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Gurvashtakam
गुर्वाष्टकम्
Gurvāṣṭakam
Chant
षडङ्गादिवेदो मुखे शास्त्रविद्या कवित्वादि गद्यं सुपद्यं करोति । मनश्चेन्न लग्नं गुरोरङ्घ्रिपद्मे ततः किं ततः किं ततः किं ततः किम् ॥३॥
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Word breakdown
- षडङ्गादिवेदो मुखे शास्त्रविद्या
- The Vedas with their six limbs, scriptural learning on the tongue.
- कवित्वादि गद्यं सुपद्यं करोति ।
- Making fine prose, poetry, and other compositions.
- मनश्चेन्न लग्नं गुरोरङ्घ्रिपद्मे
- But if the mind is not fixed on the Guru's lotus feet.
- ततः किं ततः किं ततः किं ततः किम्
- Then what of it, what of it, what of it, what of it?
Mastery of Vedas and poetic skill is empty if the mind is not anchored at the Guru's feet. Learning that does not lead to the Self remains ornament on the surface of bondage.
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