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  • Guru Vandana / Chanakya Needhi

    Guru Vandana or गुरु मन्त्र (guru mantra) are Sanskrit stanzas addressed to teacher or गुरु (guru). These shlokas praise the गुरु (guru) for his God like qualities.

    Here are few such shlokas which can be recited any time or on specific occasions like Teacher's Day or गुरुदिवस (gurudivasa).

    अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम् ।
    तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
    akhaNDamaNDalaakaara.n vyaapta.n yena charaacharam
    tatpada.n darshita.n yena tasmai shriigurave namaH
    Salutation to the noble Guru,, who has made it possible to realise the state which pervades the entire cosmos, everything animate and inanimate.

    अज्ञानतिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जनशलाकया ।
    चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
    adnyaanatimiraandhasya dnyaanaaJNjanashalaakayaa
    chakshurunmiilita.n yena tasmai shriigurave namaH
    Salutation to the noble Guru, who has opened the eyes blinded by darkness of ignorance with the collyrium-stick of knowledge.



    गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः ।
    गुरुरेव परंब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
    gururbrahmaa gururviShNuH gururdevo maheshvaraH
    gurureva para.nbrahma tasmai shriigurave namaHSalutation to the noble Guru, who is Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara, the direct Parabrahma, the Supreme Reality..

    स्थावरं जंगमं व्याप्तं यत्किंचित्सचराचरम् ।
    तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
    sthaavara.n ja.ngama.n vyaapta.n yatki.nchitsacharaacharam
    tatpada.n darshita.n yena tasmai shriigurave namaH
    Salutation to the noble Guru, who has made it possible to realise Him, by whom all that is - sentient and insentient, movable and immovable is pervaded.



    चिन्मयं व्यापियत्सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ।
    तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
    chinmaya.n vyaapiyatsarva.n trailokya.n sacharaacharam
    tatpada.n darshita.n yena tasmai shriigurave namaH
    Salutation to the noble Guru, who has made it possible to realise Him pervades everything, sentient and insentient, in all three worlds.

    त्सर्वश्रुतिशिरोरत्नविराजित पदाम्बुजः ।
    वेदान्ताम्बुजसूर्योयः तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
    tsarvashrutishiroratnaviraajita padaambujaH
    vedaantaambujasuuryoyaH tasmai shriigurave namaH
    Salutation to the noble Guru, whose lotus feet are radient with (the luster of) the crest jewel of all Srutis and who is the sun that causes the Vendanta Lotus (knowledge) to bloosom.



    चैतन्यः शाश्वतःशान्तो व्योमातीतो निरंजनः ।
    बिन्दुनाद कलातीतः तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
    chaitanyaH shaashvataHshaanto vyomaatiito nira.njanaJ
    bindunaada kalaatiitaH tasmai shriigurave namaH
    Salutation to the noble Guru,who is the ever effulgent, eternal, peaceful, beyond space, immaculate, and beyond the manifest and unmanifest.



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