Guru Puja Chanting

The lineage of Guruparampara

• सदाशिव समारम्भाम् शंकराचार्य मध्यमाम्
अस्मद् श्री गुरु पर्यन्ताम् वंदे गुरु परम्पराम्
• Sadashiva Samarambham Shankaracharya Madhyamam
Asmad Sri Guru Paryantam, Vande Guru Paramparam
•
Beginning with Sadashiva, through Adi Shankaracharya in between
and upto my own preceptor
I bow with reverence to the entire tradition of preceptors
आत्म शुद्धि - aatma shuddhi - PURIFICATION
• अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा सर्वावस्थां गतोऽपि वा।
यः स्मरेत्पुंडरीकाक्षं स बाह्याभ्यंतरः शुचिः॥

apavitraH pavitro vaa sarvaavasthaa.n gato.api vaa .

yaH smaretpu.nDariikaakShaM sa baahyaabhya.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.
आवाहनं - aavaahanaM - INVOCATION
गुरुवन्दनम् १- guruvandanam v1 / gurustotram
v20
• नारायणं पद्मभवं वसिष्ठं शक्तिं च तत्पुत्रपराशरं च।
व्यासं शुकं गौडपदं महान्तं गोविन्दयोगीन्द्रमथास्य शिष्यम्॥

naaraayaNaM padmabhavaM 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.
गुरुवन्दनम् २ - guruvandanam v2 / gurustotram
v21
• श्री शंकराचार्यमथास्य पद्मपादं च हस्तामलकं च शिष्यम्।
तं त्रोटकं वार्त्तिककारमन्यान् अस्मतगुरून् सन्ततमानतोस्मि॥

shrii shaMkaraachaaryamathaasya padmapaadaM cha hastaamalakaM 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.
गुरुवन्दनम् ३ - guruvandanam v3 / gurustotram
v22
• श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणानां आलयं करुणालयं।
नमामि भगवत्पादं शङ्करं लोकशङ्करम्॥

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.
गुरुवन्दनम् ४ - guruvandanam v4 / gurustotram
v23
• शङ्करं शङ्कराचार्य के शवं बादरायणम्।
सूत्रभाष्यकृ तौ वन्दे भगवन्तौ पुनः पुनः॥

sha~NkaraM sha~Nkaraachaarya keshavaM baadaraayaNam .

suutrabhaashhyakR^itau vande 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.
प्रार्थना ५ - 5..
praarthanaa v5
• यद्‌द्वारे निखिला निलिम्पपरिषत्सिद्धिं विधत्तेऽनिशंश्रीमच्छ्रीलसितं जगद्‌गुरुपदं नत्वात्मतृप्तिं गताः।
लोकाज्ञानपयोदपाटनधुरं श्रीशंकरं शर्मदंब्रह्मानन्दसरस्वतीं गुरुवरं ध्यायामि ज्योतिर्मयं॥५॥

