HONORED GURU GITA 1-20
Transliteration, English Translation & Commentary
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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?
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“Srii devyuvaaca: |
Parvaatii bowed and asked her Lord, The One beyond all names and forms,
Teacher of the whole universe,
Grant me knowing of the Guru.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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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.
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verses 6 & 7 are explained together as a set
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| 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.
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| 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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