Verse 2 of 12
Stanza 1 of Om Jai Shiv Omkara
Ekanan Chaturanan Panchanan Raje एकानन चतुरानन पंचानन राजे।
Hansasan Garudasan Vrishvahan Saje हंसासन गरुड़ासन वृषवाहन साजे॥
Meaning
You shine with one face, with four faces and with five; you are seated on the swan, on Garuda and on the bull.
Why this verse matters
The aarti sees the one Shiva in all three forms: Vishnu (one face, Garuda), Brahma (four faces, swan) and Shiva (five faces, the bull Nandi).
Read this verse in other scripts
- IAST (scholarly)
- ekānana caturānana paṃcānana rāje|haṃsāsana garuṛāsana vṛṣavāhana sāje||
- Telugu
- ఏకానన్ చతురానన్ పంచానన్ రాజే।హంసాసన్ గరుడాసన్ వృషవాహన్ సాజే॥
- Tamil
- ஏகாநந் சதுராநந் பஞ்சாநந் ராஜே।ஹம்ஸாஸந் க³ருடா³ஸந் வ்ருʼஷவாஹந் ஸாஜே॥
- Kannada
- ಏಕಾನನ್ ಚತುರಾನನ್ ಪಂಚಾನನ್ ರಾಜೇ।ಹಂಸಾಸನ್ ಗರುಡಾಸನ್ ವೃಷವಾಹನ್ ಸಾಜೇ॥
- Malayalam
- ഏകാനന് ചതുരാനന് പംചാനന് രാജേ।ഹംസാസന് ഗരുഡാസന് വൃഷവാഹന് സാജേ॥
- Gujarati
- એકાનન્ ચતુરાનન્ પંચાનન્ રાજે।હંસાસન્ ગરુડાસન્ વૃષવાહન્ સાજે॥
- Bengali
- একানন্ চতুরানন্ পংচানন্ রাজে।হংসাসন্ গরুডাসন্ বৃষবাহন্ সাজে॥