![]() His mercy then automatically comes to us. To get His mercy, we must go to Her first. In the same way, the Goddess makes sure that the Lord’s wrath is not directed towards us. It first seeks forgiveness from its mother, who recommends to the father that he must not judge his child harshly. ![]() After all, an erring child is afraid to approach his father. Will we go the way in which temptation leads us? Or will we turn towards God? The ‘ya’ comes right next to ‘Va,’ for the Goddess is even more merciful than Lord Siva. ![]() On one side are the pride and other impure thoughts represented respectively by ‘Na,’ and ‘Ma.’ On the other side of ‘ya,’ we have Lord Siva and Goddess Sakti represented by ‘Si’ and ‘Va.’ So it is for us to decide what we are going to do. Shiva is portrayed as a family man uninfluenced by mortal allures and pleasures. The story follows Shiva, the Protector and the Destroyer, the Peaceful and the Fierce. So when we say, ‘Shivaya Namaha,’ the Atma, represented by ‘ya,’ is in the middle. Om Namah Shivay: With Gaurav Mondal, Debjani Modak, Rupsha Mukherjee, Shriparna Roy. ‘Na’ represents our pride, ‘Ma’ represents the impurities in our minds, ‘Si’ represents Lord Siva, ‘Va’ represents Goddess Shakti, and ‘Ya’ represents the Atma. Sambandan explains the difference between ‘Om Namah Shivay’ and ‘Om Shivay Namah’ in an article published in The Hindu.Įach of the letters in these mantras has significance. Saint Vallalar ( Ramalinga Swamigal) wrote that when one applied sacred ash on the forehead, one should say ‘Shivay Namah,’ because it confers on a devotee good speech, good company, good qualities, and moksha.
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