śrī guru pūjā
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॥ तत्त्वाचमनम् ॥ tattvāchamanam ॥
Achamana is the ritualistic cleansing of the mouth.
Here āchamana is called tattvāchamanam because the mantras used for the āchamana are the three tattvas (principles) - ātmatattva (the principle of the soul - the individual Consciousness), vidyātattva (the principle of the science of transcending from identifying ourselves as Jiva to Shiva), shivatattva (the principle of Shiva - The Cosmic Consciousness).
आत्मतत्त्वं शोधयामि स्वधा । ātmatattvam śodhayāmi svadhā ।
विद्यातत्त्वं शोधयामि स्वधा । vidyātattvam śodhayāmi svadhā ।
शिवतत्त्वं शोधयामि स्वधा । śivatattvam śodhayāmi svadhā ।
Kriya: Keep your right hand like a cow's ear (Gokarna). Please take a uddharani of water in your right hand and drink the water after each of the three mantras given above.
Kriya: Wash your hands
॥ सद्गुरुवन्दनम् ॥ sadguru-vandanam ॥
The Sri Guru Puja begins with the Sadguru Vandanam, in which we offer gratitude to our ultimate spiritual master, Sadguru Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamiji. The meaning of the mantra is:
I surrender onto that Sadguru who is Nithyananda, the Eternal Bliss, the bestower of Supreme Happiness, who is the personification of Wisdom, who is beyond duality, who is omnipresent, to whom the supreme goal is giving the experience of - ‘You Are That’ (tat tvam asi); who is Oneness, Eternal, Pure and Immovable, who is the Direct Witness (Sākshi) of the beginning and source of all Beings, who is beyond emotions, and the who is without the three qualities called Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
Kriya: Now please take some flowers into your folded hands, close your eyes and offer the flowers at the Sri Guru's divine feet at the end of the mantra.
नित्यानन्दं परम सुखदं केवलं ज्ञान मूर्तिं ।
द्वन्द्वातीतं गगन सदृशं तत्वमस्यादि लक्ष्यम् ॥
एकं नित्यं विमलं अचलं सर्वधी साक्षि भूतं ।
भावातीतं त्रिगुण रहितं सद्गुरुं तं नमामि ॥
nityānandaṁ parama sukhadaṁ kevalaṁ jñāna mūrtiṁ ।
dvandvātītaṁ gagana sadṛśaṁ tattvamasyādi lakṣyam ॥
ekaṁ nityaṁ vimalaṁ acalaṁ sarvadhī sākṣi bhūtaṁ ।
bhāvātītaṁ triguṇa rahitaṁ sadguruṁ taṁ namāmi ॥
॥ गुरु परम्परा वंदनम् ॥ guru paramparā vaṇdanam ॥
In the Guru Parampara Vandanam we offer our gratitude to the eternal lineage of all Gurus, the Enlightened Masters. The meaning of the mantra is:
I surrender to the Lineage of all the Enlightened Masters which has Sri Nithyanandeshwara Sadashiva as the beginning, Sri Nithyanandeshwari Adishakti as the middle, and my Guru Sri Nithyananda as the entirety - from the source onwards.
Kriya : Now please take some flowers in your folded hands and offer the flowers at Guru's lotus feet at the end of the mantra.
नित्यानन्देश्वरसमारम्भां नित्यानदेश्वरिमध्यमाम् ।
नित्यानन्द पर्यन्तां वन्दे गुरुपरम्पराम् ॥
nithyānandeśvarasamārambhāṁ nithyānadeśvarimadhyamām ।
nithyānanda paryantāṁ vande guruparamparām ॥
॥ अरुणगिरि योगीश्वर वन्दनम् ॥ aruṇagiri yogīśvara vandanam
In the Arunagiri Yogishwara Vandanam we offer our respects and gratitude to Arunagiri Yogishwara, the Avatar of Sadashiva, who incarnated thousands of years ago, and who is the source of the infinite bio-energy of Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
The meaning of the mantra is:
One who has the tripuṇḍra, the three-lined sacred ash on His forehead, the mark of sacred musk applied on his forehead, who is the wearer of a glittering garland, who wears a loincloth on His radiantly glowing waist, who upholds the unconquerable king cobra and a crescent moon on His forehead – victory onto Arunagiri Yogishwara, who is the Cosmic Light of Enlightenment onto all beings.
