Sri Guru Charitra (Guru Charitre)

The sacred biography of Sri Dattatreya's incarnations Sri Sripada Sri Vallabha and Sri Narasimha Saraswati, composed in Marathi ovi verse by Sri Saraswati Gangadhar in the 15th century, and widely read in Kannada as Guru Charitre. Devotees undertake a seven-day parayana (saptaha) for guidance, protection and the Guru's grace. Its reading is traditionally accompanied by the Guru Stotra from the Guru Gita and the Datta nama-chant below.


GURU STOTRA (GURU GITA)

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।
गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥

Gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇuḥ gurur devo maheśvaraḥ, guruḥ sākṣāt paraṃ brahma tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ.


हिन्दी भावार्थ गुरु ही ब्रह्मा हैं, गुरु ही विष्णु हैं, गुरु ही महेश्वर हैं; गुरु साक्षात् परब्रह्म हैं — ऐसे श्री गुरु को मेरा नमस्कार।

ENGLISH The Guru is Brahma, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru is Maheshvara; the Guru is the Supreme Brahman itself — salutations to that Guru.


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GURU STOTRA (GURU GITA)

अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम्।
तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः॥

Akhaṇḍa-maṇḍalākāraṃ vyāptaṃ yena carācaram, tat-padaṃ darśitaṃ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ.


हिन्दी भावार्थ जो अखण्ड, मण्डलाकार सत्ता समस्त चर-अचर में व्याप्त है, उस परम पद का दर्शन जिन्होंने कराया, उन श्री गुरु को नमस्कार।

ENGLISH Salutations to the Guru who revealed that state — the unbroken whole that pervades all that moves and does not move.


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DATTA NAMA CHANT

दिगंबरा दिगंबरा श्रीपाद वल्लभ दिगंबरा॥

Digambarā digambarā śrīpāda vallabha digambarā.


हिन्दी भावार्थ हे दिगम्बर (दिशाएँ ही जिनके वस्त्र हैं) श्री दत्तात्रेय! हे श्रीपाद श्रीवल्लभ! आपकी शरण।

ENGLISH O Digambara — Dattatreya, clothed only in the directions — O Sripada Sri Vallabha, we take refuge in you.


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