for all those who teach us!!

A selection from 'Guru Gita' as given in Uttarakhand section of 'Skanda Purana' in the form of a dialogue between Shiva and Uma (Shakti)

गुरु ब्रम्हा गुरु विष्णु,

गुरु देवो महेश्वरः,

गुरु साक्षात् परम ब्रम्ह,

तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नमः...

Guru is Brahma, Guru is Vishnu, Guru is Lord Maheshwara. Guru is verily the supreme reality. Sublime prostrations to Him.

ध्यानमूलं गुरु मूर्ति,

पूजामूलं गुरु पदं,

मंत्र मुलं गुरु वाक्यम,

मोक्ष मुलं गुरु कृपा....

The bestowal of liberation is only the Guru's grace. Real worship is of the Guru's feet. The basis of all mantras is the words of the Guru. The bestowal of liberation is only the Guru's grace.

अखंडा मंडलाकारं,

व्याप्तं येना चराचरम

तट पदं दर्शितं येना

तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः....

I prostrate to the Sadguru by whom the whole world, comprising of unbroken consciousness, is pervaded and filled through and through in every moving and unmoving object. Sublime salutations to the Guru who is established in That and who has awakened me to its realisation.

मानाथः श्री जगन्नाथ,

मद्गुरू श्री जगद्गुरु

मदात्मा सर्वभूतात्मा

तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः

My Lord is the Lord of the Universe. My Guru is the Guru of the whole world. My Self is the Self of all beings, therefore I prostrate to my Guru who has shown me this.

ज्ञान शक्ति समरुद्हम,

तत्वा माला विभूषितम

भुक्ति मुक्ति प्रदाता च

तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः

He who is established in spiritual knowledge and power, who is adorned with the garland of truth, the Reality, He who bestows both liberation and enjoyment here in this world... to that Guru sublime, Salutations.

स्थावरं जंगमं व्याप्तं

यत्किंचित सचराचरम

तत्पदं दर्शितं येना

तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः

Whatever is moving and unmoving and that which pervades whatever is animate and inanimate, to that Guru who reveals all these things, sublime Salutations.

चिन्मयम व्यापितं सर्वं

त्रिय लोक्यं सचराचरम

तत्पदं दर्शितं येना

तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः

I prostrate to the Guru who has made me realise that essence which pervades past, present and future and all things moving and unmoving.

चैतान्यम शाश्वतं शान्तं

व्योमातीतहा निरंजनः

बिंदु नाद कला तीतः

तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः

Prostrations to the Guru who is eternal, peaceful, unattached, full of light and knowledge, beyond the stages of Nada, Bindu and Kala, and who transcends even the ether