Namaste astu bhagavan in Sanskrit, English with Meaning

Namaste astu bhagavan

ॐ नमस्ते अस्तु भगवन
विश्र्वेश्र्वराय महादेवाय
त्र्यम्बकाय त्रिपुरान्तकाय
त्रिकालाग्निकालाय
कालाग्निरुद्राय नीलकण्ठाय मृत्युंजयाय
सर्वेश्र्वराय सदाशिवाय
श्रीमन् महादेवाय नमः

oṃ namaste astu bhagavana
viśrveśrvarāya mahādevāya
tryambakāya tripurāntakāya
trikālāgnikālāya
kālāgnirudrāya nīlakaṇṭhāya mṛtyuṃjayāya
sarveśrvarāya sadāśivāya
śrīman mahādevāya namaḥ

Literal meaning:
Oh Lord, salutations to you
Oh Lord of the Universe, Greatest of them all
He who has three eyes, he who gives enlightenment which is beyond three worlds
He who like fire, devours all three times (Past, Present, Future) within himself
Like Time, he who ends everything, Vast like the blue sky, Over-powerer of death
Lord of all Beings, Conscousness which is untouched by the world yet everything in the world is because of him.
Oh great Lord, salutations to you

Suggested meaning
Oh Lord, may this salutation be unto you who is the Lord of the universe, limitless and effulgent, all-knowing, the one who projects, sustains and takes back this universe, the one who is timeless and also the destroyer of time, all-pervasive, the conqueror of death, the Lord of all, and the ever auspicious one who is always a blessing.

Description

Siva Prarthana – A shlokam in praise of Lord Shiva.

Significance of the shlokam Namaste Astu – Excerpt from ‘Prayer Guide’ by Swami Dayananda

This is a beautiful mantra. It is very good,especially for prayascitta, and can be chanted when one feels guilty for one’s omissions and commissions.

Namaḥ, namaskār. Te, to you, astu, be. Bhagavan, Oh Lord! My namaskār unto you Oh Lord!

Namaḥ astu viśveśvarāya. You have to repeat namaḥ astu with each name. Viśveśvarāya. Isvara, the Lord of the entire viśva, the entire jagat, the world. My namaskar unto the Lord of the entire world.

Mahādevāya, unto the one who is mahān, limitless, and a deva, effulgent.

Tryambakaya, unto the one who has three eyes. He knows the past, the present, and the future. He is all-knowing.

Tripurantakaya, unto the one who is antaka, the one who brings an end of Tripura, the three puras, cities or worlds, bhuḥ, bhuvaḥ and suvaḥ. Tripurantakāya is the one who takes all the three worlds unto himself.

Trikālāgni-kālāya, unto the one who devours the three kālas, or time, which consists of the past, present and future. Kāla eva agniḥ kālāgniḥ. Agni means fire. Kālagni, time, is such that, like fire, it distorts and devours everything, and the Lord devours time itself. In other words, he is timeless, being the creator, the sustainer, and the destroyer of time.

Kalagnirudraya. He is the kāla-agni-rūpena rudraḥ, the one who in the form of the kāla-agni, time, makes everybody weep, or in other words, he is the chastiser, the giver of the fruits of action, karmaphaladātā.

Nilakaṇṭhāya, unto the one who is all-pervasive and manifest in the form of the jagat, whose kantha or neck is the blue sky. This is a beautiful vision of the whole jagat as a manifestation of Isvara, with the blue sky being Bhagavān’s neck.

Mṛtyunjayaya, unto the overlord of mṛtyu, death. The Lord of Death thought that he was the greatest, until he was made to realize that Isvara was supreme. There are many interesting stories about this. The story of Mārkandeya is based upon this aspect of Isvara .

Sarvesvaraya, unto the Lord of all the worlds, bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ and suvaḥ. He is the Lord of all beings, including the various devatās, deities.

Sadaśivāya, unto the one who, despite being the Lord of everything, is himself untouched by anything. The entire jagat is his manifestation, sustained by him and absorbed back unto him, but who is he? He is Sadāśiva, of the nature of pure ānandā, the limitless Consciousness.

Śrīmanmahadevāya namaḥ, my namaskār unto the one who is śriman mahadeva. Śriman is śrimat, which means śrimān, (pronounced Srimaan) one who is a blessing. In reciting this verse, we invoke the Lord in the form of śriman mahadeva and seek his blessing..

Other Shiva Shlokams

Namaste astu bhagavan – Shiva – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Translation and Meaning. Commentary for selected Shlokams.