- Edited
This Guru Stotram was compiled by Śrī Amṛtānandanātha Sarasvatī. It was transcribed from a cassette tape with minor grammatical edits. The verse translations came from direct translations as well as various internet sources.
Guruji provides introduction to the Stotram, gives the recitation and also provides commentary on the verses. Unfortunately the tape ended as he was giving his commentary on the 5th stanza.
Introduction:
I’ve collected what I believe are some important stanzas in praise of the Guru. The grace of the Devi is passed on through the feet of the Guru. It is only right that one must remember that it is the Guru who gives you the spiritual education.
In the first stanza of the Guru Stotram I have given the Guru Parampara - the line of the Guru. My dikśa namam is Amṛtānanda, my Guru’s name is Svaprakāśānanda, and his Guru’s name is Kalyāṇānanda Bhārati, so this is the Guru parampara.
The Supreme Guru in our line is Dattātreya, who has written 11,000 upanishads, and who has given to the world 7 crores of mahāmantras, so he is the Mantra Śastra Supreme. He is Trinātha - Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, all together in one form and who is the Supreme Being.
There are two main Gurus in the Śrī Vidyā Upāsana, one is Dattātreya and the other is Dakṣiṇāmūrti. Dakṣiṇāmūrti is yourself and Dattātreya is a form of the Guru; there’s no distinction between these two. Dakṣiṇāmūrti is the Ardhanārīśvara form of Devi and Dattāreya is the Trinātha form of the Guru.
Dattātreya has given the external modes of worship. Dakṣiṇāmūrti has only concentrated on the internal modes of worship. This is the only difference. The external modes of worship are the route through which you learn the internal modes of worship. Without knowing what to do, how can you internalize the process? So first you need to know how to do the pūjā externally, then you can translate that into a mental action.
Stotram:
ativarṇāśramaṃ buddhaṃ kalyāṇānanda-bhāratim |
svaprakāśātmakāṃ vande amṛtānanda-vigraham || [1]
I Praise the Enlightened One, Who Is Beyond all Castes and Stages of Life and Bestows Knowledge Like Sarasvatī, for Attaining Peace, Auspiciousness and Bliss (i.e. Kalyāṇānanda Bhārati), Who Has the Nature of Self-Illumination [Svaprakāśā] and Whose Form Is the Bliss of Immortality [Amṛtānanda].
namo'stvanantāya sahasra-mūrtaye sahasra-pādākṣi śiroru bāhave |
sahasra-nāmne puruṣāya śāśvate sahasra-koṭi yuga dhāriṇe namaḥ || [2]
Salutation to the Infinite One, Who Has Thousands of Forms, Thousands of Feet, Eyes, Heads, and Arms, Thousands of Names, the Eternal Puruṣa; Salutation to Him Who Supports Billions of Eons.
ṛtaṁ satyaṁ paraṁ brahma puruṣaṁ kṛṣṇa piṅgalam |
ūrdhvaretaṁ virūpākṣaṁ viśvarūpāya vai namo namaḥ || [3]
Salutation Again and Again to That Supreme Brahman, Who Is the Truth, the Cosmic Order, the Puruṣa of Blue-Decked Yellow [Shining] Hue, Ever-Celibate, Multi-Eyed [Omniscient], all-Pervasive.
akṣaratvād vareṇyatvād dhūta-saṁsāra-bandhanāt |
tattvam-asyādi lakṣyatvād avadhūtaṃ guruṃ bhaje || [4]
I Offer my Obeisances to That Avadhūta Guru, Who Possesses Undecaying Greatness, Having Freed Himself From the Bonds of Samsara and Learnt the Meaning of [the Great Saying] “Thou Art That.”
dattātreya hare kṛṣṇā unmattānanda-dāyakā |
digambara mune bāla piśāca jñāna-sāgarā || [5]
Oh Dattātreya Who Is Hari Kṛṣṇa and the Mad Bliss-Bestower! Oh You the Naked Ascetic, the Hermit, the Child, the Ghoul, the Ocean of Knowledge!
vaktre caturmukho yasyā hṛde viṣṇu sadā sthitaḥ |
liṅgesadā śivasākṣāt tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ || [6]
In Whose Face Resides the Four-Faced One [Brahmā the Creator], in Whose Heart - Viṣṇu, in Whose Liṅga - Sadaśiva, to Him, the Respected Guru, I Bow.
yatra kutra sthitam liṅgam talliṅgam pūjayet śivam |
sabhūmiṃ viśvato vṛtva atyatiṣṭhad daśāṅgulam || [7]
Wherever You May Find a Liṅgam, It Should Be Worshipped as Śiva. Having Pervaded the Whole Manifest Universe, He Exceeds It by 10 Digits [i.e. He Is Limitless and Exceeds Finite Space and Time]
gamāgamasthaṃ gamanādiśūnyaṃ cidrūpadīpaṃ timirāpahāram |
paśyāmi te sarvajanāntarasthaṃ namāmi saṁ(gm)stham paramātmarūpam || [8]
The One Who Is Within the Movable and Immovable [Devoid of the Actions], the Light Which Is the Form of Consciousness, Removing the Blinding Darkness. I See Him Residing Within all Beings. I Bow to the one who is situated in the Form of the Supreme Self.
deho devālayaḥ prokto jīvo devaḥ sanātanaḥ |
tyajed-ajñāna-nirmālyaṁ so’haṁ bhāvena pūjayet || [9]
The Body Is the Temple. Since the Beginningless Time the Jīva Has Been the Deity of This Temple. May One Remove Wilted Flowers of Ignorance and Worship the Lord With an Understanding That He Is Non-Separate From Oneself.
haṁsa-haṁsaḥ paramahaṁsaḥ |
haṁsa-so’haṁ | haṁsa-so’haṁ | so’haṁ-hamsaḥ || [10]
haṁsa-haṁsāya vidmahe
paramahaṁsāya dhīmahi
tan no haṁsaḥ pracodayāt || [11]
Oṁ. May We Know the Guru, Who Teaches Discernment of the Eternal From the Ephemeral. May We Meditate on the One Who Is the Supreme Guru. May That Guru Illuminate our Path and Enlighten Us.
vāgarthāviva saṁpṛktau vāgartha-pratipattaye |
jagataḥ pitarau vande pārvatī-parameśvarau || [12]
Just as the Word and its Meaning Are Inseparable, So Are the Parents of the Universe Pārvatī and Parameśvara Exist as a Two-in-One Entity. I Bow Down to Them in Reverence.
yā devī sarvajananī yoniścaitanya-rūpiṇī |
vāme pūjyā svātma-śaktiḥ guruliṅgāṅga-yoginī || [13]
The Goddess - the Mother of All, Who Has the Form of the Yoni of Consciousness; She Should Be Worshipped on the Left Side of the Body as One’s Own Śakti; the Yogini, Who Causes One To Unite With the Guruliṅga [Supreme Guru/Principle].
hariḥ oṃ | śrī gurubhyo namaḥ | hariḥ oṃ
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