Kriya: Now, taking flowers in your folded hands, close your eyes and offer the flowers at the Guru’s sacred lotus feet at the end of the mantra.
ललाटे त्रिपुण्ड्री निटिलकृत कस्तुरी तिलकः
स्फुरन् मालाधारः स्फुरित कटि कौपीन वसनः ।
दधानो दुस्तारं शिरसि फणिराजम् शशिकलाम्
प्रदीपः सर्वेषाम् अरुणगिरि योगी विजयते ॥
lalāṭe tripuṇḍrī niṭilakṛta kasturī tilakaḥ
sphuran mālādharāḥ sphurita kaṭi kaupīna vasanaḥ ।
dadhāno dustāraṃ śirasi phaṇirājam śaśikalām
pradīpaḥ sarveṣām aruṇagiri yogī vijayate ॥
॥ dhyana shloka ॥
Because of being established in the calmness of restful awareness and being free from the attitude of performing all actions related to the fivefold cosmic functions, Lord Sadashiva is called 'Shiva' by the experts in the great tantras (Agamas). I offer myself onto that Shiva, who is the Guru and who is eternally beyond passion and who is beyond any limiting aspects of embodying and manifesting in form (kala). Because of His immeasurable greatness and being eternally unborn, He is greatly praised and celebrated as Ananta.
Kriya: Now please take some flowers in your hands and offer them at Guru's divine feet/paduka along with the mantra.
शान्तत्वात् सर्वकर्तृत्वभावोपरति कारणात् ।
śāntatvāt sarvakartṛtvabhāvoparati kāraṇāt ।
शिव उक्तो महातन्त्रमन्त्रविद्भिः सदाशिवः ॥
śiva ukto mahātantra-mantravidbhiḥ sadāśivaḥ ॥
तस्मै शिवाय गुरवे वीतरागकलाय वै ।
tasmai śivāya gurave vītarāgakalāya vai ।
अमेयत्वात् अनन्तोऽयं अजत्वाच्च प्रकीर्तितः ॥
ameyatvāt ananto'yaṃ ajatvācca prakīrtitaḥ ॥
॥ शुक्लाम्बरधरं ॥ śuklāmbaradharam ॥
We chant this mantra invoking the energy of Sri Ganesha, the Lord of spontaneous completion and obstacle remover, to remove the obstacles that may prevent us from completing the Puja.
I meditate upon the Lord Ganesha who is clad in white garments, who is all-pervading, who is as bright colored as the Moon, who has a smiling, pleasant face, having four shoulders or hands, and who is the remover and pacifier of all obstacles.
शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् ।
प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये ॥
śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam ।
prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye ॥
Kriya: Please take the
akshata, turmeric mixed
rice and a flower in your
right hand. Keeping both the
hands as fist, tap the sides
of your forehead (on the
temples) while chanting the
॥ प्राणायामः ॥ prāṇāyāmaḥ ॥
The next is prānāyāma, the regulation of the prana - life-energy.
Kriya: Continue to keep the akshata in your right hand. Now open only the little finger, ring finger and the thumb (as shown in picture)
• Close your right nostril with the thumb and exhale completely through your left nostril observing silence in your inner space.
• Now close the left nostril with the ring finger and little finger and inhale slowly through your right nostril. Chant “u” within as you breathe-in visualizing Moon and Vishnu.
• Close your right nostril and hold your breath chanting “म्” “m” in your inner space and visualizing Sun and Shiva.
• Now, close your right nostril with the thumb and exhale slowly, through your left nostril chanting ‘आ’ ‘ā’ in your inner space visualizing Fire and Brahma, as you breathe-out.
