About this stotra
Guru stotram is a selection of 14 verses from the Guru Geeta, found in Skanda Purana. It is a conversation between Lord Shiva & Parvati on the glory of the Guru. Gu – Darkness. Ru – Remover.
Guru Stotram lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
अखण्ड-मण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम्।
तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥१॥
akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalākāraṃ vyāptaṃ yena carācaram.
tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yena tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ..1..
Salutations are to that guru who showed me the abode, the one who is to be known, whose form is the entire universe and by whom all the movable and immovable are pervaded.
Word by word
- अखण्ड-मण्डलाकारं (akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalākāraṃ)
- of unbroken form (akhaṇḍa:unbroken | maṇḍala:circle | ākāraṃ:form)
- व्याप्तं (vyāptaṃ)
- pervaded
- येन (yena)
- by whom
- चराचरम् (carācaram)
- movable and immovable (cara:movable | acara:immovable)
- तत्पदं (tatpadaṃ)
- that abode (tat:that | padam:abode)
- दर्शितं (darśitaṃ)
- shown
- येन (yena)
- by whom
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 2
अज्ञान-तिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जन-शलाकया।
चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥२॥
ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā.
cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yena tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ ..2..
Salutations are to that guru who opened the eye of one blind due to the darkness (cover) of ignorance with a needle coated with the ointment of knowledge.
Word by word
- अज्ञान (ajñāna)
- ignorance
- तिमिर (timira)
- darkness
- अन्धस्य (andhasya)
- of the blind
- ज्ञानाञ्जन (jñānāñjana)
- ointment of knowledge (jñāna:knowledge | añjana:ointment)
- शलाकया (śalākayā)
- with a needle
- चक्षुः (cakṣuḥ)
- eye
- उन्मीलितं (unmīlitaṃ)
- opened
- येन (yena)
- by whom
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 3
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः ।
गुरुरेव परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥३॥
gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ .
gurureva paraṃ brahma tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ..3..
Salutations to that guru who is the creator, sustainer and destroyer, who is the limitless one.
Word by word
- गुरुः (guruḥ)
- teacher
- ब्रह्मा (brahmā)
- Brahma
- गुरुः (guruḥ)
- teacher
- विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ)
- Vishnu
- गुरुः (guruḥ)
- teacher
- देवः (devaḥ)
- god
- महेश्वरः (maheśvaraḥ)
- Maheshvara
- गुरुः (guruḥ)
- teacher
- एव (eva)
- indeed
- परम् (param)
- supreme
- ब्रह्म (brahma)
- Brahman
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the teacher
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 4
स्थावरं जङ्गमं व्याप्तं यत्किञ्चित् सचराचरम्।
तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥४॥
sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ vyāptaṃ yatkiñcit sacarācaram.
tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yena tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ..4..
Salutations are to that guru who showed me the one to be known, who permeates whatever is movable, immovable, sentient or insentient.
Word by word
- स्थावरं (sthāvaraṃ)
- immovable
- जङ्गमं (jaṅgamaṃ)
- movable
- व्याप्तं (vyāptaṃ)
- permeated
- यत्किञ्चित् (yatkiñcit)
- whatever
- सचराचरम् (sacarācaram)
- movable and immovable (sacara:movable | acaram:immovable)
- तत्पदं (tatpadaṃ)
- that state (tat:that | padam:state)
- दर्शितं (darśitaṃ)
- shown
- येन (yena)
- by whom
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to him
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 5
चिन्मयं व्यापि यत्सर्व त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्।
तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥५॥
cinmayaṃ vyāpi yatsarva trailokyaṃ sacarācaram.
tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yena tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ..5..
Salutations to that teacher who showed me (by teaching) the one to be known, who is but awareness and who is the pervader of all three worlds comprising the sentient and insentient.
Word by word
- चिन्मयं (cinmayaṃ)
- full of consciousness (cit:consciousness | mayaṃ:full of)
- व्यापि (vyāpi)
- pervading
- यत् (yat)
- which
- सर्व (sarva)
- all
- त्रैलोक्यं (trailokyaṃ)
- three worlds (tri:three | lokyaṃ:worlds)
- सचराचरम् (sacarācaram)
- with moving and non-moving (sacara:with moving | acaram:non-moving)
- तत्पदं (tatpadaṃ)
- that state (tat:that | padaṃ:state)
- दर्शितं (darśitaṃ)
- shown
- येन (yena)
- by whom
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the teacher
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 6
सर्व-श्रुति-शिरोरत्न- विराजित-पदाम्बुजः।
वेदान्ताम्बुज-सूर्यो यः तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥६॥
sarva-śruti-śiroratna- virājita-padāmbujaḥ.
vedāntāmbuja-sūryo yaḥ tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ..6..
