2. Devotion to guru contd....
vipraH saDguNayuktashcedabhakto na prashasyate |
mleccho'pi guNahIno'pi bhaktimAn shiShya ucyate ||
gurubhaktivihInasya tapo vidyA kulaM vratam |
sarvaM nashyati tatraiva bhUShaNaM lokaraJjanam ||
dharmArthakAmaiH kintasya mokSha eva kare sthitaH |
sarvArthaiH shrIgurau devi yasya bhaktiH sadA sthirA ||
A mleccha is considered a shiShya who even if devoid of good qualities but is devoted to the guru where as a learned Brahmin who, even if possessing good qualities but devoid of devotion to the guru, is lower in stature.
Penance, knowledge, lineage and austerities, ornaments and stature everything perish for a disciple who is devoid of devotion to the guru
Of what use are the puruShArtha-s or all the wealth of the world when salvation itself is in his hands, right before him who has unshakeable devotion to the guru
sa shivo gururUpeNa bhuktimuktiprado mama |
iti bhaktyA smared yastu tasya siddhiradUrataH ||
yasya deve parA bhaktiryathA deve tathA gurau |
tasya te kathitA hyarthAH prakAshante kuleshvari ||
lakShmInArAyaNau vANIdhAtArau girijAshivau |
shrIguruM gurupatnIJca pitarAviti cintayet ||
“He is verily lord shiva, who bestows on me bhukti and mukti in the guru’s form” For a disciple who remembers this with devotion, the siddhis or accomplishments are not far away !
A disciple who has supreme devotion in the devata as also in the guru is enlightened with the esoteric knowledge of the shAstra.
Like the divine couples lakShmi-nArAyaNa, vAni-vidhAtA, girijA-shiva, the guru and the gurupatni should be considered as one’s own parents.
gurubhaktyA yathA devi prApyante sarvasiddhayaH |
yajJaH dAnatapastIrthavratAdyairna tathA priye ||
shrIgurau nishcalA bhaktirvarddhate hi yathA yathA |
tathA tathAsya vijJAnaM varddhate kulanAyike ||
A sacrifice or charity or penance or pilgrimage or austere practices can never be a match for gurubhakti with which a disciple easily attains all the siddhis.
Even as the unshakeable bhakti to the guru increases in a disciple, his knowledge also grows accordingly o! kulanAyike
sarvaM nashyati tatraiva bhUShaNaM lokaraJjanam ||
dharmArthakAmaiH kintasya mokSha eva kare sthitaH |
sarvArthaiH shrIgurau devi yasya bhaktiH sadA sthirA ||
A mleccha is considered a shiShya who even if devoid of good qualities but is devoted to the guru where as a learned Brahmin who, even if possessing good qualities but devoid of devotion to the guru, is lower in stature.
Penance, knowledge, lineage and austerities, ornaments and stature everything perish for a disciple who is devoid of devotion to the guru
Of what use are the puruShArtha-s or all the wealth of the world when salvation itself is in his hands, right before him who has unshakeable devotion to the guru
sa shivo gururUpeNa bhuktimuktiprado mama |
iti bhaktyA smared yastu tasya siddhiradUrataH ||
yasya deve parA bhaktiryathA deve tathA gurau |
tasya te kathitA hyarthAH prakAshante kuleshvari ||
lakShmInArAyaNau vANIdhAtArau girijAshivau |
shrIguruM gurupatnIJca pitarAviti cintayet ||
“He is verily lord shiva, who bestows on me bhukti and mukti in the guru’s form” For a disciple who remembers this with devotion, the siddhis or accomplishments are not far away !
A disciple who has supreme devotion in the devata as also in the guru is enlightened with the esoteric knowledge of the shAstra.
Like the divine couples lakShmi-nArAyaNa, vAni-vidhAtA, girijA-shiva, the guru and the gurupatni should be considered as one’s own parents.
gurubhaktyA yathA devi prApyante sarvasiddhayaH |
yajJaH dAnatapastIrthavratAdyairna tathA priye ||
shrIgurau nishcalA bhaktirvarddhate hi yathA yathA |
tathA tathAsya vijJAnaM varddhate kulanAyike ||
A sacrifice or charity or penance or pilgrimage or austere practices can never be a match for gurubhakti with which a disciple easily attains all the siddhis.
Even as the unshakeable bhakti to the guru increases in a disciple, his knowledge also grows accordingly o! kulanAyike
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