108 Names of Sri
Shirdi Sai Baba
The Garland of One Hundred and Eight
Names of the Venerable Shirdi Sai
1. Om Srii Saaii naathaaya
Namah.
Om, to the Venerable Lord Sai, prostration !
2. Om Laksmiinaaraayanaaya
Namah.
Om, to (Vishnu as the Sleeping God lying on waters in the interval
between destruction and re-manifestation of universes) Narayana (accompanied
by the Goddess of Wealth)L akshmi, prostration !
3. Om
Krishna-Raama-Shiva-Maaruty'aadi-ruupaaya Namah.
Om, to Him whose forms Krishna and Rama, Hanuman the son of wind
and so on are, prostration !
4. Om Sheshashaayine Namah.
Om, to Vishnu (in his aforementionned form) laying on Shesha
(Divine Serpent), prostration !
5. Om
Godaavarii-tata-shiiladhii-vaasiine Namah.
Om, to who has His abode near the shores of(the Holy river)
Godavari, prostration!
6. Om Bhakta-hridaalayaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him whose seat (His) devotees' hearts are, prostration!
7. Om Sarva-hrinnilayaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him whose abode the hearts of all (beings) are, prostration!
8. Om Bhuutaavaasaaya Namah.
Om, to Him in whom the beings dwell, prostration!
9. Om Bhuuta
bhavishyad-bhaava-varjitaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who is bereft of past, future and present, prostration!
10. Om Kaalaatiitaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who transcends time (and death) prostration !
11. Om Kaalaaya Namah.
Om, to (Krishna in his cosmic aspect shown to Arjuna in the
Bhagavadgita) who is Time, prostration !
12. Om Kaalakaalaaya Namah.
Om, to (Shiva as Savior of His devotee Markandeya menaced by Yama)
the Death of Time, prostration !
13. Om Kaala-darpa-damanaaya
Namah.
Om, to (Shiva in His aforementionned form) the Subduer of the
pride of Time, prostration !
14. Om Mrityunjayaaya Namah.
Om, to (Shiva in His aforementionned form) the Death-winner,
prostration !
15. Om Amartyaaya Namah.
Om, to the Deathless One, prostration !
16. Om Martyaabhaya-pradaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who gives mortals immortality, prostration !
17. Om Jeevaadhaaraaya Namah.
Om, to Him who sustains the living (beings), prostration !
18. Om Sarvaadhaaraaya Namah.
Om, to Him sustains all, prostration !
19. Om Bhaktaavana-samarthaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who has the power to protect His devotees, prostration
!
20. Om Bhaktaavana-pratijnaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who promises to grant favors to (His) devotees,
prostration !
21. Om Anna-vastra-daaya Namah.
Om, to Him who grants food and clothing, prostration !
22. Om Arogya-kshema-daaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who grants health and patience, prostration !
23. Om
Dhana-maangalya-pradaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who freely gives wealth and fortune, prostration !
24. Om Riddhi-siddhi-daaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who grants (yogic)powers and realization, prostration !
25. Om
Putra-mitra-kalatra-bandhu-daaya Namah.
Om, to Him who grants sons, friends, wives and kin, prostration !
26. Om Yoga-kshema-vahaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who brings forth yogic accomplishment, prostration !
27. Om Aapad-baandhavaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who washes away misfortunes, prostration !
28. Om Maarga-bandhave Namah.
Om, to (Shiva as sung in a celebrated hymn by the mystic,
philospher, and literate Appayya Dikshita) the Friend along the
path, prostration !
29. Om
Bhukti-mukti-swargaapavarga-daaya Namah.
Om, to Him who grants fruitions, liberation, heaven and
abandonment of rebirth, prostration !
30. Om Priyaaya Namah.
Om, to the Beloved One, prostration !
31. Om Priiti-vardhanaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who increases love, prostration !
32. Om Antaryaamine Namah.
Om, to (the Absolute as Paramatman, the Supreme Self) the Inner
Ruler, prostration !
33. Om Saccidaatmane Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) who self Being and Consciousness are,
prostration !
34. Om Nityaanandaaya Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) who is Eternal Bliss, prostration !
35. Om Parama-sukha-daaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who grants supreme ease, prostration !
36. Om Parameshvaraaya Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) the Supreme Lord, prostration !
37. Om Parabrahmane Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) the Supreme Brahman, prostration !
38. Om Paramaatmane Namah.
Om, to the Supreme Self, prostration !
