The Importance of the Guru
Guruji! Only You are Creator and Sustainer.
Formless One, the Destroyer You are only . . . . . . . . .
Lord of the Universe and the Supreme Thou art,
Both non-attached yet with worldly wealth happy.
The knowledge of You has saved Your disciples,
How do we pray, Treasure of good qualities? . . . . . . . .
Sacred rivers flow with vigor in Your divine body.
All the holy places are contained within Thee.
In the temple of the mind You live eternally;
The light of this truth flickers very brightly . . . . . . . . . .
The Lord made a mountain out of a tiny mustard seed.
He made a selfish man full of generosity.
The grace that saved this one came from You, Guruji!
The yogic powers are Your servants, already . . . . . . . . .
At last there is one boon which I demand "Kripalu"
Your grace is the fortune to bestow on me.
Myself I do forget, but always I remember You;
Your feet are my home, beloved Guruji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Viniti Muniji spent many days with Leela in 1983 going over each bhajan with word for word translations and then explaining any grey areas. Later after returning to America Leela crafted these bhajans to fit the meaning and melodies.
Poetic English Rendering by Leela Bruner 1984 all rights reserved
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Guru mahimaa
Guruji! aapa ja Brahma, Vishnu,
aapa ja Shiva avinaashi . . . . . . . .
Brahma ane Parabrahmaye aapa je, aapa vilaasi udaasi,
taaryo shishyane, gnaana prabhaakar praarthu shunn? gunaraashi? . . . . . . .
janunaa - gangaa vahaavi ghatamaan sthaapyaan pathuraa - kaashi,
mana mandiramaan aapa viraahyaa, satyani jyoti prakaashi . . . . . . . . .
raino parvat karyo prabhuji! sangrahino sannyaasi,
anugrha paami oogaryo guruji! sicdho bani gai daasi . . . . . . . . .
antamaan vara eka yaachu 'Kripaalu' kripaa karo sukha raashi!
smarun hun aapane svayanne visarun banun sharanani vaasi . . . . . . . . . . . .