Debut album collaboration

‘Dhyana’

by

Divya and Viking Trance

VikingTranceisproudtopresentthedebutalbumIncollabora7onwithDivya-Dhyana.Ablissedoutselec7onofmedita7vechantsanddronesfor

relaxa7on.Tuneinandomout.

DhyanaisagatheringofsimpleSanskritchantsandmantrasperformedbyDivyaplayingherharmonium

withplayfulsoundscapes.

Kirtanisthemedita'vechan'ngofSanskritmantras.ThesoundstructureofSanskrit,themostancientofallknownlanguages,containssubtlemys'calenergies.Theseenergiescorrespondtothesubtleastralchannelswhich,similartothemeridiansinacupuncture,runthroughthewholebody.These‘nadis’(literally,soundchannels)starttovibratewhenaMantraissung,recitedorsilentlyrepeatedinthemind.

Thechan7ngofmantrasisbasedonsimplemelodieswhicharederivedfromtheclassicalIndianmusicformofragas.KirtanisconsideredtobetheeasiestwayofupliIingthemindandleadingitintotheinnersilence.

Herearesomeofthemeaningsofafewofthesesanskritwords.Pleaseexploremantrasandchan7ngwhenyoucantobringdeeperunderstandingoftheseenergies.

Om-soundvibra7onofcrea7onNama/Namo/Namaha-tohonororsalute

Shiva/Shivaya/Shambo/Shankara-namesofLordShivaofdestruc7on/transforma7on

Ganapataye-LordGanesha(theelephantheaded)Nataraj-thecosmicdanceGuru-dispellerofdarknessSivananda-masteryogi

Vishnudevananda-masteryogaGovinda/Gopala-namesofLordVishnu,theprotectorRadhaRamana-thenameforKrishnawhodelightsin

RadhaHari-anameforVishnu

TrackOne:OmNamahShivaya

OmNamahShivaya,OmNamahShivaya

PartTwo:OmShivayaNamahShivay

ShivayaNamahaNamaShivay

TrackTwo:OmGamGanapataye

OmGamGanapatayeNamaha

TrackThree:Nataraja

Nataraj,NatarajaJayaShivaShankaraNataraja

Shivaraj,ShivarajaShamboShankaraShivaraja

TrackFour:OmNamoBhagavateVasudevaya

OmNamoBhagavateVasudevaya

OmNamoBhagavateVasudevaya

HareKrishna,HareKrishnaKrishna,Krishna,Hare,Hare

HareRama,HareRamaRama,Rama,Hare,Hare

TrackFive:GuruMantra

GuruBrahma,GuruVishnuGuruDevoMaheshVarahGuruShakshatParaBrahmaTasmaiShriGuruveNamahOmShan7Shan7Shanthi

TheGuruisBrahma(TheGodofCrea7on)TheGuruisVishnu(TheGodofSustenance)TheGuruisShiva(TheGodofAnnihila7on)

MySaluta7ontosuchaGuru,whoisverilytheSupremeGod

TrackSix:ShamboShankara

ShamboShankaraNamaShivayaGirijaShankaraNamaShivaya

ShamboShankaraNamahShivayaArunachalaShivaNamaShivaya

TrackSeven:VandeGuruDev

VandeGurudev,JayaJayaGurudevJayaShriGurudev,JayaJayaGurudev

VandeGurudev,SivanandaGurudevJayaShriGurudev,SivanandaGurudev

VandeGurudev,VishnuSwamiGurudev

JayaShriGurudev,VishnuSwamiGurudev

TrackTen:GayatriMantra

AUMBHOORBHUWAHSWAHA,TATSAVITURVARENYAM

BHARGODEVASAYADHEEMAHIDHIYOYONAHAPRACHODAYAT.

Adivinechanttoawaken,bringlight,intellect,libera7onandprotec7on

Track11:LokahSamasta

LokahSamastahSukhinoBhavantuLokahSamastahSukhinoBhavantu

MayallbeingsbefreeandhappyLokah:realm,loca7on,alluniversesexis7ngSamastah:allsen7entbeingssharingthat

sameloca7onSukhino:freefromsuffering,centeredin

happinessandjoybhav:thedivinemoodorstateofunified

existenceAntumeansitmustbeso,mayitbeso.Theword‘antu’itisusedattheendinghereand

transformsthisamazingmantraintoapowerfulpledge,likein‘Ipromisetodothat’.

TrackEight:DhyanaSlokas

OmOmOm

GajānanamBhūtagaṇādiSevitam

Kapi`haJambūPhalaSāraBhakshitam

UmāSutamShokavināshaKāraṇam

NamāmiVigneshvaraPādaPaṅkajam

ṢhaḍānanamKuṇkumaRaktavarṇamMahāma7mDivyaMayūraVāhanam

RudrasyaSūnamSurasainyaNātham

GuhamSadāhamSharaṇamPrapadye

YāKundenduTuṣāraHāraDhavalāYāShubhraVastrāvritā

YāVīṇāVaraḍaṇḍaMaṇḍitaKarāYāŚvetaPadmāsanā

YāBrahmāchyutaŚaṅkaraPrabhri7bhiḥDevaisSadāPūjitā

SāMāmPātuSaraswacBhagavac

NiśheṣhaJāḍyāpahā

OmNamaḥShivāyaGuraveSat-Chid-ĀnandaMūrtaye

NiṣhprapañchāyaŚhāntāyaŚrīŚivānandāyaTeNamaḥ

ŚrīViṣhṇuDevānandāyaTeNamaḥ

OmSarvaMangalaMāngalyeŚhiveSarvārthaSādhike

SharaṇyeTryambakeGauri

NārāyaṇiNamostute

NarayaniNamostute

OmSahanaVavatuSahanauBhunaktu

SahaVeeryamKaravaaVahaiTejasvinaaVadheeTamastuMaaVidvishaaVahai

OMSHANTIHSHANTIHSHANTIH

TrackNine:GovindJayaJaya

GovindaJayaJaya,GopalaJayaJayaRadha-ramanahari,GovindaJayaJaya