Now repeat steps 2 to 4 two more times. Finally touch the right ear with the right hand.
॥ सङ्कल्पः ॥ saṅkalpaḥ ॥ - The Conscious Resolution
When you make a conscious resolution in the presence of the Guru, the power of the Guru's presence will simply manifest it as your reality. The meaning of the sankalpa mantra we are going to chant now is:
By the destruction of all gathered karma and incompletions of mine, I, with the intention of pleasing Sri Sadguru Nithyananda along with Sri Nithyanandeshvari Adishakti and Sri Nithyanandeshvara Sadashiva, at the most auspicious and fortunate time period, during the second half of the lifetime of Lord Brahma, during the Kalpa called Shveta-varah, during the realm of Vaivasvata Manu, during the first quarter of the age called ‘Nithya Yuga’, in the island called Jambu, in the continent called Bharat-varsha, in the Indian sub-continent called Bharatah-khanda, in the southern side of the Mt. Meru, in the Shakha era, during the Vedic year called _________ (current year’s name) which is one of the set of sixty years which is in practice of which Prabhava is the first year, in the period of the year called _________ Ayana (Uttara/Dakshina), in the season called _________ (name of the rituau), in the month called _________(name of the month), in the waning phase of the moon called _________ paksha (name of the phase of the moon), in the tithi called _________ tithi (name of the tithi), in the vedic day called _________ (name of the day), in the star called _________ nakshatra name of the nakshatra), during the yoga called _________ yoga, (name of the yoga), during the karana called _________ karana (Name of the karana) - During such an auspicious moment, for pleasing Bhagavan Sri la Sri Paramahamsa Nithyanda Sri Jnanasambandha Deshika Paramacharya Swami, who is the embodiment of all the Devas and Devis, onto him and onto Sri Nityanadeswari Adishakti with Sri Nityandandeshwara Sadashiva, I offer my puja.
Kriya: Now, keeping the akshata (turmeric rice) in your left palm, close it with your right palm. Keep both the hands on the right thigh and offer at the Guru's sacred feet, at the end of the mantra.
ममोपात्त समस्त दुरितक्षयद्वारा श्री सद्गुरु प्रीत्यर्थं श्री नित्यनन्देश्वरी आदिशक्ति समेत श्री नित्यनन्देश्वर सदाशिव प्रीत्यर्थं-शुभे शोभने मुहूर्ते आद्यब्रह्मणः द्वितीयपरार्धे श्रीश्वेतवराहकल्पे वैवस्वतमन्वन्तरे अष्टाविंशति तमे नित्ययुगे प्रथमे पादे जम्बू द्वीपे भारतवर्षे भरतखण्डे मेरोः दक्षिणे पार्श्वे शकाब्धे अस्मिन् वर्तमाने व्यवहारिके प्रभवादीनाम् षष्ठ्याः संवत्सराणां मध्ये ______नाम संवत्सरे _____अयने _____ऋतौ _____मासे _____पक्षे ______शुभतिथौ _____वासरयुक्तायां _____नक्षल _____योग _____करण एवंगुण विशेषणविशिष्टायां अस्यां शुभतिथौ भगवान्-श्रीला श्रीपरमहंसनित्यानन्द-श्रीज्ञानसम्भन्धदेशिक-परमाचार्य-स्वामि-भगवत्पादाचार्यप्रीत्यर्थजीवन्मुक्तिप्राप्त्यर्थं श्री सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूप सत्गुरुनित्यानन्ददेव पूजां श्री नित्यनन्देश्वरी-आदिशक्ति समेत श्री नित्यनन्देश्वर-सदाशिव पूजां च करिष्ये ॥
