mAnasa guruguharUpam bhajarE rE

Abstracted from: Compositions of Muddusvami Dikshitar by Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. K. Govinda Rao, published in Chennai 1997 (No. 111).English edited by me. This is Guruguha Vibhakti kriti No. 2.

Raga: Anandabhairavi / Tala: rUpakam

P: mAnasa guruguharUpam bhajarE rE mAyAmayahRt tApam tyajarE

A: mAnava janmani samprAptE satipara mAtmani niratishayasukham vrajarE

C: satvaguNOpAdhi sahita sadAshivam svAvidyAsamEta jIvOdbhavam tatvam tAmasayuta vishva vaibhavam tArakEshvaramAnandabhairavam natvA shrIgurucaraNam kRtvA nAmasmaraNam jitvA mOhAvaraNam matvAtvadEkasharaNam

English

Oh mind, meditate on the form of Guruguha, and cast off the sorrows created by delusion.

Having achieved human birth, seek to obtain eternal bliss in Paramatma and avoid the mundane pleasures.

He is Sadashiva, full of Satvaguna. All living things are born out of Him, as the result of the impact of Avidya. The universe with its Tamasic qualities is again a manifestation of His greatness. He is Tarakeshvara and Ananda Bhairava. Prostrate at His feet, meditate on His name, conquer the veil of illusion and think of Him as your sole refuge.


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