Rudrashtakam ♫

Penned by the revered saint, Goswami Tulsidas, the *Rudrashtakam* is a prayer to Lord Shiva. Composed in Sanskrit as an ‘Astakam’, it is made up of 8 stanzas, each one describing Lord Shiva himself. This rendition of the *Rudrashtakam* combines the traditional melody sung since hundreds of years, with harmonies borrowed from Western Classical and Jazz music, a unique harmonic structure for each of the *Astakams* as per the *bhaav* (emotion) conveyed. री रूद्राष्टकम नमामीशमीशान निर्वाण रूपं, विभुं व्यापकं ब्रह्म वेदः स्वरूपम् । निजं निर्गुणं निर्विकल्पं निरीहं, चिदाकाश माकाशवासं भजेऽहम् ॥   निराकार मोंकार मूलं तुरीयं, गिराज्ञान गोतीतमीशं गिरीशम् । करालं महाकाल कालं कृपालुं, गुणागार संसार...View all