Salutations are to that guru who is the sun to the lotus of Vedanta and whose lotus feet are made radiant by the jewel of all srutis (Upanishads).
Word by word
- सर्व-श्रुति-शिरोरत्न- (sarva-śruti-śiroratna-)
- jewel of all srutis (sarva:all | śruti:srutis | śiraḥ:head | ratna:jewel)
- विराजित-पदाम्बुजः (virājita-padāmbujaḥ)
- radiant lotus feet (virājita:radiant | pada:feet | ambujaḥ:lotus)
- वेदान्ताम्बुज-सूर्यः (vedāntāmbuja-sūryaḥ)
- sun to Vedanta lotus (vedānta:Vedanta | ambuja:lotus | sūryaḥ:sun)
- यः (yaḥ)
- who
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 7
चैतन्यः शाश्वतः शान्तः व्योमातीतो निस्अनः।
बिन्दु-नाद-कलातीतः तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥७॥
caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāntaḥ vyomātīto nisanaḥ.
bindu-nāda-kalātītaḥ tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ ..7..
Salutations are to that guru who is awareness, changeless (beyond time), who is peace, beyond space, pure (free from likes and dislikes), and who is beyond the manifest and the unmanifest (Nada, Bindu, etc.).
Word by word
- चैतन्यः (caitanyaḥ)
- awareness
- शाश्वतः (śāśvataḥ)
- changeless
- शान्तः (śāntaḥ)
- peace
- व्योमातीतः (vyomātītaḥ)
- beyond space (vyoma:space | atītaḥ:beyond)
- निस्अनः (nisanaḥ)
- pure
- बिन्दु-नाद-कलातीतः (bindu-nāda-kalātītaḥ)
- beyond Nada, Bindu, etc. (bindu:Bindu | nāda:Nada | kalā:etc. | atītaḥ:beyond)
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 8
ज्ञान-शक्ति-समारूढः तत्त्वमाला-विभूषितः।
भुक्ति-मुक्ति-प्रदाता च तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥८॥
jñāna-śakti-samārūḍhaḥ tattvamālā-vibhūṣitaḥ.
bhukti-mukti-pradātā ca tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ..8..
Salutations are to that guru who is rooted in knowledge that is power, adorned with the garland of truth and who is the bestower of the joy of liberation.
Word by word
- ज्ञान (jñāna)
- knowledge
- शक्ति (śakti)
- power
- समारूढः (samārūḍhaḥ)
- rooted in
- तत्त्वमाला (tattvamālā)
- garland of truth (tattva:truth | mālā:garland)
- विभूषितः (vibhūṣitaḥ)
- adorned with
- भुक्ति-मुक्ति-प्रदाता (bhukti-mukti-pradātā)
- bestower of joy and liberation (bhukti:joy | mukti:liberation | pradātā:bestower)
- च (ca)
- and
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 9
अनेक-जन्म-सम्प्राप्त- कर्म-बन्ध-विदाहिने।
आत्मज्ञान-प्रदानेन तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥९॥
aneka-janma-samprāpta- karma-bandha-vidāhine.
ātmajñāna-pradānena tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ..9..
Salutations are to that guru who by bestowing the knowledge of the self burns up the bondage created by accumulated actions of innumerable births.
Word by word
- अनेक (aneka)
- many
- जन्म (janma)
- births
- सम्प्राप्त (samprāpta)
- accumulated
- कर्म (karma)
- actions
- बन्ध (bandha)
- bondage
- विदाहिने (vidāhine)
- burns up
- आत्मज्ञान (ātmajñāna)
- knowledge of the self (ātma:self | jñāna:knowledge)
- प्रदानेन (pradānena)
- by bestowing
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 10
शोषणं भव-सिन्धोश्च ज्ञापनं सार-सम्पदः ।
गुरोः पादोदकं सम्यक् तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥ १० ॥
śoṣaṇaṃ bhava-sindhośca jñāpanaṃ sāra-sampadaḥ .
guroḥ pādodakaṃ samyak tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ .. 10 ..
Salutations are to that guru; the perennial flow of wisdom from the one rooted in the vision of the sruti, dries up totally to ocean of transmigration (samsara) and reveals the essence of all wealth (the freedom of want).
