GURU STOTRAM
(from DIVYA JYOTI of “The Divine Life Society” -
Swami Sivananda)
1. Brahmanandam Parama Sukhadam Kevalam Jnanamurtim
Dvandvathitam Gaganasadrisham Tatvamsyadi Lakshyam,
Ekam Nityam Vimalamachalam Sarvadhee Sakshibhutam
Bhavatitam Trigunarahitam Sad Gurum Tam Namami.
2. Yasyantarnadimadhyam Na Hi Karacharanam Namagotram
Na Sutram
No Jatirnaiva Varnam Na Bhavati Purusho No Napumsam Na
Cha Stri,
Nakaram No Vikaram Na Hi Janimaranam Nasti Punyam Na
Papam
No Tattvam Tatvamekam Sahajasamarasam Sad Gurum Tam
Namami.
3. Gururbrahma Gururvishnur Gururdevo Mahesvarah,
Guruh Sakshat Parambrahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
4. Chaitanyam Shashvatam Shantam Vyomatitam
Niranjanam,
Nadabindukalatitam Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
5. Ajnana Timirandhasya Jnananjana Shalakaya,
Chakshurunmilitam Yena Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
6. Akhandamandalakaram Vyaptam Yena Characharam,
Tatpadam Darshitam Yena Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
7. Sthavaram Jangamam Vyaptam Yat Kinchit
Sacharacharam,
Tvampadam Darshitam Yena Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
8. Chinmayam Vyapitam Sarvam Trailokyam Sacharacharam,
Asitvam Darshitam Yena Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
9. Yatsatyena Jagat Sarvam Yat Prakashena Bhanti Yat,
Yadanandena Nandanti Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
10. Na Guroradhikam Tatvam Na Guroradhikam Tapah,
Na Guroradhikam Jnanam Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
11. Gurureko Jagat Sarvam Brahma Vishnu Shivatmakam,
Guroh Paratharam Nasti Tasmat Sampujayet Gurum.
12. Yasya Deve Parabhaktih Yatha Deve Tathagurau,
Tasyaite Kathita Hyarthah Prakashante Mahatmanah.
13. Mannathah Shrijagannathah Madguruh Srijagadguruh,
Mamatma Sarvabhutatma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
14. Dhyanamulam Gurormurtih Pujamulam Guroh Padam,
Mantramulam Gurorvakyam Mokshamulam Guroh Kripa.
15. Om Namah Shivaya Gurave Satchidananda Murtaye,
Nishprapanchaya Shantaya Niralambaya Tejase.
16. Ajnanamulaharanam Janmakarmanivaranam,
Jnanavairagya Siddhyartham Guroh Padodakam Pibet.
17. Nityam Suddham Nirabhasam Nirakaram Niranjanam,
Nityabodham Chidanandam Gurum Brahma Namamyaham.
18. Nidhaye Sarva Vidyanaam Bhishaje Bhavaroginam,
Gurave Sarvalokanam Dakshinamurtaye Namah.
19. Om Namo Brahmadibhyo Brahmavidya Sampradaya-
Kartribhyo Vamsarishibhyo Mahadbhyo,
Namo Gurubhyah Sarvopaplavarahitah
Prajnanaghanah Pratyagartho Brahmaivahamasmi.
20. Om Naraayanam Padmabhavam Vasishtam
Saktim Cha Tatputra Parasaram Cha,
Vyasam Sukam Gaudapadam Mahantam
Govindayogindra Mathasya Shishyam.
21. Sri Sankarachaaryamathasya
Padmapadam Cha Hastamalakamcha Shishyam,
Tam Trotakam Vartikakaramanyan
Asmadgurun Santatamanatosmi.
22. Srutismritipurananam Alayam Karunalayam,
Namami Bhagavadpadam Shankaram Lokasankaram.
23. Sankaram Sankaracharyam Kesavam Baadarayanam,
Sutrabhashya Kritau Vande Bhagavantau Punah Punah.
24. Isvaro Gururatmeti Murtibhedhavibhagine,
Vyomavad Vyapta Dehaya Dakshinamurthaye Namah.
