Guru

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Asmad gurubhyo:namaha!

 

Na:ra:yano-pi vikrutham ya:thi guroh prachyuthasya durbudhheh|

Kamalanjala:dape:tham so:shayathi ravirnatho:shayathi||

 

If one does not take refuge at the lotus feet of a:cha:rya with full belief,

even Bhagavan would not care to bless him ----- like the sun that desiccates a

lotus flower separated from water.

 

1.“guro:h pa:da:mbujam dhyaye:th” – Meditate focussing on the lotus feet of

a:cha:rya.

 

2.“guro:h va:kya:ni sra:vayeth” – One has to contemplate on the sri:su:kthis of

acharya and also narrate them to others in an interesting manner.

 

3.“gurum praka:saye:th dhi:ma:n” – One has to spread the splendor of guru’s

name, form, qualities and nature.

 

4.“guro:ranyam na bha:vaye:th” – think of your own guru only in your mind.

(Listening to various things would confuse one and there is every possibility of

losing track of one’s own goal.)

 

Sruthi says, “ sahi vidya:thastham janayathi, thath sreshtam janma, sari:rameva

ma:tha:pitharou janayathaha” --- Parents give birth only to the body; Guru

blesses with a wonderful ‘Jna:na janma’.

 

So, ‘de:vamiva a:cha:ryamupa:si:tha’ – do upa:sana of guru as Lord’s upa:sana.

“a:cha:rya de:vo:bhava” – Always have a:cha:rya as the Bhagavan himself. So says

the veda.

 

Jaisrimannarayana!

Ramanujadasi.