorned by Divine qualities.

 

27.     Om mahatmane namah.

Om, to the Great Souled One.

 

28.     Om dharmatmane namah.

Om to the Righteousness-Incarnate.

 

29.     Om sthitaprajnaya namah.

Om, to the One who is established in firm Wisdom (Superconsciousness).

 

30.     Om subhodayaya namah.

Om, to the One who is an Auspicious beginning (in all things).

 

31.     Om ananda sagaraya namah.

Om, to Him who is an Ocean of Bliss.

 

32.     Om saraya namah.

Om, to the Essence, the Quintessence of all Beings.

 

33.     Om gangateerasramasthitaya namah.

Om, to Him who is residing on the bank of the holy river Ganga.

 

34.     Om vishnudevananda-datta

brahmajnana- pradeepakaya namah.

Om, to Him who shines with Brahma-Jnana (Divine Wisdom) conferred on him by his Sannyasa Guru, Swami Vishnudevananda (of Kailasa Ashram).

  

35.     Om sree brahmasootropanisad anglabhashya prakalpakaya namah.

Om, to Him who rendered the Brahma-Sutras and the Upanishads in the English language.

 

36.     Om visvananda charanayugma sevajata subuddhimate namah.

Om, to Him who attained the real Wisdom through the service of the two Holy Feet of Swami Viswananda, his Spiritual Guru.

 

37.     Om mantramoortaye namah.

Om, to Him who is the Personification of all Mantras.

 

38.     Om japaparaya namah.

Om, to Him who is immersed in Japa.

 

39.     Om tantrajnaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Knower of the Tantras.

 

40.     Om manavate namah.

Om, to Him who is full of Humanity, of human qualities

 

41.     Om baline namah.

Om, to Him who is Powerful.

 

42.     Om umaramana padayugma satatarchana lalasaya namah.

Om, to Him who is ever eager to worship the Feet of the Lord of Uma.

 

43.     Om parasmai jyotishe namah.

Om, to the Transcendental Light.

 

44.     Om parasmai dhamne namah.

Om, to Him who is the Ultimate Transcendental Abode.

 

45.     Om paramanave namah.

Om, to the Supreme Atom, the Soul of even the Atom.

 

46.     Om paratparaya namah.

Om, to Him who is beyond even the Transcendental.

 

47.     Om santamoortaye namah.

Om, to Him who is the Personification of Peace.

 

48.     Om dayasagaraya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Ocean of compassion and Mercy.

 

49.     Om Mumukshu-hridayasthitaya namah.

Om, to Him who dwells in the Hearts of Seekers after Liberation.

 

50.     Om anandamrita samdogdhre namah.

Om, to Him who has obtained the Nectar of Supreme Bliss.

 

51.     Om appayyakula-deepakaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Illuminer of the Lamp that lights the Family of the Sage Appayya.

 

52.     Om sakshibhootaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Witness-Being

 

53.     Om rajayogine namah.

Om, to Him who is the Great Raja Yogin.

 

54.     Om satyananda svaroopine namah.

Om, to Him who is the Embodiment of Truth and Bliss.

 

55.     Om ajnanamayabheshajaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Physician for the Disease of Spiritual Ignorance.

 

56.     Om lokoddharanapanditaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Expert in saving Humanity

 

57.     Om yogananda rasasvadine namah.

Om, to Him who is ever tasting the nectar of the Yogic Bliss.

 

58.     Om sadachara samujjvalaya namah.

Om, to Him who is Effulgent, Radiant with noble conduct.

 

59.     Om atmaramaya namah.

Om, to Him who is ever Rejoicing in his own Self.

 

60.     Om sreegurave namah.

Om, to the Revered Guru.

 

61.     Om sacchidananda vigrahaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Embodiment of Satchidananda.

 

62.     Om jeevanmuktaya namah.

Om, to Him who is Liberated even while Living.

 

63.     Om chinmayatmane namah.

Om, to Him who is Pure Consciousness.

 

64.     Om nistraigunyaya namah.

Om, to Him who is devoid of the Three Gunas.

 

65.     Om yateesvaraya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Chief among Renunciates.

 

66.     Om advaitasara-prakata veda-vedanta tattvagaya namah.

Om, to Him who has delved into the Wisdom of the Veda and Vedanta, expounding the Essence of non-dualism (Advaita).

 

67.     Om chidananda janahiada nrityageeta pravartakaya namah.

Om, to Him who causes great Rejoicing among people through his Ecstatic Song and Dance.

 

68.     Om naveenajana santratre namah.

Om, to Him who is the Saviour of the Modern Man.

 

 

69.     Om sree brahmamarga pradarsakaya namah.

Om, to Him who shows the Path to the Attainment of Brahman.

 

70.     Om pranayama parayanaya namah.

Om, to Him who is ever intent on Pranayama.