MEANING OF GURUSTOTRAM
1. I Prostrate to that Sadguru, the Brahman, who is
bliss, who is the giver of supreme happiness, who is
absolute knowledge who is beyond the pairs of
opposites, who is vast like the ether, who is
attainable through assertions like “Tat Twam Asi”, who
is one, eternal, pure and changeless, who is the
witness of all the states of the mind, who transcends
modifications, who is devoid of the three modes (of
Prakriti).
2. I prostrate to that Sadguru, who has no beginning,
no middle, no end, no hands, no feet, no name, no
lineage, no class, no caste, no colour, who is neither
male nor female, who has no form, no change, no birth,
no virtue, no vice, no elements of creation, who is
the one Truth, who is the natural homogeneous Essence.
3. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who is himself
Brahma, Vishnu and God Maheshwara, and who is verily
the Supreme Absolute Itself.
4. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who is pure
Conciousness, eternal, peaceful, beyond ether,
spotless and beyond sound, space and time.
5. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who has opened with
the collyrium stick of knowledge, the eyes of him who
was rendered blind by the darkness of ignorance.
6. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who pervades the
movable and the immovable universe as an unbroken
infinitude of form, and who has shown the state of
That (Brahman).
7. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who pervades the
whole universe constituting of beings, sentient and
insentient, movable and immovable and by whom is shown
the truth of the word “That” (Brahman).
8. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who pervades as
conciousness of beings, movable and immovable in three
worlds and by whom is revealed the truth of the word
“Art” in the Mahaavaakya: “That thou Art”.
9. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, due to whose
existence the world exists, whose effulgence illumines
the world, and whose Bliss is the happiness of all
beings.
10. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who is the eternally
true, austere and absolute knowledge personified.
11. The Guru alone is the whole world including the
worlds of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Nothing exists
that is superior to the Guru. Hence the Guru is to be
worshipped.
12. He whose devotion to the Lord is supreme, and who
has as much devotion to the Guru as to the Lord, unto
him, that high souled one, the meaning of the sacred
texts stand revealed.
13. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, my Lord, who is the
Lord of the entire universe, who is my Guru and world
teacher, the Indweller in me as well as the universe.
14. The form of the Guru is the basis of meditation,
the feet of the Guru are the basis of worship, the
words of the Guru are the basis of Mantra, the Grace
of the Guru is the basis of liberation.
15. Om. Prostration to the Guru, who is Shiva (bliss
and auspiciousness), who is the embodiment of
Existence-Knowledge-Bliss, who is beyond
world-conciousness, who is peaceful, without any
support and self-effulgent.
16. The sacred waters used for washing the feet of the
Guru should be drunk for the sake of destruction of
the root of ignorance, for removing birth and death
and the effects of Karma, and for the attainment of
knowledge and dispassion.
17. I prostrate to that Guru, who is the eternally
pure Brahman, free from reflection, formless,
taintless, eternally awake as pure conciousness and
bliss.
18. I prostrate to that Sri Dakshinamurti, who is the
abode of all knowledge, who is the physician to those
afflicted with the disease of worldly existence, and
who is the Guru of all the worlds.
19. Salutations to Brahman, to the holy sages that
have given us the Brahmavidya; Salutations to the
great Masters of Divine Knowledge and to all the
masters that have awakened the Divine Wisdom in us.
Om I am Brahman.
20. Salutations to Brahma, Vasishtha, Shakti,
Parasara, Vyasa, Suka, Gaudapada the majestic,
Govindapada, the mighty Yogin whose disciple was the
effulgent Shankara.
21. And his great disciples Padmapaada, Trotaka,
Hastaamalaka, and Suresvara who wrote a wide
commentary of Shankara’s Advaita.
22. Salutations to Master Shankara, Bhagavadpaada, the
bestower of felicity and unity on humanity, and the
repository of all the wisdom, contained in the sacred
scriptures. He is the manifestation of compassion.
23. Salutation to Shankara who has explained the
mystic lore handed down to us by Baadaraayana (Vyasa).
Let us adore Him again and again – Aum Bhagavaan
Shankara.
24. I prostrate to Sri Dakshinamurti who manifests in
three different forms as God, Guru and Self, and whose
body is all-pervading like the sky.
