Shantala Music
www.shantalamusic.com
THE LOVE WINDOW (2003)
All translations by Douglas Brooks. Om Purnamadah chant provided by Manorama.
About The Love Window:
The sacred songs in this album echo inside each one of us, a whisper from past millennia resonating into the eternal present. Sacred chanting is a love window into the heart. Chanting these ancient names opens the window. We are unspeakably grateful to the source of all song. If you are new to chanting, we invite you to listen to the sound of your voice and notice what happens. Give your heart fully to whatever you love.
We wish to dedicate this album to our mothers, Karla Klinger and Nancy Wertheimer, and to all mothers. Know that you are dearly loved, always!
1. Amba Parameshwari
2. Hare Krishna
3. Durge
4. Shiva Invocation
5. Jaya Shambho
6. Nataraja
7. Om Mata Kali
8. Purnamadah
Track 1 “Amba Parameshwari”
Amba Parameshwari Akhilandeshwari
Adi Parashakti Palayamam
Shri Bhuvaneshwari Raja Maheshwari
Ananda Rupini Palayamam
Sachidananda Rupini Palayamam
Ma Ma Ma Ma
Ananda Mayi Ma Palayamam
Sachidananda Mayi Ma Palayamam
Sweet Mother, You are the Supreme Divine,
Empowering All, you are the Whole, Everything!
Primordial One, Creativity Supreme, protect me!
Auspicious One, Goddess of the Earth, Great Goddess of the Sovereign
Whose Form is Being, Consciousness, and Bliss, protect me!
O Mother, O Ma! O Mother made of Bliss! O Mother, protect me!
O Form of Being, Consciousness, and Bliss, protect me!
Track 2 “Hare Krishna”
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna, Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare
O Sustainer, O Dark One!
O Krishna, O Krishna!
O Sustainer, O Joyous One!
O Rama, O Rama!
Track 3 “Durga”
Durge Durge Durge Jai Jai Ma
Jagatambe Jai Jai Ma
Kalikapalanima
O Durga, Remover of What is Before, Difficult Going!
Victory! Celebration, O Mother of the Universe!
Victory and Celebration, O Mother!
Black One, Protectress of Time, Dark as the Rain Cloud!
Track 5 “Jaya Shambho”
Jaya Jaya Jaya Shambho
Hara Hara Hara Shambho
Mahadeva Shambho, Mahadeva Shambho
Victory, joy, and celebration!
Remover of Darkness! Dissolver of the Universe! Conveyer of Truth!
Great God, Great Light!
Track 6 “Nataraja”
Nataraja Nataraja, Nartana Sundara Nataraja
Shivaraja Shivaraja,
Shiva Kami Priya Shivaraja
Chidambaresha Nataraja
Parthi Purishwara Nataraja
Lord of the Dance, Sovereign of Dance, Beautiful Dancer!
Beloved One who is Shiva's Desire! Auspicious Lord!
Lord Clothed in Consciousness!
Sovereign of the Dance, Earthen Ruler, Lord of the Universe!
Track 7 “Om Mata Kali”
Om Mata Kali, Kali Durge Ma
Shri Ma, Shri Ma, Shri Ma, Shri Ma
Eternal Mother of Time!
Mistress of Death, Remover of Time, O Mother, O Dark One!
Auspicious One, Auspicious Mother, Life Giving, Life Affirming, Celebratory Mother!
Track 8 “Purnamadah”
Om Purnamadah Purnamidam
Purnata Purnamudacyate
Purnasaya Purna Ma Daya
Purnamevava Sheshyate
Om, the Eternal!
The Perfect, Fullfillment! This is the Perfect/Fulfillment!
The Perfect emerges from Perfect!
When the Perfect is separated from the Perfect only the
Perfect remains!
The Artists
Benjy Wertheimer - vocals, esraj, tabla, djembe, keyboards, guitar, percussion
Heather Wertheimer - vocals, guitar
Ty Burhoe - frame drum, shaker
Tim Ellis - guitar on Om Mata Kali, Jaya Shambho, Hare Krishna, and Nataraja
Steve Gorn - bansuri bamboo flute, clarinet
Leraine Horstmanshoff - didgeridoo
Amy Ippoliti - backing vocals on Purnamadah, Durge, and Hare Krishna
Jeff Leonard - bass
Michael Mandrell - guitar on Jaya Shambho, Durge
Matthew Montfort - lead guitar on Nataraja
Beth Noelle - backing vocals on Purnamadah, Amba Parameshwari
Willow Noelle - laughter
Michael Stirling - tamboura
David Trasoff - sarod
Chorus: Karen Berg-Smith, Ty Burhoe, Arthur Cornell, Jarmila Darby, Leslie Ellis, Amy Gasskill, Jim and Lynea Gillen, Tasha Harmon, Leraine Horstmanshoff, Amy Ippoliti, Thomas Lifschutz, Beth Noelle, Georgia Peterson, Annapurna Sarada, Michael Stirling, Jim Walker, Lauren Worsh