Guru-stotram

akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalākāraṁ

vyāptaṁ yena carācaram

tat-padaṁ darśitaṁ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

My salutations to that Guru who revealed to me that truth, which is unfragmented, infinite, timeless divinity, and which pervades the entire universe, movable or immovable.

ajñāna timirān dhasya

jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur-unmīlitaṁ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

My salutations to that reverential teacher, who opened my eyes by applying the Divine collyrium of Self-knowledge in my eyes, which had been blinded by the cataract of ignorance.

gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur

gurur devo maheśvaraḥ

gurur sākṣāt paraṁ brahma

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

Guru Himself is the creator, sustainer and the destroyer. He is verily the very transcendental divinity (the timeless life-principle, which is the very essence of the Creator). My reverential salutations to that glorious teacher.

sthāvaraṁ jaṅgamaṁ vyāptaṁ

yat kiñcit sacarācaram

tat-padaṁ darśitaṁ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

My salutations to that reverential teacher, who revealed to me that which pervades everything in this world, whether animate-inanimate or movable-immovable.

bābāji vyāpi yatsarvaṁ

trailokyaṁ sacarācaram

tat-padaṁ darśitaṁ yena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

My salutations to that glorious Guru, who revealed to me that self-effulgent divinity (the pure unconditioned consciousness) which pervades all the three worlds, with all its movable and immovable objects.

sarva-śruti-śiroratna

virājita-padāmbujaḥ

vedāntāmbuja-sūryo yaḥ

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

My salutations to that reverential teacher, who is like a Sun for the blossoming up of the lotus-like mantras of Upanishads and at whose Lotus Feet lie the beautiful flowers, symbolising the best of the jewels of the Vedas.

caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥ śānto

vyomātīto nirañjanaḥ

bindu-nāda-kalātītaḥ

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

My salutations to that reverential teacher, who is verily the eternal consciousness. He who is beyond ether, beyond Bindu, Nada and Kala – the subtle aspects of the mystic syllable ‘Om’.

jñāna-śakti-samārūḍhaḥ

tattva-mālā-vibhuṣitaḥ

bhukti-mukti-pradātā ca

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

My salutations to that glorious Gurudev, who is established in knowledge and power, who is adorned with the garland of knowledge and who grants both worldly prosperity and spiritual liberation.

aneka-janma-samprāpta

karma-bandha-vidāhine

ātma-jñāna-pradānena

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

My salutations to that reverential teacher who by imparting the Self-knowledge, has swiftly burnt away the bondage of karma which had taken so many lives to accumulate.

śoṣaṇaṁ bhava-sindhoś ca

jñāpanaṁ sāra-sampadaḥ

guroḥ pādodakaṁ samyak

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

I bow to the Divine Guru whose grace dries up the ocean of seeking and the subsequent sorrows and makes one realise the supreme truth. My salutations to the Lotus Feet of that glorious Gurudev.

na guror adhikaṁ tattvaṁ

na guror adhikaṁ tapaḥ

tattva-jñānāt paraṁ nāsti

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

There is no higher truth than the Guru, no higher penance than service to the Guru, and there is nothing higher than realisation of the knowledge of the truth imparted by the Guru. My salutations to such a Gurudev, who is Himself that very timeless truth.

man-nāthaḥ śrī jagannāthaḥ

mad-guruḥ śrī jagadguruḥ

mam-ātmā sarva-bhutātmā

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

My Lord is the Lord of the universe; my teacher is the teacher of the entire universe and my self is the Self of all. My salutations at the Lotus Feet of such a Guru, who has revealed such knowledge to me.

gurur ādir anādiś ca

guruḥ parama daivatam

guroḥ parataraṁ nāsti

tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

The Guru is the beginning of the universe, yet He Himself is without beginning; the Guru is the highest Deity, and there is none higher than the Guru. My reverential salutations at the Lotus Feet of the Divine Guru.

tvam eva mātā ca pitā tvam eva

tvam eva bandhuś ca sakha tvam eva

tvam eva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvam eva

tvam eva sarvaṁ mama deva deva (2)

Oh Lord! You alone are my mother, my father, my brother and my friend. You alone are the knowledge, my real wealth. You are everything for me. You are verily my God alone.