mamopātta samasta duritakṣayadvārā śrī sadguru prītyarthaṃ śrī nityanandeśvarī ādiśakti sameta śrī nityānandeśvara sadāśiva prītyarthaṃ-śubhe śobhane muhūrte ādyabrahmaṇaḥ dvitīyaparārdhe śrīśvetavarāhakalpe vaivasvatamanvantare aṣṭāviṃśati tame nityayuge prathame pāde jambū dvīpe bhāratavarṣe bharatakhaṇḍe meroḥ dakṣiṇe pārśve śakābdhe asmin vartamāne vyavahārike prabhavādīnām ṣaṣṭhyāḥ saṃvatsarāṇām madhye _______nāma saṃvatsare _____āyane _____rtau _____māse _____pakṣe _______śubhatithau _____vāsarayuktāyām _____nakṣatra _____yoga _____karaṇa evaṃguṇa viśeṣaṇaviśiṣṭāyām asyāṃ śubhatithau bhagavān-śrīlā śrīparamahaṃsanityānanda-śrījñānasambhandhadeśika-paramācārya-svāmi-bhagavatpādācāryaprītyarthaṃ-jīvanmuktiprāptyarthaṃ śrī sarvadevadevīsvarūpa satgurunityānandadeva pūjāṃ śrī nityānandeśvarī-ādiśakti sameta śrī nityānandeśvara-sadāśiva pūjāṃ ca kariṣye ॥
Now offer the akshata into a separate bowl, then wash your hand with a drop of water chanting the following mantra.
ॐ अप उप स्पृश्य ॥ auṁ apa upa spṛsya ॥
॥ मानसपूजा ॥ mānasapūja ॥
The next offering is the mānasapūja - the internal worship in our inner space. Perform the puja from the space of guru bhakti - a deep feeling connection to the Guru.
Kriya: Now please take some flowers in your hands, close your eyes and visualize the Sadguru seated on a white Lotu in your ananda gandha. Placing your hand in front of the ananda gandha in kurma mudra, offer the flowers at Sadguru's feet or paduka at the end of the mantra.
What seat can I offer to the Guru except my heart? I offer the gratitude flowing as nectar to wash His feet and to rinse His mouth. I offer my mind itself as the arghya - the bouquet. To my Guru who is the very Cosmos, what clothing can I offer except the Space?
I offer my very prana – life energy - as the incense and I offer the ocean of nectar as the food offering. The principle of unstuck perennial sound is to be offered as the bell, the air as the chāmara, the sahasrāra as the umbrella, the principle of sound as the music, the actions of the senses and also the vagaries of the mind as the dance.
All the seven chakras along the Sushumna nadi is to be offered as a flower garland. The different kinds of flowers with which the Sadguru should be worshipped are the guilelessness, freedom from the ego, freedom from suffering when your desires are not fulfilled, freedom from arrogance, freedom from ignorance, freedom from deceit, freedom from hatred, freedom from agitation, freedom from jealousy and greed and the Sadguru should also be worshipped with the flowers of non-violence, mastery over the senses, compassion, forgiveness and Enlightenment.
