चरणारविन्दं गोविन्दं नमामि।
गुरुदेवशरणं गुरुदेव नमामि॥

caraṇāravindaṁ govindaṁ namāmi |
gurudevaśaraṇaṁ gurudeva namāmi ||

I bow down to the lotus feet of Sri Krishna.

O' my teacher, I seek refuge, I bow down!

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भवभव्यभावं त्रयतापहारम्।
भवभयविनाशं गुरुदेव नमामि॥

bhavabhavyabhāvaṁ trayatāpahāram |
bhavabhayavināśaṁ gurudeva namāmi ||

O' my teacher, you are the source of all thoughts, 

you dispel all pain, you destroy all grief, I bow down!

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कल्याणरूपं आनन्दकंदम्।
धारामृतशिवं गुरुदेव नमामि॥

kalyāṇarūpaṁ ānandakaṁdam |
dhārāmṛtaśivaṁ gurudeva namāmi ||

O' my teacher, you embody my blessings,

you are the source of my joy,

you are my immortal stream of Shiva, I bow down!

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अरेण्यं वरेण्यं सुरेशं रमेशम्।
त्रयदेवरूपं गुरुदेव नमामि॥

areṇyaṁ vareṇyaṁ sureśaṁ rameśam |
trayadevarūpaṁ gurudeva namāmi ||

O' my teacher, you are worthy of respect,

you are the best, you are the god of gods,

you are the Shiva, I bow down to your three forms! 

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न जानामि जापं न जानामि ध्यानम्।
पशुपतिरूपं गुरुदेव नमामि॥

na jānāmi jāpaṁ na jānāmi dhyānam |
paśupatirūpaṁ gurudeva namāmi ||

I know not how to chant, nor do I know meditation,

O' my teacher, I bow down to the form of Shiva!

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भूतेशप्रणम्य अनन्तस्वरूपम्।
भक्तस्य त्राणं गुरुदेव नमामि॥

bhūteśapraṇamya anantasvarūpam |
bhaktasya trāṇaṁ gurudeva namāmi ||
O' my teacher, you are the omniscient,

you are worshiped by the Lord of all beings,

you are the refuge of the devotees, I bow down!

घटाकाशगुप्तं महाकाशरूपम्।
चिदाकाशव्यक्तं गुरुदेव नमामि॥

ghaṭākāśaguptaṁ mahākāśarūpam |
cidākāśavyaktaṁ gurudeva namāmi ||

O' my teacher, you are concealed in the darkness of the sky, 

you are the form of the infinite space,

then you are expressed in my conscience, I bow down!
 

अकल्पं अनूपं तपन्तं दिगन्तम्।
अगोगोचराणां गुरुदेव नमामि॥

akalpaṁ anūpaṁ tapantaṁ digantam |
agogocarāṇāṁ gurudeva namāmi ||

O' my teacher, you are beyond imagination,

you are beyond comparison,

you are the culmination of all austerities,

you are the destination of all seekers of knowledge,

I bow down!  

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सिद्धिः अगम्यं तव पादपद्मे।
प्रवुद्धं शुभेशं गुरुदेव नमामि॥

siddhiḥ agamyaṁ tava pādapadme |
pravuddhaṁ śubheśaṁ gurudeva namāmi ||
O' my teacher, skills are trivial at your lotus feet,

you are the learned one, you are the well-wisher,

I bow down. 
 

(Composed by Brahmacari Gopalananda Maharaj at 

Yogasadhanashram, Rishikesh, India, 1950.

Transliteration and translation by Dr, V. S. Rao

and Dr. Bijoy Misra, 1989). 

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