Aghora Murthy Sahasranamavali Audio

Shri Vasuramesh Dhayalan, a visitor to this blog had requested for an audio for Aghora Murthy Sahasranamam. The closest obtainable is the Sahasranamavali, which is the thousand name and qualities hymn for Shree Aghora Murthy Who is one of the forms of Shiva. One can imagine a Sahasranama Stotram to be a garland of roses tied by a string and a Sahasranamavali to be the roses without being tied by the string – they are still roses in both cases. In the former, there usually are statements about the associated Rishi, the associated Chanda or metre, the name of the Devata, a dhyaana shloka etc., while these are usually absent in the latter.

This is a very powerful hymn of Lord Shiva and in order to get the maximum physical effect and “feeling”, one is STRONGLY recommended to put on headphones and listen with the volume level fairly high – as opposed to hearing through computer or car speakers or on low volume. It is like watching a highly packed action thriller movie with a lot of special effects both video and audio in a 70 mm movie theater versus seeing the same on a mobile phone screen on Youtube ( interrupted by ads ) !

When listened with absolute devotion and focus with eyes closed, one WILL feel the dance of Shiva in this hymn. The words will feel strong, thunderous and the hymn will feel powerful. One note: The feeling of the display of power really starts after 1 minute of the start of the hymn and then never lets down, hence a little patience up front is needed. It was felt that Lord Shiva Himself through Shri Dhayalan wanted all of us to enjoy this bliss --  thanks to Shri Dhayalan, a Divine Soul !

There are several writings about Shri Aghora Murthy – including the trailing pages of the source of lyrics given at the bottom of this post.

This is a long hymn. 29 MB

And now the audio: 31 minutes 24 seconds long.

( Mobile devices: click download; then play.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5yrewH-M1znbnRJQ0lPS1hWS0E/view?usp=sharing

NOTE: BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY LARGE FILE ABOUT 29 MEGABYTES, YOU WILL HAVE TO DOWNLOAD AND THEN LISTEN. On mobile devices and some computers, you may get the message -- This file is too large for Google to scan, download anyway? -- You will have to answer "YES" and then listen after download. On some computers, when you hit the play button, if nothing seems to happen, click the Download arrow at the top, click download anyway and then listen. Sorry for the inconvenience -- but this is a big file and praise to Sri Aghora Murthy -- His Grace is magnificent !

The Sanskrit lyrics can be found at :

http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_shiva/aghoramUrtisahasranAmAvalI.pdf

The last few pages of above link has the anecdotes relating to Shri Aghora Murthy. You can also get lyrics in other languages on the referenced link above. : the picture on top of this post is from http://artistshilpi.blogspot.com -- credit goes to them.

Om Namah Shivaya !