Guru Purnima Guru Vandana (Traditional Compilation for Guru Purnima Celebration)
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 4 sections
Guru Purnima Celebration None festival
Guru Stotram (Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu)
Original
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णु गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः ॥
Transliteration
Gurur Brahmā Gurur Viṣṇu Gurur Devo Maheśvaraḥ । Guruḥ Sākṣāt Parabrahma Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaḥ ॥
Meaning / Translation
The Guru is Brahma (the Creator), the Guru is Vishnu (the Preserver), the Guru is Shiva (the Destroyer). The Guru is the very Supreme Brahman (Ultimate Reality) manifest. To that revered Guru, I offer my salutations.
Vyasa Puja Mantra (Honoring Sage Vyasa, the Adi Guru)
Original
व्यासाय विष्णुरूपाय व्यासरूपाय विष्णवे । नमो वै ब्रह्मनिधये वासिष्ठाय नमो नमः ॥
Transliteration
Vyāsāya Viṣṇurūpāya Vyāsarūpāya Viṣṇave । Namo Vai Brahma-nidhaye Vāsiṣṭhāya Namo Namaḥ ॥
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to Vyasa, who is of the form of Vishnu, and to Vishnu, who is of the form of Vyasa. Salutations again and again to the treasure-house of Brahman (Vedic wisdom), the descendant of Vasistha (Vyasa).
Guru Gita Verse (Akhand Mandalakaram - Nature of Guru)
Original
अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम् । तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
Transliteration
Akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ Vyāptaṁ Yena Carācaram । Tatpadaṁ Darśitaṁ Yena Tasmai Śrīgurave Namaḥ ॥
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to that Shri Guru, by whom the indivisible, infinite consciousness (Akhand Mandala) pervading all movable and immovable beings has been revealed, and who has shown the path to that Supreme State.
Guru Paduka Stotram (First Verse - Salutations to Guru's Feet)
Original
संसारार्णवतारकं गुरुपादाम्बुजं भजे । यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण निर्वाणं लभते नरः ॥
Transliteration
Saṁsārārṇavatārakaṁ Gurupādāmbujaṁ Bhaje । Yasya Smaraṇamātreṇa Nirvāṇaṁ Labhate Naraḥ ॥
Meaning / Translation
I worship the lotus feet of the Guru, which are the boat to cross the ocean of worldly existence (Samsara). By whose mere remembrance, a person attains liberation (Nirvana).
