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Guruvandanam Salutations to the Guru

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rutismtipurnmlaya karulayam |
nammi bhagavatpdaakara lokaakaram ||

I salute akarabhagavatpda, the abode of ruti (Vedas), smti (Gt), and
purnas (epics like the Rmyaa Mahbhrata), the abode of compassion,
the one who bestows happiness on the world.

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sadivasamrambh akarcryamadhyamm |
asmadcryaparyant vande guruparamparm ||

I salute the lineage of teachers, beginning with Sadiva, having
Sakarcrya in the middle, and extending to my teacher.
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akara akarcrya keava bdaryaam |
strabhyaktau vande bhagavantau puna puna ||

I salute, again and again, Sakarcrya, who is Lord Siva, and Bdryaa
(Vysa) who is Lord Viu, the venerable ones who wrote the aphorisms
(Brahmastras) and commentary (Brahmastrabhya).


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varo gururtmeti mrtibhedavibhgine |
vyomavadvyptadehya dakimrtaye nama ||

Salutations to the Lord Dakimrti, who is all-pervasive like space, who is
differentiated into the three different forms of Lord, Guru, and Self.

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gukrastvandhakraca rukrastannivartaka |
andhakranirodhitvd gururityabhidhyate ||

The letter gu stands for the darkness (of ignorance) and ru represent its
destruction. A guru is so called because he destroys the darkness (of ignorance).

Translations with some minor revisions are from Vedic Chanting:
Self Study, by Swami Vagisananda.