39. Om Jnaana-svaruupine Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) whose nature very nature gnosis is,
prostration !
40. Om Jagatah pitre Namah.
Om, to (Brahma) the Father of the universe, prostration !
41. Om Bhaktaanaam maatri
dhatri pitaamahaaya Namah.
Om, to (Brahma) who is a mother for (His) devotees, the Bearer (of
universe) and the Great Sire, prostration !
42. Om Bhaktaabhaya-pradaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who freely gives to (His) devotees fearlessness,
prostration !
43. Om Bhakta-paraadiinaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who cares for (His) devotees, prostration !
44. Om
Bhaktaanugraha-kaataraaya Namah.
Om, to Him who is very gracious to (His) devotees, prostration !
45. Om Sharanaagata-vatsalaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who loves those who seek refuge (in Him), prostration !
46. Om Bhakti-shakti-pradaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who freely gives devotion and power, prostration !
47. Om Jnaana-vairaagya-daaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who grants gnosis and detachment, prostration !
48. Om Prema-pradaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who freely gives love, prostration !
49. Om
Samshaya-hridaya-daurbalya-paapakarma-vaasanaa-kshaya-karaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who causes obliteration of doubts, heart feebleness,
sins, karman( of present and past lives) and the traces (thereof),
prostration !
50. Om
Hridaya-granthi-bhedakaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who cuts off the heart knot (Upanishadic metaphor for
ultimate realization), prostration !
51. Om Karma-dhvamsine Namah.
Om, to the Destroyer of karman (of present and past lives),
prostration !
52. Om Shuddha-sattvasthitaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who stays in pure minds, prostration !
53. Om Gunaatiita-gunaatmane
Namah.
Om, to (paramatman) who transcents attributes and (yet) is the
very self of attributes, prostration !
54. Om Ananta-kalyaana-gunaaya
Namah.
Om, to (Vishnu as worshipped by the Pancaratra tradition) who is
possessed of infinite auspicious attributes, prostration !
55. Om Amita-paraakramaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him whose strength is unmeasureable, prostration !
56. Om Jayine Namah.
Om, to the Conqueror, prostration !
57. Om Durdharsha kshobhyaaya
Namah.
Om, to the Unconquerable and Unshakable One, prostration !
58. Om Aparaajitaaya Namah.
Om, to the Invincible One, prostration !
59. Om Trilokeshu
avighaatha-gataye Namah.
Om, to (Vishnu in His descent in the world as the Brahmin dwarf,
Vamana) whose going in unimpeded in the three worlds (earth,
intermediate space, and heaven), prostration !
60. Om Ashakya-rahitaaya Namah.
Om, to Him for whom nothing is impossible, prostration !
61. Om Sarva-shakti-muurtaye
Namah.
Om, to Him who is All-Powerful, prostration !
62. Om Suruupa-sundaraaya
Namah.
Om, to the Handsome and Beautiful One, prostration !
63. Om Sulocanaaya Namah.
Om, to Him with beautiful eyes, prostration !
64. Om Bahu ruupa vishva
muurtaye Namah.
Om, to Him of many shapes, having all forms, prostration !
65. Om Aruupaavyaktaaya Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) the Formless and Unmanifest One, prostration !
66. Om Acintyaaya Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) the Unthinkabale One, prostration !
67. Om Suukshmaaya Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) the Subtle One, prostration !
68. Om Sarvaantaryaamine Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) who is everybody's Inner Ruler, prostration !
69. Om Manovaagatiitaaya Namah.
Om, to (Paramatman) who transcends mind and speech, prostration !
70. Om Prema-muurtaye Namah.
Om, to Him whose face Love (as the ultimate mystic experience) is,
prostration !
71. Om Sulabha-durlabhaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him easy to reach (yet) difficult to approach, prostration
!
72. Om Asahaaya sahaayaaya
Namah.
Om, the Helper of the Helpless, prostration !
73. Om
Anaathanaatha-diina-bandhave Namah.
Om, to the Protector of those without protector, the Friend of the
poor, prostration !
74. Om Sarva-bhaara-bhrite
Namah.
Om, to Him who takes upon Himself everyone's burden, prostration !
75. Om
Akarmaaneka-karma-sukarmine Namah.
Om, to Him who well accomplishes the unsavory tasks, prostration !
76 Om
Punya-shravana-kiirtanaaya Namah.
