सच्चिदानन्द परात्पर, सज्जन हितकारी। शिव–२ जय जय साम्बसदाशिव–२ जय जय त्रिपुरारी॥ ॐ हर हर हर महादेव
saccidānanda parātpara, sajjana hitakārī | śiva–2 jaya jaya sāmbasadāśiva–2 jaya jaya tripurārī || ōṁ hara hara hara mahādēva
Translation
Being, consciousness and bliss, higher than the highest, benefactor of the good: glory, glory to Sāmba Sadāśiva! Glory, glory to the destroyer of Tripura!
Word by word
- saccidānanda
- being, consciousness and bliss
- parātpara
- higher than the highest
- sajjana
- the good, the virtuous
- hitakārī
- benefactor
- śiva
- Śiva
- jaya
- glory
- sāmbasadāśiva
- Sāmba Sadāśiva, the eternal Śiva together with Ambā
- tripurārī
- Tripurāri, the foe of the three cities (Tripura)
- 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 last verse names Śiva as the Absolute itself, saccidānanda, and closes with two of his titles: Sāmba Sadāśiva, Śiva with the Mother, and Tripurāri, who burned the three cities of the demons.