Shree Guru Gita
Om, this is the shree Guru Gita stotra-mantra having
the eternal Lord Shiva as the seer.
With different modes are the metres,
The supreme Self of shree Guru is the deity.
Ham is the seed,
Sah the shakti,
Krom the pillar.
In order to attain the prasad of shree Guru
is the repeating purpose.
Now meditation,
By Ham and Sah, by a lotus surrounded by petals,
by the divine cause of the world,
the universe arose by living in innumerable bodies,
for its own pleasure by the will of the Self.
On that light which is but the foot of Shambhu, a foot
holding the flame of a lamp,
on the visible imperishable form, the Guru's foot,
one should meditate firmly and perpetually.
For me, to attain the four kinds of life goals
is the repeating purpose.
On the summit of Mount Kailasa resplendent,
to the master of union with devotion
having pranamed, Parvati, with devotion,
questioned Shankara...
Shree Goddess said,
Om, salutations, O God, O Lord of gods,
Beyond the beyond, O Guru of the universe!
O eternal Shiva, O great God,
the Guru initiation give to me!
By which path O Swami,
should an embodied one full of Brahman become?
Do your grace unto me O Swami,
I am bowing to your feet.
Ishvara said,
My form O Goddess you are,
for your love am I speaking,
Helpful to the world is the question,
not by anyone even done before.
Difficult to attain in the three worlds,
listen to what I am saying,
There is no other Guru apart from Brahman,
this is true, this is true, O beautiful one.
The Vedas, Shastras, Puranas,
historical accounts and others,
And the science of mantra, yantra, and so on,
smrutis, the uccatana and other incantations,
Shaiva, Shakta treatises and so on,
and others variously,
In this world cause the downfall,
of those beings with deluded minds.
Yajnas, vows, tapa, charity,
japa, pilgrimage, and so on,
The Guru principle not knowing,
fools they are those wandering people.
The Guru is the enlightened Self, no other,
this is true, this is true, no doubt.
In order to attain that, effort however
should surely be done by wise ones.
The hidden knowledge, the world's maya,
and in the body born of ignorance,
Arising by whose light,
by the word Guru it is called.
Having purified the Self of all sins,
through seva at shree Guru's feet,
An embodied one can become Brahman by this.
In order to give you grace I am speaking to you.
The lotus of the Guru's feet having remembered,
water on the head one should support,
Of bathing in all the places of pilgrimage,
he obtains this fruit, a person.
Drying up the muddy quagmire of sins,
kindling the fire of knowledge,
The water of the Guru's feet properly
is a crossing over the ocean of samsara.
Destroying the root of ignorance,
ending karmas and birth,
In order to attain detachment and knowledge,
the water of the Guru's feet one should drink.
The water of the Guru's feet having drunk,
there is the Guru's left over food.
Of the Guru's form there is always meditation,
the Guru's mantra one should always repeat.
The land of Kashi is his dwelling,
Jahnavi is the water of his feet.
The Guru is Vishveshvara incarnate,
crossing over Brahman, certainly.
But the water of the Guru's feet which is
Gaya, that is the Akshaya banyan tree.
And the king of places of pilgrimage, Prayag.
to the Guru's form, salutations, salutations.
The Guru's form one should remember continually.
The Guru's name one should always repeat.
The Guru's command one should go forth and do.
Different from the Guru one should not be.
Abiding in the Guru's mouth is Brahman,
it is obtained from his prasad.
The Guru's meditation one should always do,
like the woman of noble family on her husband.
One's stage in life and one's caste and,
one's reputation, increasing one's well being,
This all is abandoned.
Different from the Guru one should not be.
For one who thinks of nothing else but me,
easy to attain is the supreme position.
Therefore by means of all effort,
propitiation of the Guru do.
In the three worlds is one who speaks plainly,
other gods, demons, and snake-demons.
Residing in the Guru's mouth is knowledge,
but through devotion to the Guru is it obtained.
But the Gu syllable is darkness and,
the Ru syllable is said to be fire.
The swallower of ignorance, Brahman,
the Guru indeed is, no doubt.
The Gu syllable is the first letter,
illuminating the gunas, maya, and others.
The Ru syllable, second, is Brahman,
the destruction of maya's rotation.