Guru Purnima - Homage to Sri Guru

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Namaste.

 

ba.nda_u guru pada ka.nja kR^ipA si.ndhu nararUpa hari.

mahAmoha tama pu.nja jAsu bachana rabi kara nikara ..

 

I humbly bow down to the lotus feet of Sri Guru,

limitless ocean of Grace, Lord Hari in human form,

Whose words of wisdom are like a flood of bright

sunrays on the dense darkness of great ignorance.

 

ba.nda_u guru pada paduma parAgA.

suruchi subAsa sarasa anurAgA ..

 

amiya mUrimaya chUrana chArU.

samana sakala bhava ruja parivArU ..

 

I offer my sincere respects to the heavenly fragrant

pollen-like dust of the lotusfeet of my saintly Preceptor,

which is full of Divine Love, Bliss, and spiritual ecstasy.

 

That miracle dust alone is the sacred ash of

the root of ambrosia to cure all kinds of

worldly ailments of the mundane existence.

 

sukR^iti sa.nbhu tana bimala bibhUtI.

ma.njula ma.ngala moda prasUtI ..

 

jana mana ma.nju mukura mala haranI.

kie.N tilaka guna gana basa karanI ..

 

Ths dust is just like the beautiful, auspicious

holy ashes on the Divine body of Lord Shambhu,

which brings forth immense spiritual bliss.

 

It also removes the dirt off the mirror of the

devotee's heart and mind, and when applied to the

forehead as an attractive mark of surrender,

it displays the collection of true virtues.

 

- Sri Rama Carita Manas, Sant Tulasidas

 

rahu gaNai tat tapasA na yAti

na cejyayA nirvapaNAd gRhAd vA

na cchaMdasA naiva jalAgni sUryair

vinA mahatpAda rajobhiSekaM

 

(Srimad Bhagavatam 5.12.12)

 

Jada Bharata declares to King Rahugana,

 

"O Rahugana, one does NOT attain this-

Divine state of Self-realization,

through asceticism nor through Vedic rituals,

nor again by dealing out food and

other necessaries among the needy,

nor by duly performing one's religious

duties pertainig to household life,

nor through a proper study of Vedic scriptures,

nor through the worship of gods presiding

over water, fire and sun, NOR by ANY OTHER MEANS,

EXCEPT by sprinkling one's body and mind

with the foot dust of God-realzed saints."

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

, pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

> Namaste all. Guru Purnima is celebrated worldwide by sincere seekers

> of Beloved God on Guru Vaar, July 21, 2005.

>