Kaala Bhairava Sahasranamam Audio

 

An “unknown” visitor to this blog commented asking that the Kaala Bhairava Sahasranamam Hymn be recited; later, another visitor said the same. Felt it was an order. Hence this post.

Lord Kaala Bhairava – a fierce form of Lord Shiva – is the Deity one worships to eliminate fear. There is a lot of information one can gather. One can get a brief treatise from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhairava  . 

Per Brahma Vaivarta Maha Puranam, one is required to make offerings to the Eight Bhairavas: Asithanga, Ruru, Chanda, Unmaththa, Kapaala, Krodhana, Bheeshana and Samhaara every time a Maha Chandi Homam is conducted and Adiyen religiously follows this with Great Affection. There are so many temples for Sri Kaala Bhairava; personally loved the one in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

We are dealing here with the thousand name hymn for Lord Kaala Bhairava. Unusually, this hymn has some “benefits” of recitation noted right up front. Secondly, this has an extended Nyaasaa portion, wherein one “deposits” / “associates” sacred syllables to various parts of the body. After a brief Dhyaana portion, the main hymn starts.

This is a beautiful stotram; of course, there is a strong Phalasruthi portion after verse 176, where the Rishi ( Mahadeva Himself ) states that by listening to or reciting this stotram, one would become fearless of ghosts or diseases [verse 179], enemies, thieves, fire, tigers [verse180], be free of bad dreams and accidents [verse181]. One would be blessed with wealth, children and kept away from prisons [verse 183], to list a few. It certainly gives one peace of mind and tranquility as was experienced while rendering.

Enough of “looking for” benefits; enough of trading “I’ll give 35 minutes, You give me something”; enough havoc created by “greed” and “trade practices”. At least for a few minutes, let’s focus on thankfulness “just to be”.

This is a long hymn. 32 MB

And now the audio: 35 minutes 19 seconds long.

( Mobile devices: click download; then play.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JYpLIbJJ-95h948IegDwfFipNeaa8ilZ/view?usp=sharing

Two errors in the audio:

a. In the Nyaasa portion, Audio should be “Namaha Sarvaange” NOT “Naama Sarvaange”

b. Verse 92, Audio should be “Anaadhi” NOT “Dhanaadhi”.

The Sanskrit lyrics can be found at :

https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_shiva/kAlabhairavasahasra.pdf

Om Sri Kaala Bhairavaaya Namaha !