yad.hdvaare nikhilaa nilimpaparishhatsiddhiM vidhatte.anishaM ,

shriimachchhriilasitaM jagad.hgurupadaM natvaatmatR^iptiM gataaH .
lokaaGYaanapayodapaaTanadhuraM shriishaMkaraM sharmadaM ,
brahmaanandasarasvatiiM 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.
षोडशोपचार पूजन - shhoDashopachaara
puujana - puuja of 16 OFFERINGS
• आवाहनं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
aavaahanaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering invocation to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
आसनं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
aasanaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering a seat to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
स्नानं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
snaanaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering a bath to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
वस्त्रं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
vastraM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering a cloth to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
षोडशोपचार पूजन - shhoDashopachaara
puujana - puuja of 16 OFFERINGS
• चंदनं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
cha.ndanaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering sandal paste to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
अक्शतान् समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
akshataan samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering full unbroken rice to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
पुष्पं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
pushhpaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering a flower to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
धूपं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
dhuupaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
• Offering incense to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
षोडशोपचार पूजन - shhoDashopachaara
puujana - puuja of 16 OFFERINGS
• diipaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering light to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
अच्मनियम् समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
achmaniyam samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering water to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
नैवेद्यं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
naivedyaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering fruit to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
अच्मनीयं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
achmaniiyaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering water to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
षोडशोपचार पूजन - shhoDashopachaara
puujana - puuja of 16 OFFERINGS
• ताम्बूलं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
taambuulaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering betel leaf to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
श्री फलं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
shrii phalaM samarpayaami shriiguru charaNa kamalebhyo namaH
Offering coconut to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I bow down.
उपचारस् - upachaaras
आरात्रिक्यं - aaraatrikyaM - ARATI - OFFERING CAMPHOR
FLAME
प्रार्थना- उपचारस् - praarthanaa - upachaaras /
shiva shloka
• कर्पूरगौरम् करुणावतारम् संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम्।
सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानी सहितं नमामि॥
प्रार्थना- उपचारस्
karpuuragauram karuNaavataaram saMsaarasaaraM bhujagendrahaaram .
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.
उपचारस् - upachaaras
• आरात्रिक्यं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
आच्मनीयं समर्पयामि श्रीगुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
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.
पुष्पाञ्जलिं - pushhpaaJNjaliM - 'OFFERING
FLOWERS WITH FOLDED HANDS'
gurudevastuti v6 / guru maMtra
• गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर् गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।
गुरुःसाक्षात् परम्ब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥
गुरुदेवस्तुति ६ / गुरु मंत्र
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 transcendental brahman, to him the
blessed guru, I bow down.
गुरुदेवस्तुति ४ / गुरु स्तोत्रम् - gurudevastuti
v4 / guru stotram / guru pranam
• अखन्दमन्दलकरम् व्याप्तम् येन चरचरम्।
तत्पदम् दर्शितम् येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥
गुरुदेवस्तुति ४ / गुरु स्तोत्रम्
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.
गुरुदेवस्तुति २ / गुरु गीत - gurudevastuti
v2 / guru giita
• श्री+ ब्रह्मनन्दम् परम सुखदम् के वलम् ज्ञान्मुर्तिम्।
विश्वातीतं* गगन सद्रिशम् तत्त्वमस्यादि लक्श्यम्॥
गुरुदेवस्तुति २ / गुरु गीत
shrii+ brahmanandam parama sukhadam kevalam GYaanmurtim .
vishvaatiitaM* gagana sadrisham tattvamasyaadi lakshyam ..

Blessed brahmanandam (Absolute Bliss), the giver of greatest

(transcendental) happiness, who is only knowledge personified,
beyond the universe [of opposites], one who is like the sky, the goal of
'That Thou art' etc.
गुरुदेवस्तुति ३
• एकं नित्यं विमलमचलं सर्वधीसाक्षिभूतं
भावातीतं त्रिगुणरहितं सद्गुरुं तं नमामि ॥
• ekam nityam vimalam achalam sarvadhiisaakShibhutam .
bhaavaatiitam trigunasahitam** sadgurum tvam namaami ..
gurudevastuti v3

• 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.
गुरुदेवस्तुति ५ / गुरु गीत ३४ - gurudevastuti v5 / guru giita v34

• आज्ञान तिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाजन शलकया।

चक्षुरून्मीलितम् येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥
गुरुदेवस्तुति ५ / गुरु गीत ३४
aaGYaana timiraandhasya GYaanaajana shalakayaa .
chakShuruunmiilitam yena tasmai shrii gurave namaH ..

• The blinding darkness of ignorance has been probed with the

ointment of knowledge,
the eyes [of knowledge] have been opened by Him, [therefore] to the
blessed guru, I bow down.
उपचारस् - upachaaras
• पुष्पाञ्जलिं समर्पयामि श्री गुरु चरण कमलेभ्यो नमः
pushhpaaJNjaliM samarpayaami shrii guru charaNa kamalebhyo
namaH

• Offering a handful of flowers to the lotus feet of the blessed guru, I

bow down.