ॐ हृत्पद्ममासनम् दद्यात् । सहस्रारच्युतामृतैः ।
पाद्यम् चरणयोर्दद्यात् । मनस्तु अर्घ्यं निवेदयेत् ॥
तेन अमृतेन आचमनीयं । स्नानीयं तेन च स्मृतम् ।
आकाशतत्त्वं वस्त्रं स्यात् । गन्धस्स्यात् गन्धतत्त्वकम् ॥
चित्तं प्रकल्पयेत् पुष्पम् । धूपं प्राणान् प्रकल्पयेत् ।
तेजस्तत्त्वं च दीपार्थम् । नैवेद्यं स्यात् सुधाम्बुधिः ॥
अनाहत-ध्वनिर्घण्टा । वायुतत्त्वं च चामरम् ।
सहस्रारं भवेच्छत्रम् । शब्दतत्त्वं च गीतकम् ॥
नृत्यमिन्द्रिय-कर्माणि । चाञ्चल्यं मनसस्तथा ।
सुमेखलां पद्ममालाम् । पुष्पं नानाविधं तथा ॥
अमायाद्यैर्भावपुष्पैः । अर्चयेत् भावगोचरम् ।
अमायं अनहङ्कारं । अरागं अमदं तथा ॥
अमोहकं अदम्भञ्च । अद्वेष-अक्षौभकौस्तथा ।
अमात्पर्यं अलोभं च । दश पुष्पं विदुर्बुधाः ॥
auṁ hṛtpadmamāsanam dadyāt | sahasrāracyutāmṛtaiḥ |
pādyam caraṇayordadyāt | manastu arghyaṁ nivedayet ||
tena amṛtena ācamanīyaṁ | snānīyaṁ tena ca smṛtam |
ākāśatattvaṁ vastraṁ syāt | gandhassyāt gandhatattvakam ||
cittaṁ prakalpayet puṣpam | dhūpaṁ prāṇān prakalpayet |
tejastattvaṁ ca dīpārtham | naivedyaṁ syāt sudhāmbudhiḥ ||
anāhata-dhvanirghaṇṭā | vāyutattvaṁ ca cāmaram |
sahasrāraṁ bhavecchatram | śabdatattvaṁ ca gītakam ||
nṛtyamindriya-karmāṇi | cāñcalyaṁ manasastathā |
sumekhalāṁ padmamālāṁ | puṣpaṁ nānāvidhaṁ tathā ||
amāyādyairbhāvapuṣpaiḥ | arcayet bhāvagocaram ||
amāyaṁ anahaṅkāraṁ | arāgaṁ amadaṁ tathā ||
amohakaṁ adambhañca | adveṣa-akṣaubhakāustathā |
amātsaryaṁ alobhaṁ ca | daśa puṣpaṁ vidurbudhāḥ ||
अहिंसा परमं पुष्पं । पुष्पं इन्द्रियनिग्रहः ।
दयापुष्पं क्षमापुष्पं । ज्ञानपुष्पं च पञ्चमं ।
इति पञ्चदशैर्भाव-पुष्पैः । सम्पूजयेत् सद्गुरुम् ॥
ahiṁsā paramaṁ puṣpaṁ । puṣpaṁ indriyanigrahaḥ ।
dayāpuṣpaṁ kṣamāpuṣpaṁ । jñānapuṣpaṁ ca pañcamaṁ ।
iti pañcadaśairbhāva-puṣpaiḥ । sampūjayet sadgurum ॥
Now we begin the Upachara Puja, the external worship
॥ पाद्यम् ॥ pādyam ॥
The next offering is Pādyam – the offering of water for washing the divine feet of the Guru.
Kriya: Now please take uddharani of water in your hands and offer it at Guru's sacred feet/paduka along with the mantra.
ॐ हॄं अततुू-ताद्यं सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय नमः ॥
auṃ hrīṃ etat-pādyaṃ sarvadevadevīsvarupāya
sadguru-nityānandāya namaḥ ॥
॥ अर्घ्यः ॥ arghyaḥ ॥
The next offering is Arghya - the offering of the traditional bouquet.
Kriya: Now please take the conch in your hands and offer the Arghya at the Guru's sacred feet/ paduka along with the mantra.
ॐ ह्रीं एषो अर्घ्यः सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय
सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय स्वाह ॥
aum hrīṁ eṣo arghyaḥ
sarvadevadevīsvarupāya sadguru-
nityānandāya svāha ॥
॥ आचमनीयम् ॥ ācamanīyam ॥
The next offering is ācamanīyam – the offering of water for mouth wash. The meaning of the mantra we are going to chant now is:
Kriya: Now please take an uddharani of water your hands and offer it at Sri Guru’s sacred feet (paduka), along with the mantra.
ॐ ह्रीं इदं आचमनीयोदकं सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय स्वधा ॥
aum hrīṁ idaṁ ācamanīyodakaṁ sarvadevadevīsvarupāya
sadguru-nityānandāya svadhā ॥
॥ मधुपर्कः ॥ madhuparkaḥ ॥
The next offering is madhuparkaḥ – the offering of the honey sweetened milk. The meaning of the mantra we are going to chant now is:
Kriya: Now please take the madhuparkaḥ and offer at the Sri Guru's sacred feet/paduka along with the mantra.
