Om Namah Shivaya is the Panchakshara, the five-syllable mantra of devotion to Shiva, found in the Yajurveda. Simple and profound, it is among the most widely chanted of all mantras.
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ॐ नमः शिवाय॥
Om Namah Shivaya
I bow to Shiva — the auspicious one, the inner Self and ground of all being.