Om, to Him the hearing of whose glorification is purifying,
prostration !
77 Om Tiirthaaya Namah.
Om, to the (holy) Ford, prostration !
78 Om Vaasudevaaya Namah.
Om, to (Krishna) Vasudeva's Son, prostration !
79. Om Sataangataye Namah.
Om, to the Ultimate Resort of the good, prostration !
80. Om Satparaayanaaya Namah.
Om, to the Final End of the good, prostration !
81. Om Lokanaathaaya Namah.
Om, to the Lord of the worlds, prostration !
82 Om Paavanaanaghaaya Namah.
Om, to the Purifier Immaculate, prostration !
83. Om Amritaamshave Namah.
Om, to (the Moon identified with Holy Plant Soma) whose filaments
give forth the juice of immortality, prostration !
84. Om Bhaaskara-prabhaaya
Namah.
Om, to the Sun of shining halo, prostration !
85. Om
Brahmacarya-tapascaryaadi-suvrataaya Namah.
Om, to Him whose vows are chastity, asceticism and so on,
prostration !
86. Om
Satya-dharma-paraayanaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who is the ultimate resort of truthfulness, prostration
!
87. Om Siddheshvaraaya Namah.
Om, to Shiva of Yogic powers, prostration !
88 Om Siddha-sankalpaaya-Namah.
Om, to the Lord of the Realized Ones (the immortal yogin
Dattatreya), prostration !
89. Om Yogeshvaraaya Namah.
Om, to (Shiva) the Lord of Yoga, prostration !
90. Om Bhagavate Namah.
Om, to the Possessor of Divine Glory, prostration !
91. Om Bhakta-vatsalaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who loves His devotees, prostration !
92. Om Satpurushaaya Namah.
Om, to the True Male (purusa), prostration !
93. Om Purushottamaaya Namah.
Om, to the Best among Men, prostration !
94. Om Satya-tattva-bodhakaaya
Namah.
Om, to (the Guru) who awakens (His disciples) to the Principles of
Reality, prostration !
95. Om
Kaamaadi-shad-vairi-dhvamsine Namah.
Om, to the Destroyer of the Six Foes beginning with Desire (Desire,
Anger, Greed, Hatred, Pride, and Envy), prostration !
96 Om
Abhed-aanandaanubhava-pradaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who freely gives the actual experience of Undivided
Bliss, prostration !
97. Om
Sama-sarva-mata-sammataaya Namah.
Om, to (the Sai himself, here presented in a characteristic
feature of His teaching) who approves all religious persuasions as
equal, prostration !
98. Om Shrii
dakshinaa-muurtaye Namah.
Om, to the Venerable (Shiva as the Teacher of Absolute Truth
through silence) with His face to the South(the direction of Death,
as identified with one of the Fires in the Vedic sacrifice),
prostration !
99. Om Shrii venkatesha
ramanaaya Namah.
Om, to Ramana, the Lord of Venkata Hill, prostration !
100. Om Adbhutaananta-caryaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him of wonderful and blissful deeds, prostration !
101. Om Prapannaarti-haraaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who takes away the pains of those who yield themselves
(to Him), prostration !
102. Om
Samsaara-sarva-duhkha-kshaya-karaaya Namah.
Om, to the Cause of the obliteration of every suffering of the
Round of Rebirth, prostration !
103. Om
Sarvavit-sarvato-mukhaaya Namah.
Om, to the Omniscient One, whose face is turned everywhere,
prostration !
104. Om
Sarvaantar-bahih-sthitaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who stays inside and outside all(beings), prostration !
105. Om Sarva-mangala-karaaya
Namah.
Om, to the Cause of all auspiciousness, prostration !
106. Om Sarvaabhiista-pradaaya
Namah.
Om, to Him who freely gives all things wished for, prostration !
107. Om
Samarasa-sanmaarga-sthaapanaaya Namah.
Om, to Him who consolidates the Truth Path along which all
experience (for the mystic) has the same taste, prostration !
108. Om Shrii samartha sadguru
Saaii naathaaya Namah.
Om, to the Venerable Efficacious True Guru, the Lord Sai,
prostration !
Shrii Sadguru Sai Naatha
Mahaaraaja kii Jaya!
Hail Shri Sainath Maharaj, the Supreme Guru
Shrii Guru Kii Jaya!
Hail the Guru!
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