ॐ ह्रीं एष मधुपर्कः सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरुपाय
सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय स्वधा ॥
aum hrīṁ eṣa madhuparkaḥ sarvadevadevīsvarupāya
sadguru-nityānandāya svadhā ॥
॥ स्नानीयम् ॥ snānīyam ॥
The next offering is snaniyam, the Sacred Bath. Kriya: Now please take uddharani of water in your hands and offer it at Sri Guru's sacred feet/ paduka along with the mantra, please ring the bell as you do so.
ॐ ह्रीं इदम् स्नानीयोदकं
सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय
निवेदयामि ॥
aum hrīṁ idam snānīyodakaṁ
sarvadevadevīsvarupāya sadguru-
nityānandāya nivedayāmi ॥
॥ वस्त्रम् ॥ vastram ॥
The next offering is Vastram – the offering of clothes for the Sri Guru.
Kriya: Now please take the clothes in your hands and offer it to Sri Guru's sacred feet/ paduka along with the mantra. (If you do not have clothes to offer, you can offer some akshata)
ॐ ह्रीं इदं वस्त्रोत्तरीयं सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय निवेदयामि ॥
auṁ hrīṁ idaṁ vastrottarīyaṁ sarvadevadevīsvarūpāya sadguru-
nityānandāya nivedayāmi ॥
॥ गन्धः ॥ gandhaḥ ॥
The next offering is gandha – the offering of fragrant sandalwood paste.
Kriya: Now please take the sandalwood paste in your hands and offer it at Sri Guru’s sacred feet/paduka along with the mantra.
ॐ ह्रीं एष गन्धः सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय सद्गुरु-
नित्यानन्दाय नमः ॥
aum hrīṁ eṣa gandhaḥ
sarvadevadevīsvarupāya
sadguru-nityānandāya namaḥ ॥
॥ पुष्पम् ॥ puṣpam ॥
The next offering is Puṣpam – the offering of flowers.
Kriya: Now please take some flowers
smeared with sandalwood paste in your
hands and offer the flowers at Guru's
sacred feet/paduka along with the
mantra.
ॐ ह्रीं एतानि सचन्दन पुष्पाणि सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय
सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय वौषट् ॥
auṁ hrīṁ etāni sacandana puṣpāṇi
sarvadevadevīsvarūpāya
sadguru-nityānandāya vauṣaṭ ॥
॥ बिल्वपत्रम् ॥ bilva-patram ॥
The next offering is Bilva patram – the offering of bilva leaf.
Kriya: Now please take the Bilva leaf smeared with sandalwood paste in your hands and offer it at Guru's divine feet/paduka along with the mantra.
ॐ ह्रीं एतानि सचन्दन-बिल्वपत्राणि सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय
सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय वौषट् ॥
auṁ hrīṁ etāni sacandana-bilvapatrāṇi sarvadevadevīsvarūpāya
sadguru-nityānandāya vauṣaṭ ॥
॥ धूपः ॥ dhūpaḥ ॥
The next offering is Dhupa – the offering of incense.
Now please take the lit incense sticks in your hands and slowly wave towards Sri Sadguru’s sacred lotus feet/paduka along with the mantra and please ring the bell as you do so.
ॐ ह्रीं एषः धूपः सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय नमः ॥
aum hrīṁ eṣaḥ dhūpaḥ sarvadevadevīsvarūpāya sadguru-nityānandāya namaḥ ॥
॥ दीपः ॥ dīpaḥ ॥
The next offering is Dīpa – the offering of light.
Kriya: Now please take the lit lamp in your hands and slowly wave towards Sri Guru's sacred feet/paduka along with the mantra and please ring the bell as you do so.
ॐ ह्रीं एष दीपः सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय नमः ॥
aum hrīṁ eṣa dīpaḥ sarvadevadevīsvarupāya sadguru
nityānanandāya namaḥ ॥
॥ नैवेद्यम् ॥ naivedyam ॥
The next offering is naivedyam – the offering of sacred food onto Sri Sadguru.