Source http://forum.spiritualindia.org/guru-stotram-with-meaning-t25135.0.html
(from DIVYA JYOTI of “The Divine Life Society” -
Swami Sivananda)
1. Brahmanandam Parama Sukhadam Kevalam Jnanamurtim
Dvandvathitam Gaganasadrisham Tatvamsyadi Lakshyam,
Ekam Nityam Vimalamachalam Sarvadhee Sakshibhutam
Bhavatitam Trigunarahitam Sad Gurum Tam Namami.
2. Yasyantarnadimadhyam Na Hi Karacharanam Namagotram
Na Sutram
No Jatirnaiva Varnam Na Bhavati Purusho No Napumsam Na
Cha Stri,
Nakaram No Vikaram Na Hi Janimaranam Nasti Punyam Na
Papam
No Tattvam Tatvamekam Sahajasamarasam Sad Gurum Tam
Namami.
3. Gururbrahma Gururvishnur Gururdevo Mahesvarah,
Guruh Sakshat Parambrahma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
4. Chaitanyam Shashvatam Shantam Vyomatitam
Niranjanam,
Nadabindukalatitam Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
5. Ajnana Timirandhasya Jnananjana Shalakaya,
Chakshurunmilitam Yena Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
6. Akhandamandalakaram Vyaptam Yena Characharam,
Tatpadam Darshitam Yena Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
7. Sthavaram Jangamam Vyaptam Yat Kinchit
Sacharacharam,
Tvampadam Darshitam Yena Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
8. Chinmayam Vyapitam Sarvam Trailokyam Sacharacharam,
Asitvam Darshitam Yena Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
9. Yatsatyena Jagat Sarvam Yat Prakashena Bhanti Yat,
Yadanandena Nandanti Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
10. Na Guroradhikam Tatvam Na Guroradhikam Tapah,
Na Guroradhikam Jnanam Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
11. Gurureko Jagat Sarvam Brahma Vishnu Shivatmakam,
Guroh Paratharam Nasti Tasmat Sampujayet Gurum.
12. Yasya Deve Parabhaktih Yatha Deve Tathagurau,
Tasyaite Kathita Hyarthah Prakashante Mahatmanah.
13. Mannathah Shrijagannathah Madguruh Srijagadguruh,
Mamatma Sarvabhutatma Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
14. Dhyanamulam Gurormurtih Pujamulam Guroh Padam,
Mantramulam Gurorvakyam Mokshamulam Guroh Kripa.
15. Om Namah Shivaya Gurave Satchidananda Murtaye,
Nishprapanchaya Shantaya Niralambaya Tejase.
16. Ajnanamulaharanam Janmakarmanivaranam,
Jnanavairagya Siddhyartham Guroh Padodakam Pibet.
17. Nityam Suddham Nirabhasam Nirakaram Niranjanam,
Nityabodham Chidanandam Gurum Brahma Namamyaham.
18. Nidhaye Sarva Vidyanaam Bhishaje Bhavaroginam,
Gurave Sarvalokanam Dakshinamurtaye Namah.
19. Om Namo Brahmadibhyo Brahmavidya Sampradaya-
Kartribhyo Vamsarishibhyo Mahadbhyo,
Namo Gurubhyah Sarvopaplavarahitah
Prajnanaghanah Pratyagartho Brahmaivahamasmi.
20. Om Naraayanam Padmabhavam Vasishtam
Saktim Cha Tatputra Parasaram Cha,
Vyasam Sukam Gaudapadam Mahantam
Govindayogindra Mathasya Shishyam.
21. Sri Sankarachaaryamathasya
Padmapadam Cha Hastamalakamcha Shishyam,
Tam Trotakam Vartikakaramanyan
Asmadgurun Santatamanatosmi.
22. Srutismritipurananam Alayam Karunalayam,
Namami Bhagavadpadam Shankaram Lokasankaram.
23. Sankaram Sankaracharyam Kesavam Baadarayanam,
Sutrabhashya Kritau Vande Bhagavantau Punah Punah.
24. Isvaro Gururatmeti Murtibhedhavibhagine,
Vyomavad Vyapta Dehaya Dakshinamurthaye Namah.
