The Ancient One Reprise - Rudra

Om Triyambakam Yajamahe

Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam

Urvarukamiva Bandhanat

Mrtyormuksheeya Mamrtat

Terrifying and yet benevolent

Where the opposites dwell in harmony

O Mahadeva, Praise to thee

He is the eye of the storm

And the calm after the same storm

The Primal Cause, the Effulgent One

Om Namah Shivaya Shivaya Namah

I bow to the Ancient One, O Rudra

Bow to the Ancient One, O Consort of Durga

The King of the Holy Mountains

Who dwells beyond the three gunas

He is the three-eyed one

With the ash-besmeared body

The one with the matted locks

Who slays the demons

I bow before this wielder of the trident

Who bears the Holy River in his matted locks

Can’t you see the serpent slithering around his neck

O Mahayogi

O Conqueror of Death

The one who walks the cremation grounds

Garlanded with human skulls

O Hara, My obeisance to you

Om Namah Shivaya Shivaya Namah

I bow to the Ancient One

O Lord of the three worlds

Bow to the Ancient One

O Consort of Shakti

The King of the Holy Mountains

Who dwells beyond the three gunas

Who is the Maha-Guru

Ruler of the Universe

Most ancient of the ancients

Bow to that primeval one