Now take a uddharani of water and hover it clockwise over the Naivedyam. Please chant the mantra and sound the bell as you do so, please offer the water in the uddharani on Sri Guru's feet/paduka.
ॐ ह्रीं इदं सोपकरणं नैवेद्यं सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय
सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय निवेदयामि ॥
auṁ hrīṁ idaṁ sopakaraṇa naivedyaṁ sarvadevadevīsvarupāya
sadguru-nityānandāya nivedayāmi ॥
॥ पानीयम् ॥ pānīyam ॥
The next offering is pānīyam – the offering of pure drinking water onto the Sri Sadguru.
Kriya: Now please an uddharani water in your hands and offer it at Guru's Sacred feet/ paduka after the mantra.
ॐ ह्रीं इदं पानार्तोदकं सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय नमः ॥
aum hrīṁ idaṁ pānārtodakaṁ sarvadevadevīsvarupāya
sadguru-nityānandāya namaḥ ॥
॥ पुनराचमनीयम् ॥ punarācamanīyam ॥
The next offering is punarācamanīyam – the offering of pure water for drinking.
Kriya: Take uddharani of water in your hands and offer it at Guru's sacred feet/paduka after the mantra.
ॐ ह्रीं इदं पुनराचमनीयोदकं सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय
सद्गुरु-नित्यानन्दाय स्वाहा ॥
auṁ hrīṁ idaṁ
punarācamanīyodakaṁ
sarvadevadevīsvarūpāya sadguru-
nityānandāya svāhā ॥
आरात्रिकम् ॥ ārātrikam ॥
The next is ārātrikam – the offering of Aarati to the Sri Guru. The meaning of the Mantra is.
We salute to the Kubera who blesses us with wealth, who is the supreme of the kings, the one who possesses great patience. Let Lord Kameshwara – the Lord of desire energy fulfill our desires. I offer my pranams that is worship and salutations to the one who is as pure as camphor, the one who has incarnated be- cause of intense compassion, the one who is the very essence of life, the one who has the king of serpents as his ornament, the one who lives eternally in the lotus of the heart and the one who has both the Shiva energy that is the cosmic masculine energy and the Devi energy that is the cosmic feminine energy at its peak! I offer my pranams to you!
Kriya: Now please take the lit camphor in your hands and slowly wave towards Swamiji along with the mantra. Please ring the bell as you do so.
aum hrīṁ eṣhā dīpamālā sarvadevadevīsvarupāya
sadguru-nityānandāya namaḥ ॥
ॐ ह्रीं एषा दीपमाला सर्वदेवदेवीस्वरूपाय सद्गुरु-
नित्यानन्दाय नमः ॥
aum rājādhi rājāya prasahya sāhine । namo vayaṃ
vaiśravaṇāya kurmahe । sa me kāmān kāmakāmāya
mahyaṃ । kāmeśvaro vai śravaṇo dadhātu ।
kuberāya vaiśravaṇāya । mahārājāya namaḥ ॥
ॐ राजाधि राजाय प्रसह्य साहिने । नमो वयं वैश्रवणाय
कुर्महे । स मे कामान् कामकामाय मह्यं । कामेश्वरो वै
श्रवणो दधातु । कुबेराय वैश्रवणाय । महाराजाय नमः ॥
karpūra gauraṁ karuṇāvatāraṁ saṁsārasāraṁ
bhujagendrahāram ।
sadā vasantaṁ hṛdayāravinde bhavaṁ bhavānī
sahitaṁ namāmi ॥
ārātrikam samarpayāmi sadguru-caraṇa-
kamalebhyo namaḥ ॥
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम् ।
सदा वसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानी सहितं नमामि ॥
आरात्तिकम् समर्पयामि सद्गुरु-चरण-कमलेभ्यो नमः ॥
॥ पुष्पाञ्जलिः ॥ puṣpāñjaliḥ ॥
The next offering is puṣpāñjali – the offering of fragrant flowers. The meaning of the mantra we are going to chant now is:
Guru is the Brahma, who is the source of creation of the Universe, Guru is Vishnu who is the source of sustenance of the Universe, and Guru is Maheshvara (Shiva) who is the source of rejuvenation of the Universe. Guru is directly Parabrahma, the Ultimate Super-consciousness. Onto that Guru I surrender.
