Seven - Guru Ashtakam

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SHAREERAM SUROOPAM THATHA VAA KALATRAM,\nYASASCHARU CHITRAM DHANAM MERU TULYAM,\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nTATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM…1\nBody is handsome, wife is attractive, fame spread far and wide, wealth enormous\nand stable like Mount Meru; but of what consequence are all these,\nif the mind is not riveted in devotion to the lotus feet of Guru?\nReally of what use is all this, what use, what use?\nKALATRAM DHANAM PUTRA POUTRAADI SARVAM,\nGRUHAM BHAANDAVAA SARVA METTADHI JAATAM,\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nTATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM…2\nWife, wealth, son, grandson, and the like, house, relations, even if all these\nare there fate is certain, of what consequence is one’s life if his mind is not\ndevoted to the feet of Guru? Ascertain, what use is any possession,\nperson or object? Of what use, of what use, of what use indeed?\nSHADANGAADHI VEDO MUKHE SHASTRA VIDHYAA,\nKAVITVA AADHI GADHYAM, SUPADHYAM KAROTI,\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nTATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM…3\nAll the Vedas are mastered and ever present on the lips; likewise,\nknowledge of all the sciences is well gained. The ability to write prose or\nverse is also present. Even then, of what ultimate benefit is all this,\nif one’s mind does not devoutly rest on the feet of Guru? By whose grace along\ncan one’s soul be liberated? Of what use, of what use, of what use indeed?\nVIDHESESHU MAANYAHA, SWADHESESHU DHANYAHA,\nSADHAACHAARA VRUTTESHU MATTO NA CHA ANYAHA,\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nTATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM…4\nI am honoured well even in far off places, held in high esteem in my own\nlocality; in good conduct and noble deeds there is no one to excel me.\nIf one has occasion to think like this, of what avail is it if the mind is not\nsteeped in devotion and humility towards the feet of the Guru from whom alone\ncan flow wisdom and immortality?\nKSHAMAA MANDALE BHUPA BHUPAALA BRINDIHI,\nSADA SEVITAM YASYA PAADAARAVINDAM,\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nTATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM…5\nYour feet may be worshipped constantly even by the great kings and emperors of\nthe world for reason of your greatness and scholarship; but of what real\nconsequence is that if the mind is not graced by the blessing of unflinching\ndevotion to the Guru, by whose loving ‘touch' alone can redemption and peace be\nrealized?\nYASHO ME GATTAM DHIKSHU DHAANA PRATAAPAATH\nJAGADVASTU SARVAM KARE YATPRASAADAATH\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nTATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM…6\nOf what avail if one has enough merits to think my fame has already spread in\nseveral places due to my unique generosity and a result, all things of the\nworld stand within my easy reach? For, the virtue and quality that count\nultimately is only one’s unflinching loyalty and devotion towards the Guru\nwhose blessings are the ultimate factor for realization of Truth by a devoted\nseeker.\nNA BHOGE, NA YOGHE, NA VAA VAAJIRAAJAA,\nNA KAANTAA MUKHE NAIVA VITTESHU CHITTAM,\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nTATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM…7\nThe mind may have turned away from external delights through dispassion and\nfrom attainments like Yogic concentration, possessions like horses and the like,\nthe enchanting face of the beloved, in short, the entire wealth of the earth;\nyet it will be of no real merit if the mind is not absorbed in piety and\ndevotion to the feet of Guru. Bereft of this devotion, of what benefit is\nanything, of what benefit, of what benefit?\nANARGYAANI RATNAANI BHUKTAANI SAMYAK\nSAMA LINGITA KAMINI YAAMINEESHU\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nTATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM…8\nEven if I find in my possession precious stones or pearls and well decorated\nand dressed lovable bride, yet if my mind is not absorbed in devotion to the\nlotus feet of the Guru, of what use is any other possession?\n(Another version of Shloka no.8 : —\nARANYE NA VAA SVASYA GEHE NA KAARYE\nNA DEHE MANO VARTATE ME TVANARGYE\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nTATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM, TATAH KIM…8\nThe mind may have lost its charm to live in forests, and likewise in the house;\nmay have lost all desire to achieve whatever; even the concern for the body’s\nwelfare may have been outlived; the most invaluable treasure of the world may\nnot hold any allurement. Even then, of what avail are all these if the supreme\ndevotion to the Guru is not held by the aspirant? Determine, of what use?\nof what use?\nGURORASHTAKAM YAH PATETU PUNYADEHEE\nYATIR BHUPATIR BHRAHMACHAARI CHA GEHI\nLABHED VAANCITAARTHAM PADAM BRAHMA SANJNAM\nMANASCHE NA LAGNAM GURO RANGHRI PADME,\nResult of reading:\nWhoever reads, studies and recites this Ashtaka on Guru and remains devoted and\nattentive to the sayings of the Guru, he, no matter if he is a holy person,\nascetic, king, neophyte, or householder, attains his coveted object,\nnamely the supreme abode of Brahman, the