Galela Lambya – Long Neck that is supporting the serpents, Lambitam – Hanging, Bhujanga – Snakes, Tunga – Big, Malikaam – Garland, Damad Damad – Sound of Damroo, Tanothu – Please bless me. Jata Tavi – Matted hair like a forest, Galla Jala – water pouring out, Pravaha – Flow Streaming forth, Pavita – Purifying, Sthala – Ground. Galela Lambya Lambitam Bhujanga Tunga Malikaamĭamad Damad Damad DamanniNada Vad Damar VayamĬhakara Chanda Tandavam Tanothu Na Shivam Shivam

Jata Tavi Galla Jala Pravaha Pavita Asthale I have also enclosed the YouTube links for the same

I owe my gratitude to Muthulaxmi Rao for spending time and explaining this beautiful song word by word. This is a beautiful chant and you can appreciate it better if you understand the meaning. Word by word meaning and the explanation of each stanza is enclosed. Listed below are the words in Sanskrit and the exact pronunciation in English. I have made it easy for every person to learn this highly energising songs. In the final stanza of the poem, after tiring of rampaging across the earth, Ravana asks, “When will I be happy?” Because of the intensity of his prayers and ascetic meditation, of which this hymn was an example, Ravana received from Shiva powers and a celestial sword called Chandrahas.

Alliteration and onomatopoeia create rolling waves of resounding beauty in this example of devotional poetry. The poetic meter is iambic octameter by definition. Shiva Tandava Stotram is one of his many works.It is believed that Ravana composed the hymn in praise for Shiva, and pleading for moksha. The stotra has 16 syllables per line of the quatrain, with laghu (short syllable) and guru (long syllable) characters alternating. Shiva Tandava Stotram is the most popular Shiva Stotram composed by Ravana, a Sanskrit scholar par excellence and a great devotee of Lord Shiva.

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