Nataraj, Nataraja, Jai Shiva Shankara Nataraja.
Shivaraj, Shivaraja, Shambho Shankara Shivaraja.
Devanagari script:
नटराज् नटराज जय् शिव शंकर नटराज ||
शिवराज् शिवराज शम्भो शंकर शिवराज ||
Transliteration:
naṭarāj naṭarāja jai shiva shaṅkara naṭarāja.
shivarāj shivarāja shambho shaṅkara shivarāja.
Sung: |
Spoken: |
naṭarāj/naṭarāja: A name for Shiva as King ("rāja") of the Dance ("naṭa"), the dance of the creation and destruction of the universe.
jai/jaya: Victory to! Celebration of. An emphatic "Hooray God!"
shiva: Shiva is "The Auspicious One," the Supreme God, the Destroyer and Transformer, the Lord of the cosmic dance of all creation and destruction.
shaṅkara: A name for Shiva. One interpretation is Destroyer ("hara") of Doubt ("shaṅka"), while another is the Doer ("kara") of Good ("sam").
shivarāj/shivarāja: King ("rāja") Shiva, or Lord Shiva.
shambho: A name for Shiva as Shambhu, the simple one, the ascetic.
"I salute Shiva, the form of the universe and lord of the cosmic dance. With his ankle bells tinkling, he crushes death under his feet." ~ traditional prayer
"Nataraja, the Lord (or King) of the Dance, is a depiction of the god Shiva as the cosmic dancer who performs his divine dance to destroy a weary universe and make way for the process of creation." ~ wikipedia
"In the iconography of Nataraja, the upper right hand holds a small damaru drum. A specific hand gesture (mudra) is used to hold the drum, and symbolizes sound originating creation, and the beat of the drum as the passage of time. The upper let hand contains Agni or fire, which signifies destruction. The opposing concepts in the upper hands show the counterpoise of creation and destruction, or the fire of life." ~ wikipedia
