Prayers

Guru Bandana ... ... Shanti Patha
Shree Guru Pranam
Omm
chaitanyam shAshwatam shAntam byomAtitam nirAnjanam
bindunAda kalAtitam tasmai shrigurabe namah |1|
You are the conscious behind the insentient universe; you have no end or beginning, motionless, beyond the space & time continuum, beyond comprehension, devoid of qualities, beyond bindu-nada-kala. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
guru bramha guru bisnu gururddebo maheshwarah
gurureb param bramha tasmai shrigurabe namah |2|
Guru is the creator Brahma, the sustainer Vishnu and destroyer Siva (Maheswar). Guru is the Brahman, devoid of any qualities. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
agyAna-timirAndhasya gyanAnjana-shalAkayA
chakshuru nmilitam jena tasmai shrigurabe namah |
The living being in this universe is engulfed by illusion, his eyes are covered with darkness of ignorance, hence wanders around like a blind. The guru provides the ointment of knowledge in his eyes and opens his mind into the ocean of knowledge and consciousness. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
gyAnshakti samArudham tatwamAlA bibhusitam
bhuktimukti pradAtAram tasmai shrigurabe namah |
The Guru is covered in knowledge and ultimate power. He is decorated by the twenty four essence of creation of Universe. He is the provider of material enjoyment and salvation. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
sarbashruti shiroratnam birAjita-padAmujam
bedantAmujasurjyAya tasmai shrigurabe namah |
The highest knowledge from and essence of all Vedas and Upanishads is at Guru’s lotus feet. He can blossom the Vedantic knowledge like Sun blossoms lotus. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
anekajanma samprapta karmabandhA bidAhine
Atmagyana pradAnen tasmai shrigurabe namah |
The living beings run through the cycles of birth and death as they are engulfed in illusion and think their body as the soul or the conscious. Guru provides the ultimate knowledge of self and deliverance which results in the escape of the birth and death cycle. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
sansAr-brukshyamArudhAh patanti narakArnabe
jenodhrutamidam bishwam tasmai shrigurabe namah |
The humans immerge themselves in the material world as they are covered in illusion. They commit sins which results in their fall. Guru’s grace becomes the savior of the fallen humans. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
Abramhastanwa pajyarntam paramAtma swarupakam
stAbaram jangamanchaiba pranamAmi jaganmayam |
There is existence of Brahman in each and every animate and inanimate object in this Universe. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
bande aham sachidanandam bhedatitam jagadgurum
nityam purnam nirAkAram nirgunam swatmasamstitam |
I pray to the guru whose existence is eternal, who is embodiment of knowledge and bliss (sat-chit-Anand). Guru is identical to Brahman who is eternal, complete, devoid of any shape or size and exists on His own.
na guroradhikam tatwam na guroradhikam tapah
tatwagyanAt param nAsti tasmai shrigurabe namah |
Without the ultimate knowledge, one can’t achieve salvation. Guru provides the ultimate knowledge which is “the twenty four essence of the creation of the universe is insentient and I am the conscious and separate from Pratriti”. This knowledge that the Guru provides removes the shackle of birth and death cycle. There is no theory to achieve ultimate knowledge that is devoid of Guru. This theory is the ultimate. Realization of Guru in someone’s heart is the highest form of achievement. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
gururAdi-ranAdis-cha guruh parama daibatam
guroh parataram nAsti tasmai shrigurabe namah |
Guru is the cause behind all creation. He is eternal. He is the best among all Debata. There is no one better than Him. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
manmathah shrijagannatho madguru shrijagadguruh
madAtma sarbabhutAtma tasmai shrigurabe namah |
My lord is the lord of Universe. My Guru is the Guru of the Universe. He is the conscious in all beings. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
nityam sudham nirAbhasam nirAkaram niranjanam
nityabodham chidAnandam gurubramha namAmyaham |
Guru is eternal, purest of the pure, devoid of any form or image or reflection, always blissful who can also be realized in any form as meditated upon by a devotee. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
bhabapAsha binAshAya gyanadrusti- pradarshane
namah sadgurabe tubhyam bhuktimukti pradAyine |
Guru can slash the shackles of the material world by providing the sight of ultimate knowledge - knowledge of self. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet, who provides the material enjoyment and salvation.
narAkAra parambramha rupAya agyana hArine
Atmagyana pradAnen tasmai shrigurabe namah |
Guru, the Brahman, takes the form of human to removes the ignorance and bestows the ultimate knowledge. O Brahman embodied Gurudev, I bow to your lotus feet!
Guru Bandana ... ... Shanti Patha