Bharatanatyam
Bharatanatyam
Lyrics with Meaning
View lyrics page →ध्यान श्लोक (Dhyana Shloka - Invocation to Lord Shiva)
Original
आङ्गिकं भुवनं यस्य वाचिकं सर्ववाङ्मयम् । आहार्यं चन्द्रतारादि तं नुमः सात्त्विकं शिवम् ॥
Transliteration
āṅgikaṃ bhuvanaṃ yasya vācikaṃ sarvavāṅmayam । āhāryaṃ candratārādi taṃ numaḥ sāttvikaṃ śivam ॥
Meaning / Translation
We bow to the pure, serene Lord Shiva, whose bodily movement is the entire universe, whose speech is the totality of all language and sound, and whose ornaments are the moon and the stars.
नाट्य क्रमः (Natya Krama - The Essence of Expression)
Original
यतो हस्तस्ततो दृष्टिर्यतो दृष्टिस्ततो मनः । यतो मनस्ततो भावो यतो भावस्ततो रसः ॥
Transliteration
yato hastastato dṛṣṭiryato dṛṣṭistato manaḥ । yato manastato bhāvo yato bhāvastato rasaḥ ॥
Meaning / Translation
Where the hand goes, the eyes must follow; where the eyes go, the mind must follow; where the mind goes, deep emotion (bhava) arises; and where emotion arises, aesthetic bliss (rasa) is evoked.
रङ्ग वन्दना (Ranga Vandana - Salutation to the Stage and Assembly)
Original
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥ सभाकल्पतरुर्भूमौ नर्तकी रसदायिनी । नृत्यं तु पुष्पगुच्छाय नटराजाय मङ्गलम् ॥
Transliteration
gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ । guruḥ sākṣāt paraṃ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ॥ sabhākalpatarurbhūmau nartakī rasadāyinī । nṛtyaṃ tu puṣpagucchāya naṭarājāya maṅgalam ॥
Meaning / Translation
The Guru is Brahma, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru is the great Lord Shiva. The Guru is directly the supreme divine consciousness; salutations to that noble Guru. May this sacred gathering flourish like a wish-fulfilling tree, the dancer bestow joyful aesthetic experience, and the dance be offered as a fragrant bouquet of blossoms for the auspicious glory of Lord Nataraja.