Vedic Guru Puja

aatma shuddhi (PURIFICATION)

apavitraHpavitro va sarvaavasthaa.n gato.api vaa .
yaH smaretpu.nDariikaakShaM sabaahyaabhya.ntaraH shuchiH ..

Whether all places are permeated with purity or with impurity,
whosoever remembers the lotus-eyed Lord (Vishnu, Rama, Krishna) gains inner and outer purity.

aavaahanaM –( INVOCATION)

naaraayaNaMpadmabhavaM vasishhThaM shaktiM cha tatputraparaasharaM cha .
vyaasaM shukaM gauDapadaM mahaantaM govindayogiindramathaasya shishhyam ..

To Narayana, to lotus-born Brahma, to Vasishtha, to Shakti and his son, Parashara,
to Vyasa, to Shukadeva, to the great Gaudapada, to Govinda, to Yogindra his disciple.

shrii shaMkaraachaaryamathaasya padmapaadaM chahastaamalakaM cha shishhyam .
taM troTakaM vaarttikakaaramanyaan asmataguruun santatamaanatosmi ..

To his disciple Shri Shankaracharya, to his disciples Padmapada, Hastamalaka,
to him Trotakacharya, to Sureshwara (the writer of famous vaarttika's), to others, to our tradition of gurus, I bow down.

shrutismR^itipuraaNaanaaM aalayaM karuNaalayaM .
namaami bhagavatpaadaM sha~NkaraM lokasha~Nkaram .

To the shruti ('that which is heard'), smR^iti ('that which is remembered) and puraaNaanaM ('ancients' [stories]) - the abode of kindness,
I bow down to the feet of the Lord Shankar, emancipator of the world.

sha~NkaraM sha~Nkaraachaarya keshavaM baadaraayaNam .
suutrabhaashhyakR^itauvande bhagavantau punaH punaH ..

To Shankar Shankaracharya (Shiva), Keshava (Vishnu, Krishna), Badarayana (Veda Vyasa),
to the commentator of the suutrabhaashya (Brahma Sutras), at the feet of the lord I bow down again and again.

yaddvaare nikhilaanilimpaparishhadsiddhiM vidhatte.anisham shriimatshriilasitaM jagadgurupadaMnatvaatmatripti~NgataaH .
lokaaGYaanapayodapaaTanadhuraM shriisha~NkaraM sharmadaMbrahmaanandasarasvatiiM guruvaraM dhyaayaami jyotirmayam ..

At whose door the whole galaxy of gods pray for perfection day and night.
Adorned by immeasurable glory, preceptor of the whole world, having bowed down at His feet, we gain fulfilment.
Skilled in dispelling the cloud of ignorance of the people, the gentle emancipator,
Brahmananda Saraswati, the supreme teacher, full of brilliance, on Him we meditate.

aavaahanaM samarpayaami shriigurucharaNa kamalebhyo Hamah

Offering invocation to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

aasanaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNakamalebhyo Hamah

Offering a seat to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

snaanaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNakamalebhyo Hamah

Offering a bath to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

vastraM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNakamalebhyo Hamah

Offering a cloth to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

cha.ndanaM samarpayaami shriigurucharaNa kamalebhyo Hamah

Offering sandal paste to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

akshataan samarpayaami shriigurucharaNa kamalebhyo Hamah

Offering full unbroken rice to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

pushhpaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo Hamah

Offering a flower to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

dhuupaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH

Offering incense to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

diipaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH

Offering light to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

achmaniyam samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH

Offering water to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

naivedyaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH

Offering fruit to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

aachmaniiyaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH

Offering water to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

taambuulaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH

Offering betel leaf to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

shrii phalaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH

Offering coconut to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

aaraatrikyaM – (ARATI - OFFERING CAMPHOR FLAME)

karpuuragauram karuNaavataaram saMsaarasaaraMbhujagendrahaaram .
sadaavasantaM hR^idayaaravinde bhavaM bhavaanii sahitaM namaami

White as camphor, the incarnation of kindness, the essence of the world, the one who is garlanded by the Serpent King,
ever dwelling in the lotus of my heart, bhavaM (Shiva) together with bhavaanii (Parvati), I bow down.

aaraatrikyaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
aachmaniiyaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH

Offering light to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

Offering water to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.


pushhpaaJNjaliM - 'OFFERING FLOWERS WITH FOLDEDHANDS'

gururbrahmaa gururvishhNur gururdevo maheshvaraH .
guruHsaakShaat parambrahma tasmai shrii gurave namaH ..

guru is Brahma, guru is Vishnu, guru is the god Maheshwara (Shiva),
in the presence of the guru, the infinite brahma, to him the blessed guru, I bow down.

akhandamandalakaram vyaaptam yena characharam .
tatpadam darshitam yena tasmai shrii gurave namaH ..

The one who has made it possible to realise Him who pervades this entire infinite
universe of animate and inanimate existence, I bow to the blessed guru.

shrii brahmanandam paramasukhadam kevalam GYaanmurtim .
vishvaatiitaM gagana sadrisham tattvamasyaadi lakshyam ..

Blessed brahmanandam (Absolute Bliss), the giver of greatest happiness, who is only knowledge personified,
beyond the universe [of opposites], one who is like the sky, the goal of 'That Thou art' etc.

ekam nityam vimalam achalam sarvadhiisaakShibhutam .
bhaavaatiitam trigunasahitam sadgurumtvam namaami ..

The one, the eternal, steady without impurity, the one who exists as the witness of all intellect,
the transcendent without the three gunas, the true guru, to him I bow down.

aaGYaana timiraandhasya GYaanaajana shalakayaa .
chakShuruunmiilitam yena tasmai shrii gurave namaH .

With the application of the ointment of knowledge,
by whom the eyes are opened, to him I bow down to the blessed guru

pushhpaaJNjaliM samarpayaami shrii guru charaNa kamalebhyonamaH

Offering a handful of flowers to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.

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