abide in the experiential knowing of your own divine essence...
                             Reside in the Knowing of Your Own Self

HONORED GURU GITA 1-20
Transliteration, English Translation & Commentary


 1.





Suuta uvaaca:

Kailaasa-“sikhare ramye
bhakti-sandhaana-naayakam,
Pra.namya paarvatii bhaktyaa
sha
"nkara.m paryap.rcchata  

Suuta describes:

On the peak of Mount Kailaasa
Paarvatii saw Lord "Siva bow.
Shiva who grants union through love,
Who does he show devotion to?

   
 2.





“Srii devyuvaaca:

Om namo deva deve”sa
paraatpara jagadguro,
Sadaa”siva mahaadeva
gurudiik
.saa.m pradehi me.   


Parvaatii bowed and asked her Lord,
The One beyond all names and forms,
Teacher of the whole universe,
Grant me knowing of the Guru.
 

 3.
Kena maarge.na bho svaamin

dehii brahmamayo bhavet,

Tva.m k.rpaa.m kuru me svaamin
namaani cara.nau tava.


 What path makes an embodied one
live in the knowing of their Self?
Lord, bestow your grace upon me
here I am, bowing at your feet.
 
4. 
II”svara uvaaca:

Mamaruupaasi devi tva.m
tvat-priityartha.m vadaamyaham,
Lokopakaaraka.h pra”sno
na kenaapi k.rta.h puraa


 

"Siva replied to Her great love,
O my Beloved, you are me.
No one has asked this until now
Your question is a gift to all.


 
 5. Durlabha.m tri.su loke.su
tacch.r.nu.sva vadaamyaham,
Guru.m vinaa brahma naanyat
satya.m satya.m varaanane


Listen as I reveal the truth,
Difficult to find in this world,
The Guru is the Absolute,
The One, the All. This is the truth.
 
 
 6.



 7. 

Veda-“sastra-puraa.naani
itihaasaadikaani ca,
Mantra-yantraadi-vidyaa”sca
sm.rtir-uccaa.tanaadikam

“Saiva-“saaktaagamaadiini
anyaani vividhaani ca,
Apabhra.m”sa karaa.niiha
jiivaanaa.m bhraantacetasaam. 


Yogic texts, sacred books & myths,
histories, laws and sciences
mantra, yantra, magical and
mystical tantric treatises,
 

All of these, without a Guru,
even Shiva and Shakti texts, 
merely bring about the downfall
of one with a deluded mind.


verses 6 & 7 are explained together as a set

 8.
Yaj~no vrata.m tapo daana.m
japastiirtha.m tathaiva ca,
Gurutattvam avij~naaya
muu.dhaaste carate janaa.h.

Without knowing of the Guru,
they are fools with their rituals, 
sacred sites, donations, mantras
holy vows and austerities.

 
 9.
Gurur buddhyaatmano naanyat
satya.m satya.m na sa.m”saya.h,
tallaabhaartha.m prayatnastu
kartavyo hi manii.sibhi.h.


Guru and Self are not distinct;
beyond doubt, I repeat this truth.
Thus the wise make effort to find 
their Guru and attain that state.
 
       
       
       
       
 
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