Shiva – Om Namah Shivaya Mantra

The translation is ‘I bow to Shiva’. Shiva is the supreme God of transformation who represents the highest self.’ It is called the Shiva Panchakshara or simply Panchakshara. The five syllable mantra. (‘Om’ is excluded.) The mantra originates in the Krishna Yajurveda, where it appears several times without its first syllable. The five syllables – ‘’Na’ ‘Ma’ ‘Si’ ‘Va’ and ‘Ya’ are thought to represent five elements of the world – ‘Na’ represents ‘earth’. ‘Ma’ represents ‘water’. ‘Si’ represents ‘fire’. Va represents the ‘Pranic air’ and the ‘Ya sound represents the sky or ether. ‘Om Namah Shivaya’ is considered to bring you closer to the deity of Shiva, and everything in nature it represents.