Songs / Bhajans

Lord Mahesh (महेश्) – The Tamsik - The Destroyer

Lord Mahesh or Shiva, the 3rd God of the Hindu Trimurti, is the Distroyer

Mahesh represents the hot-blooded (Tamsik) – dream, thought, action, character, and destiny – way.

His attributes represents victory over the demonic activity, and calmness of human nature.

Shiva is a the part of the Hindu trinity which has dominion over death and destruction.

He appears in a meditating but ever-happy posture having matted hair which holds the flowing Ganges river and a crescent moon, a serpent coiled around his neck, a trident (trishul) in his one hand and ashes all over his body.

He is known as the "giver" god.

His vehicle is a bull (symbol of happiness and strength) named Nandi.

Shiva-Linga, a sign of the Lord, is adored instead of him.

Shiva is also considered the greatest of the yogis, the lord of meditation, and the lord of all that is mystic and mysterious in hindu practices.

Legend has it that the holy river Ganges (or Ganga) is in fact a representation of Lord Shiva's long hair.

Some texts refer to the five letters as the forms of Shiva - Na-gendra (one who wears a garland of snakes), Ma-ndakini Salila (one who is bathed by the water of the Ganges), Shi (the supreme Lord), Va-shishta (one who is praised by the sages like Vashishta), and Ya-ksha (one who takes the form of Yaksha).

The Om Namah Shivaya mantra or chant consists of six syllables - om, na, mah, shi, vaa, ya.

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Lord Brahma (ब्रह्मा) – The Satvic - The Saintly

Lord Brahma, the infinite, is the source of all space, time, causation, names and forms.
Brahma represents the saintly (satvic) – dream, thought, action, character, and destiny – way.    

Theologically, he is the single letter (eka aksharam) AUM, and the uncreated creator (svayambhu), the self-born first person.
Philosophically, he is the first manifestation of one's existence (ahankara).
Cosmologically, he is hiranya garbha (golden embryo), the ball of fire, from which the universe develops. He is Prajapati, since all creatures are his progeny. He is: 

Mythologically, Brahma springs from Kamala (lotus), from the nabhi (navel) of Vishnu. His consort Saraswati manifested out of him and all creatures of the world resulted from their union. 

Origin of Brahma

Brahma manifested to dispel the darkness enveloping universe. He created water and deposited a seed that became a golden egg. He divided the egg into two parts to construct the heaven and earth, and created the tenPrajapatis, mind-born sons, who completed the work of creation.

Representations of Brahma

Brahma's icon has four heads (chatur mukha brahma) representing the:

• Four Vedas - (Rig, Yajur, Sama, Atharva) - knowledge
• Four Yugas - (krita, treta, dwapara, kali) - epochs of time
• Four Varnas - (brahmana, kshatriya, vaisya, sudra) - working class

The four arms holding up different objects

• Akshamala (rosary) - denoting time
• Kurcha (kusha grass), sruk (ladle), sruva (spoon) - denoting systems of sacrifice
• Kamandala (water pot) - denoting water and
• Pustaka (book) - denoting knowledge

Hand postures (mudras) are protector (abhaya) and giver of boons (varada).

Brahma also rides a chariot drawn by seven swans - representing the seven worlds.