I surrender to the Guru, who is omnipresent and has given me a glimpse of his experience. I surrender to the Guru who removes the blinding darkness of th eyes, caused by the absence of wisdom, by applying the JnanaAnjana, the sacred black eye-pigment anointing the three eyes and awakens the all- pervasive infinite eyes. I surrender to the Guru who by giving the knowledge about the Self, has burnt my karmic baggage of so many births. I surrender to the Guru who is the Lord of the Cosmos, who is the Guru of the Cosmos; my soul is the same soul which is in all the beings. I surrender to Dakshinamurti – the primordial Guru – who manifests Himself differently in the form of Ishwara, Guru and Atman or the self.
I surrender onto that Sadguru who is Nithyananda, the Eternal Bliss, the bestower of Supreme Happiness, who is the personification of Wisdom, who is beyond duality, who is omnipresent, to whom the supreme goal is giving the experience of - ‘You Are That’ (tat tvam asi) ; who is Oneness, Eternal, Pure and Immovable, who is the Direct Witness (Sakshi) of
the beginning and source of all Beings, who is beyond emotions, and the who is without the three qualities called Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
Kriya: Now, please take a few flowers in your hands, close your eyes till the end of the mantra and offer the flowers at Guru’s sacred feet/paduka at the end of the mantra.
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम् । तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
अज्ञानतिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जन शलाकया । चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
अनेकजन्म-सम्प्राप्त-कर्मबन्ध-विदाहिने । आत्मज्ञान प्रदानेन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः
मन्नाथः श्रीजगन्नाथो मद्गुरुः श्रीजगद्गुरुः । ममात्मा सर्वभूतात्मा तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥
ईश्वरो गुरुरात्मेति मुर्तिभेद-विभागिने । व्योमवद्व्याप्त देहाय दक्षिणामूर्तये नमः ॥
नित्यानन्दं परमसुखदं केवलं ज्ञानमूर्तिं द्वन्द्वातीतं गगनसदृशं तत्त्वमस्यादिलक्ष्यम् ।
एकं नित्यं विमलमचलं सर्वधीस्साक्षिभूतं भावातीतं त्रिगुणरहितं सद्गुरुं तम् नमामि ॥
पुष्पाञ्जलिं समर्पयामि सद्गुरु-चरण-कमलेभ्यो नमः ॥
॥ ॐ नित्यानन्दम् ॥
gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gurur devo maheśvaraḥ ।
guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ॥
akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṁ vyāptaṁ yena carācaram ।
tatpadaṁ darśitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ॥
ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjana śalākayā ।
cakṣurunmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ॥
anekajanma-samprāpta-karmabandha-vidāhine ।
ātmajñāna pradānena tasmai śrīgurave nama ॥
mannāthaḥ śrījagannātho madguruḥ śrījagadguruḥ ।
mamātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ॥
īśvaro gururātmeti murtibheda-vibhāgine
vyomavadvyāpta dehāya dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ ॥
nityānandaṁ paramasukhadaṁ kevalaṁ jñānamūrtiṁ ।
dvandvātItaṁ gaganasadṛuśaṁ tattvamasyādi-lakṣyam ।
ekaṁ nityaṁ vimalamacalaṁ sarvadhīssākṣibhūtaṁ
bhāvātītaṁ triguṇarahitaṁ sadguruṁ tam
namāmi ॥
puṣpāñjaliṁ samarpayāmi sadguru-caraṇa-kamalebhyo namaḥ ॥ auṁ nityānandam ॥
