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Guruparampara Vandana


Anuṣṭup chandaḥ - eight-syllable form

  • Genre: bhakti-gitam Deity: Guru
  • Artists: Padmaja Patel
  • Original Script

    सदाशिवसमारम्भां नन्दिनाथसुनन्दिताम्।
    तिरुमूलारसिद्धान्ततेजोरश्मिप्रकाशिताम् ।।1।।
    ऋषिपुनितमौनाप्त-प्रसन्नस्यन्दनोज्ज्वलाम्।
    कदैत्स्वाम्यद्भुताश्चर्य-सिद्धिसामर्थ्यभूषिताम् ।।2।।
    चेल्लप्पास्वामिसमृद्धां योगस्वामिसुभाषिताम्।
    दुःखविनाशिनीं सद्यः परमानन्दप्रदायिनीम् ।।3।।
    वर्धितां गुरुभिर्लोके शुचिस्नेहसमन्वितैः।
    साधनैर्गुरुदेवस्य शिवसंमार्गगामिनः ।।4।।
    सांप्रतं बोधिनाथेन सोत्साहमभिरक्षिताम्।
    दिव्येन भावतो नित्यं वन्दे गुरुपरम्पराम् ।।5।।

    Transliteration

    atha Gu॒ru paramparā॒ va॒nda॑nā॒
    sa॒dāśivasamā॒rambhā॑॑ṃ na॒ndināthasu॒nandi॑tām
    ti॒rumūlārasi॒ddhānta॑ te॒joraśmipr॒akāśi॑tā॒m
    ṛṣ॒ipunitama॒unā॒pta॑ pr॒asannasyanda॒nojjv॑alā॒m
    ka॒daitsvā॒myadbhutā॒ścarya॑ si॒ddhisā॒marthy॒abhūṣ॑itā॒m
    ce॒llappā॒svāmisa॒mṛddhā॑m yo॒gasvāmisu॒bhāṣi॑tā॒m
    du॒ḥkhavināśinī॒n sadya॑ḥ pa॒ramā॒nandapr॒adāy॑inīm
    va॒rdhitām gurubhi॒rloke॑ śu॒cisnehasa॒manvi॑taiḥ
    sā॒dhanair gurude॒vasya॑ śi॒vasaṇmārga॒gāmina॑ḥ
    sā॒mpratām bodhinā॒thena॑ so॒tsāhamabh॒irakṣi॑tām
    di॒vyena bhāvato॒ nitya॑m va॒nde gurupa॒rampa॑rām

    Photo of  Gurudeva
    There is a way of being remorseful, showing shame, being humble, of resolving situations when they do go wrong so that you can truly "get on with life" and not be bound by emotionally saturated memories of the past.
    —Gurudeva