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Mantra as Medicine

Namah Shivaya

Written by Krishna Das

Sanskrit

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What you’re singing

Om Namah Shivaya: I bow to Shiva, the inner Self. Shambhu Shankara and Girija Shankara: Shiva the kind, beloved of the Mountain Goddess. Arunachala Shiva: Shiva as the holy mountain Arunachala.

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