Gurave Namah... Guru Purnima ..tribute to Gurus

Salutations and Salutations to the sandals of my Guru,
Which is a boat, which helps me,cross the endless ocean of life,
Which endows me, with the sense of devotion to my Guru,
And by worship of which, I attain the dominion of renunciation

Salutations and Salutations to the sandals of my Guru,
Which is the ocean of knowledge, resembling the full moon,
Which is the water, which puts out the fire of misfortunes,
And which removes distresses of those who prostrate before it.

Salutations and Salutations to the sandals of my Guru,
Which make those who prostrate before it,
Possessors of great wealth, even if they are very poor,,
And which makes even dumb people in to great orators.

Salutations and Salutations to the sandals of my Guru,
Which attracts us, to lotus like feet of our Guru,
Which cures us, of the unwanted desires,
And which helps fulfill the desires of those who salute.

Salutations and Salutations to the sandals of my Guru,
Which shine like gems on the crown of a king,
Which shine like a maid in the crocodile infested stream,
And which make the devotees attain the status of a king.

Salutations and Salutations to the sandals of my Guru,
Which is like a series of Suns, driving away the dark sins,
Which is like the king of eagles, driving away the cobra of miseries,
And which is like a terrific fire drying away the ocean of ignorance.

Salutations and Salutations to the sandals of my Guru,
Which endows us, with the glorious six qualities like sham,
Which gives the students ,the ability to go in to eternal trance,
And which helps to get perennial devotion to the feet of Vishnu

Salutations and Salutations to the sandals of my Guru
Which bestows all desires of the serving disciples,
Who are ever involved in carrying the burden of service
And which helps the aspirants to the state of realization.

Salutations and Salutations to the sandals of my Guru
Which is the Garuda,which drives away the serpent of passion,
Which provides one, with the treasure of wisdom and renunciation,
Which blesses one,with enlightened knowledge,
And blesses the aspirant with speedy salvation.

Gurave Namah..My salutations.

Guru Purnima today. Let us pay our respects to the Devine feet of Sat Guru by chanting the Guru Paduka Stotra written by Adi Sankaracharya.

I worship Sankaracharya because of his contribution towards the upliftment of Hindu Vedic culture at a time when Buddhism got its strong roots in India and neighbouring countries. Vedas are our life source . Our great Epics are our inspiration towards leading a pious and meaningful life.

Sankaracharya's stotras lighten up our soul and body . His vyakhyana on Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita enlighten us and lead us towards realising the ultimate bliss.

Guru Purnima is meant to celebrate the birth day of The great Seer Veda Vyasa.Veda Vyasa bestowed us with the Fifth Veda called Mahabharata that stored the essence of spiritual knowledge in the form of Bhagawad Gita.

Namo Vai Brahma Nidhaye Vasishtaya name namah .

Salutations to all the great teachers of mankind,Sri Rama Krishna Parama Hamsa, Swami Vivekananda ,Ramana Maharshi,Sri Chandra Sekhara Saraswati,Bhakti Vedanta Prabhu Pada,Gautama Buddha, Jeesus Christ, Kabir Das...many more who spread their magnificence of knowledge all around.

I bow before Jagad Guru Krishna Vaasudeva,the complete manifestation of Vishnu for gracing us Gita by making his Parth as the means between him and us.

My heartfelt salutations to Dakshina Murty Mahadev who is the Adi Guru,the first guru who imparted knowledge to Seven Sages through silence.

Sada Siva samarambham Sankaracharya madhyamam

Asmadacharya Paryantam Vande Guru paramparam.

I salute before Dattatreya the guru who blessed the universe with his avatara parampara in the form of Sri Pada Sri Vallabha,Narasimha Saraswati ... and Samartha Sadguru Sainath.

Our History acquaints us with many gurus like Samartha Ramadas who guided Sivaji Maharaj,Kautilya the author of Artha Sastra who paved the way for Maurya rule by training Chandra Gupta Maurya .I salute them with respect.

I salute to the great Dronacharya who trained my Arjun as the greatest warrior of Aryavarth.

I request everyone to read atleast one verse of Guru Paduka Stotram and pay respects to the Devine feet of all the gurus of the past and present.

Sri Dakshina murtaye Nama:

Krishnam Vande Jagad gurum.

Lakshmi