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ॐ नमः शिवाय गुरवे सच्चिदानन्द मूर्तये । निष्प्रपञ्चाय शान्ताय निरालम्बाय तेजसे ॥

Om Namah Shivaya Gurave

Om Namah Shivaya Gurave, Satchidananda Murtaye, Nishprapanchaya Shantaya, Niralambaya Tejase

"Honoring Shiva as the inner Guru — being, consciousness, and bliss itself"

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Meaning & Translation

Sanskrit

ॐ नमः शिवाय गुरवे सच्चिदानन्द मूर्तये । निष्प्रपञ्चाय शान्ताय निरालम्बाय तेजसे ॥

Transliteration

Om Namah Shivaya Gurave, Satchidananda Murtaye, Nishprapanchaya Shantaya, Niralambaya Tejase

Deity / Quality Invoked

Shiva

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Full Translation

A revered guru-vandana (verse in praise of the Guru) that bows to Shiva as the teacher: "I bow to Shiva, the Guru — the very embodiment of being, consciousness, and bliss (sat-chit-ananda); who is beyond the material world, perfectly peaceful, dependent on nothing, and radiant with his own light."

Spiritual Significance

It identifies the outer teacher with the formless divine within — the self-luminous awareness that needs no external support. Chanting it is a way of bowing to that same wisdom in one's own heart, the Guru and the Self as one.

Cultural Context & History

Drawn from the Guru-stotram tradition of verses honoring the Guru, and chanted daily in many ashrams. It has reached global meditation audiences through chant artists including Deva Premal & Miten.

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