MEANING OF GURUSTOTRAM
1. I Prostrate to that Sadguru, the Brahman, who is
bliss, who is the giver of supreme happiness, who is
absolute knowledge who is beyond the pairs of
opposites, who is vast like the ether, who is
attainable through assertions like “Tat Twam Asi”, who
is one, eternal, pure and changeless, who is the
witness of all the states of the mind, who transcends
modifications, who is devoid of the three modes (of
Prakriti).
2. I prostrate to that Sadguru, who has no beginning,
no middle, no end, no hands, no feet, no name, no
lineage, no class, no caste, no colour, who is neither
male nor female, who has no form, no change, no birth,
no virtue, no vice, no elements of creation, who is
the one Truth, who is the natural homogeneous Essence.
3. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who is himself
Brahma, Vishnu and God Maheshwara, and who is verily
the Supreme Absolute Itself.
4. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who is pure
Conciousness, eternal, peaceful, beyond ether,
spotless and beyond sound, space and time.
5. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who has opened with
the collyrium stick of knowledge, the eyes of him who
was rendered blind by the darkness of ignorance.
6. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who pervades the
movable and the immovable universe as an unbroken
infinitude of form, and who has shown the state of
That (Brahman).
7. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who pervades the
whole universe constituting of beings, sentient and
insentient, movable and immovable and by whom is shown
the truth of the word “That” (Brahman).
8. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who pervades as
conciousness of beings, movable and immovable in three
worlds and by whom is revealed the truth of the word
“Art” in the Mahaavaakya: “That thou Art”.
9. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, due to whose
existence the world exists, whose effulgence illumines
the world, and whose Bliss is the happiness of all
beings.
10. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, who is the eternally
true, austere and absolute knowledge personified.
11. The Guru alone is the whole world including the
worlds of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Nothing exists
that is superior to the Guru. Hence the Guru is to be
worshipped.
12. He whose devotion to the Lord is supreme, and who
has as much devotion to the Guru as to the Lord, unto
him, that high souled one, the meaning of the sacred
texts stand revealed.
13. I prostrate to that Sri Guru, my Lord, who is the
Lord of the entire universe, who is my Guru and world
teacher, the Indweller in me as well as the universe.
14. The form of the Guru is the basis of meditation,
the feet of the Guru are the basis of worship, the
words of the Guru are the basis of Mantra, the Grace
of the Guru is the basis of liberation.
15. Om. Prostration to the Guru, who is Shiva (bliss
and auspiciousness), who is the embodiment of
Existence-Knowledge-Bliss, who is beyond
world-conciousness, who is peaceful, without any
support and self-effulgent.
16. The sacred waters used for washing the feet of the
Guru should be drunk for the sake of destruction of
the root of ignorance, for removing birth and death
and the effects of Karma, and for the attainment of
knowledge and dispassion.
17. I prostrate to that Guru, who is the eternally
pure Brahman, free from reflection, formless,
taintless, eternally awake as pure conciousness and
bliss.
18. I prostrate to that Sri Dakshinamurti, who is the
abode of all knowledge, who is the physician to those
afflicted with the disease of worldly existence, and
who is the Guru of all the worlds.
19. Salutations to Brahman, to the holy sages that
have given us the Brahmavidya; Salutations to the
great Masters of Divine Knowledge and to all the
masters that have awakened the Divine Wisdom in us.
Om I am Brahman.
20. Salutations to Brahma, Vasishtha, Shakti,
Parasara, Vyasa, Suka, Gaudapada the majestic,
Govindapada, the mighty Yogin whose disciple was the
effulgent Shankara.
21. And his great disciples Padmapaada, Trotaka,
Hastaamalaka, and Suresvara who wrote a wide
commentary of Shankara’s Advaita.
22. Salutations to Master Shankara, Bhagavadpaada, the
bestower of felicity and unity on humanity, and the
repository of all the wisdom, contained in the sacred
scriptures. He is the manifestation of compassion.
23. Salutation to Shankara who has explained the
mystic lore handed down to us by Baadaraayana (Vyasa).
Let us adore Him again and again – Aum Bhagavaan
Shankara.
24. I prostrate to Sri Dakshinamurti who manifests in
three different forms as God, Guru and Self, and whose
body is all-pervading like the sky.
Source http://forum.spiritualindia.org/guru-stotram-with-meaning-t25135.0.html
