Mahamantra

Explanation of Sadguru Kabir Saheb’s Mahamantra

by

Mahant Shri 108 Jagdish Dasji Shastri Saheb

ai[h> si[h> ki[h> ji[h> pi[h>, ai(d pi[h> aºt pi[h> m¹y pi[h> Byi p\kiS,

kh[ kb)r s&ni[ wm<dis pi>c nim sd`g&@s[ piv[, s&(mrt h>si li[k (sFiv[ ‘‘

si[h> h>s: sd`g&@ SrNm` ‘

ai[m` ~) rim sRyrim si[h> g&@ rim ‘‘

st` st` si[h> g&@ ‘‘

v>d[ sd`g&@m` sRy kb)r ‘‘

Aoham soham koham johm, adi poham ant poham madhya poham bhya prkash,

kahe Kabir suno Dharmadas panch nam Sadguruse pave, sumirat hansa loksidhave‘‘

soham hans sadguru sharanam‘

Aum Shri Ram Satyaram Soham Guru Ram‘‘

Sat sat soham guru‘‘

Vande Sadgurum Sayakabir Gurudevm‘‘

mhim>#i sm\iT ni[ BiviY< - Meaning of Mahamantra

ai[hm` --a[ prmiRm tRv h&‡ C& ‘

Aoham –I am that supreme element ‘

si[hm` - t[ aj a(vniS) b\M h&‡ C& ‘

Soham –I am that eternal indestructible supreme power ‘

ki[hm` - h&‡ ki[n C& ‘

Koham –who am I ‘

ji[hm` - j[ prm tRv C[, b\M tRv C[ t[n[ h&‡ miri a>trmi> sixitRkir oiri ji[U C& ‘

Joham –that which is eternal and supreme element, I am able to see within myself ‘

pi[hm` - ai (p>D an[ b\Mi>Dmi> p*N< r)t[ pri[viy[li[ (ct` $p c]tºy, a(AtRv $p prmiRmi t[ h&‡ C& ‘

Poham –I am that supreme element; the one that connects the soul in this body and the universe ‘

ai(d pi[hm` -ai (p>D tYi bMi>D n) uRp(_i smy[ pN sv<#i (cd` $pY) pri[vili[ sd`$p c]tºy prmiRmi t[ h&‡ j hti[ ‘

Adi Poham –the supreme element that resides in this soul and the universe was present during the creation of universe ‘

aºt pi[hm` :- ai (p>D tYi b\Mi>Dni ly Yyi pC) pN SiVt a(AtRv $p sh&mi> pri[viy[li[ c]tºy prmiRmi t[ h&‡ j C& ‘

Ant Poham –the one that exists after the soul and the universe has ceased I am that supreme power ‘

m¹y pi[h> Byi p\kiS, es m¹y aYi<t vt<min (AY(tmi> pN (cd` $pY) pri[viy[li[ c]tºy prmiRmi t[ h&> j C& ‘

Madhya poham bhya prakash –I am the one that exists now‘

kh[ kb)r s&ni[ wm<dis pi>c nim sd`g&@s[ piv[, s&(mrt h>si li[k (sFiv[ ‘‘

Kahe Kabir listen to me Oh Dharmadas, the one who receives these five names from a sadguru will reside in my abode ‘

si[h> h>s: sd`g&@ SrNm` ‘

Oh eternal soul bow at the lotus feet of sadguru

v>d[ sd`g&@m` sRy kb)r ‘‘

Bow again and again at the lotus feet of Sadguru Kabir