Word by word
- शोषणं (śoṣaṇam)
- drying up
- भव-सिन्धोः (bhava-sindhoḥ)
- of the ocean of samsara (bhava:samsara | sindhoḥ:of the ocean)
- च (ca)
- and
- ज्ञापनं (jñāpanam)
- revealing
- सार-सम्पदः (sāra-sampadaḥ)
- essence of all wealth (sāra:essence | sampadaḥ:of wealth)
- गुरोः (guroḥ)
- of the guru
- पादोदकं (pādodakam)
- water from the feet (pāda:feet | udakam:water)
- सम्यक् (samyak)
- properly
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 11
न गुरोरधिकं तत्त्वं न गुरोरधिकं तपः।
तत्त्वज्ञानात् परं नास्ति तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥११॥
na guroradhikaṃ tattvaṃ na guroradhikaṃ tapaḥ.
tattvajñānāt paraṃ nāsti tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ..11..
There is nothing superior to knowledge of truth, nothing higher than the truth, and there is no purifying austerity better than the truth; salutations to that guru.
Word by word
- न (na)
- not
- गुरोः (guroḥ)
- than the guru
- अधिकं (adhikaṃ)
- superior
- तत्त्वं (tattvaṃ)
- truth
- न (na)
- not
- गुरोः (guroḥ)
- than the guru
- अधिकं (adhikaṃ)
- superior
- तपः (tapaḥ)
- austerity
- तत्त्वज्ञानात् (tattvajñānāt)
- than knowledge of truth (tattva:truth | jñānāt:from knowledge)
- परं (paraṃ)
- higher
- नास्ति (nāsti)
- there is not
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 12
मन्नाथः श्रीजगन्नाथः मद्गुरुः श्री जगद्गुरुः ।
मदात्मा सर्वभूतात्मा तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥ १२॥
mannāthaḥ śrījagannāthaḥ madguruḥ śrī jagadguruḥ .
madātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ .. 12..
Prostrations to that guru who is the lord of the universe, my teacher, who is the teacher of the universe, who is the self in me, and the self in all beings.
Word by word
- मन्नाथः (mannāthaḥ)
- my lord (mat:my | nāthaḥ:lord)
- श्रीजगन्नाथः (śrījagannāthaḥ)
- Lord of the universe (śrī:revered | jagannāthaḥ:Lord of the universe)
- मद्गुरुः (madguruḥ)
- my teacher (mat:my | guruḥ:teacher)
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- जगद्गुरुः (jagadguruḥ)
- teacher of the universe (jagat:universe | guruḥ:teacher)
- मदात्मा (madātmā)
- my self (mat:my | ātmā:self)
- सर्वभूतात्मा (sarvabhūtātmā)
- self in all beings (sarva:all | bhūta:beings | ātmā:self)
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the guru
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 13
गुरुरादिरनादिश्च गुरुः परमदैवतम्।
गुरोः परतरं नास्ति तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥ १३॥
gururādiranādiśca guruḥ paramadaivatam.
guroḥ parataraṃ nāsti tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ.. 13..
Salutations are to that guru who is the beginning and the beginningless, who is the highest deity and to whom there is none superior.
Word by word
- गुरुः (guruḥ)
- teacher
- आदिः (ādiḥ)
- beginning
- अनादिः (anādiḥ)
- beginningless
- च (ca)
- and
- गुरुः (guruḥ)
- teacher
- परमदैवतम् (paramadaivatam)
- highest deity (parama:highest | daivatam:deity)
- गुरोः (guroḥ)
- of the teacher
- परतरम् (parataram)
- superior
- न (na)
- not
- अस्ति (asti)
- is
- तस्मै (tasmai)
- to that
- श्री (śrī)
- revered
- गुरवे (gurave)
- to the teacher
- नमः (namaḥ)
- salutations
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Verse 14
त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव । त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव । त्वमेव सर्वं मम देवदेव ॥ १४॥
tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva . tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva
tvameva vidyā draviṇaṃ tvameva . tvameva sarvaṃ mama devadeva .. 14..
O god of all gods, you alone are my mother, father, kinsman, friend, the knowledge and wealth. You are everything to me.
Word by word
- त्वमेव (tvameva)
- you alone
- माता (mātā)
- mother
- च (ca)
- and
- पिता (pitā)
- father
- त्वमेव (tvameva)
- you alone
- त्वमेव (tvameva)
- you alone
- बन्धुः (bandhuḥ)
- kinsman
- च (ca)
- and
- सखा (sakhā)
- friend
- त्वमेव (tvameva)
- you alone
- त्वमेव (tvameva)
- you alone
- विद्या (vidyā)
- knowledge
- द्रविणं (draviṇaṃ)
- wealth
- त्वमेव (tvameva)
- you alone
- त्वमेव (tvameva)
- you alone
- सर्वं (sarvaṃ)
- everything
- मम (mama)
- my
- देवदेव (devadeva)
- god of all gods (deva:god | deva:god)
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