 

71.     Om nityavairagya samupasritaya namah.

Om, to Him who constantly takes Recourse to the Highest Dispassion.

 

72.     Om jitamayaya namak.

Om, to Him who has conquered Maya.

 

73.     Om dhyanamagnaya namah.

Om, to Him who is blissfully immersed in Deep Meditation.

 

74.     Om kshetrajnaya namah.

Om, to Him who knows entirely the Mystery of this Personality.

 

75.     Om jnanabhaskaraya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Sun of Wisdom.

 

76.     Om maha devadi devaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the God of Gods.

 

77.     Om kalikalmasha nasanaya namah.

Om, to Him who destroys the Impurity of this Iron Age (Kali Yuga).

 

78.     Om tusharasailayogine namah.

Om, to Him who is the Yogi of the Snow Peaks, the Himalayan Yogi.

 

79.     Om kotisoorya samaprabhaya namah.

Om, to the One whose Effulgence is equal to the Effulgence of a Million Suns.

 

80.     Om munivaryaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Foremost among Ascetics and Sages.

 

81.     Om satyayonaye namah.

Om, to Him who is the Source of All Truth.

 

82.     Om paramapurushaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Supreme Being.

 

83.     Om pratapavate namah.

Om, to Him who is endowed with Power.

 

84.     Om nama-sankeertanotkarsha prasamsine namah.

Om, to the Being who has glorified the Singing of the Divine Name.

 

85.     Om mahadyutaye namah.

Om, to the Great Radiance.

 

86.     Om kailasayatra samprapta bahusantushtachetase namah.

Om, to Him who has attained great Satisfaction of the soul by performing pilgrimage to Mount Kailasa.

 

87.     Om chatus sadhana sampannaya namah.

Om, to Him who is endowed with the Four Means of Liberation-I .Viveka (discrimination), 2. Vairagya               (dispassion), 3. Shad-Sampat (sixfold virtues-sama (tranquillity), dama (control of outer senses), uparati (renunciation), titiksha (endurance), sraddha (faith), samadhana (proper concentration), and 4. Mumukshutwa (intense longing for liberation).

 

88.     Om dharmasthapana-tatparaya namah.

Om, to Him who is intent on re-establishing Dharma.

 

89.     Om sivamoortaye namah.

          Om, to Him who is the Form of Siva.

 

90.     Om sivaparaya namah.

Om, to Him who is ever devoted to Siva as the Supreme.

 

91.     Om sishteshtaya namah.

Om, to Him who is Dear to Good People.

 

92.     Om sivekshanaya namah.

Om, to Him who is a Lover of Siva.

 

93.     Om chaturanta medineevyapta suvisala yasodayaya namah.

Om, to Him whose Renown stretches to the Four Corners of the World.

 

94.     Om satyasampoOma vijnana sutattvaika sulakshanaya namah.

Om, to Him who is characterized by Truthfulness, All-Knowledge and Insight into Truth.

 

95.     Om sarvapranishu samjatabhratrubhavaya namah.

Om, to Him who has Created a Feeling of Brotherhood amongst all creatures.

 

96.     Om suvarchalaya namah.

Om, to Him who is lustrous (in face).

 

97.     Om pranavaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Essence of the Pranava-Om.

 

98.     Om sarva tattvajnaya namah.

Om, to Him who knows all 24 Tattwas (Mysteries of the Universe).

 

99.     Om sujnanambudhai chandramase namah.

Om, to Him who is the Moon to the Ocean of Wisdom.

 

100.   Om inanaganga srotasnana pootapapaya namah.

Om, to the One whose sins or Impurities have been completely removed by bathing in the Source of the Ganga of Divine Wisdom which is God.

 

101.   Om sukhapradaya namah.

Om, to Him who is the Giver of Happiness.

 

102.   Om visvanatha kripa-patraya namah.

Om, to Him who has obtained the Grace of Lord Siva.

 

103.   Om sishya hrittapa taskaraya namah.

Om, to Him who steals away the Afflictions of the Hearts of his Disciples.

 

104.   Om kalyanaguna sampoOmaya namah.

Om, to Him who is full of Auspicious Good Qualities.

 

105.   Om sadasiva parayanaya namah.

Om, to Him who is ever Adoring Lord Sadasiva.

 

106.   Om kalpanarahitaya namah.

Om, to Him who is free from all Imaginations of the Mind.

 

107.   Om veeryaya namah.

Om, to Him who is Heroic with Spiritual Force

 

108.   Om bhagavadganalolupaya namah.

Om, to Him who is immersed in Singing the Praises of the Lord.

 

Om shree sadguru sivananda swamine namah. Om namo bhagavate sivanandaya. 

          To our Spiritual Master, Swami Sivananda, I offer adorations.

(Reproduced from "Sivananda Ashram Prayers")

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