सुर नर मुनि सब प्रभुकै, निशिदिन ध्यान गरी। शिव–२ परमानन्द मगन भै–२ जान्छन् पार तरी॥ ॐ हर हर हर महादेव
sura nara muni saba prabhukai, niśidina dhyāna garī | śiva–2 paramānanda magana bhai–2 jānchan pāra tarī || ōṁ hara hara hara mahādēva
Translation
Gods, humans and sages, meditating on the Lord alone night and day, become absorbed in supreme bliss and cross over to the far shore.
Word by word
- sura
- gods
- nara
- humans
- muni
- sages
- saba
- all
- prabhukai
- on the Lord alone
- niśidina
- night and day
- dhyāna
- meditation
- garī
- doing
- śiva
- Śiva
- paramānanda
- supreme bliss
- magana
- absorbed, immersed
- bhai
- becoming
- jānchan
- they go
- pāra
- across, to the far shore
- tarī
- having crossed
- ōṁ
- Oṁ, the sacred syllable
- hara
- Hara, "the one who takes away" (sorrow and bondage), a name of Śiva
- mahādēva
- Mahādeva, the great god
Meaning
The "far shore" is the familiar image of liberation: the ocean of worldly existence crossed. The verse sets meditation on Śiva, by gods and humans alike, at the heart of the hymn.