Saturday, July 24, 2021
Gurupoornima Prayer
This wonderful composition of Muthuswami Dikshitar is a prayer to Guru Dakshinamurthi.
Meaning:
Oh Sri Dakshinamurthi, (Lord Shiva seated facing the south), who has dispelled the distress of your devotees!
You are the embodiment of pure knowledge and bliss. You are well known as the silent guru.
You are seated under the sprawling holy ficus tree (Ashwattha) full of golden leaves. Please protect me! Great sages like Sanaka and Rajayogis have extolled you. You protect the true devotees and punish those with evil designs. You are delighting in the cosmic infinity, and have no attraction for the impermanent.
You have the supreme expertise to dispel all doubts. You manifest in the Nirvikalpa Samadhi which is akin to deep sleep shutting out all mind-body experiences. You embody the power to stay steadfast in the singular experience of the bliss of oneness. You give liberation through transcendental experience of Truth-Knowledge-Bliss. You give the higher pleasure one attains after getting rid of the false idea of self. You instil in me the eternal guru and make me experience the ultimate bliss of oneness!
This song has been rendered beautifully here:
