SRI GURU RAGHAVENDRAR

From Sampath’s Desk:

SRI GURU RAGHAVENDRAR

(1595-1671)

 

Mantralaya Brindavan from where the Divine light starts;

Wafts through the whole world reaching all parts;

You reign in our hearts;

Regulating our life charts!

 

I have loved and revered Thee long;

Earning Your mercy all along;

With Your blessings, I emerge strong;

Proving the doomsters wrong!

 

Lord Sri Krishna was Your childhood companion;

Throughout You had His union;

There could be no second opinion;

Your devotees are in multiples of million!

 

Ardent worshipper of Moola Rama, You shower upon us lots of grace;

You made a dry wood sprout leaves;

You make Your presence felt internally with heightened ecstasies;

Much to our delight, increasing our energies!

 

Your Sacred Soil (Mrithigai) is more precious than gold;

Before You, we have nothing else but hands to fold;

At Your Lotus Feet, we get the right spiritual mould;

Whère else to go and what else to seek except Your Divinity to behold?

 

An apostle of God whose presence is felt everywhere;

Re-incarnation of Sri Prahlada and Sri Vyasatheertha that You were;

Let Your sublimely bliss be with us wherever we are;

Without Your Holy Halo guiding us, we can go nowhere!

 

You instantly respond to devotee’s call;

With Your Grace, we will never fail;

Nor shall we fall;

Why worry, You offer the heal!

 

An extraordinary seer with heavenly powers;

Converted the meat, mischievously offered by a non-believer, into fruits and flowers;

For all our questions You have answers;

You have countless followers!

 

In all life arts, You were great;

You continue to accomplish many a stunning feat;

There is no safer place than Your Sacred Feet;

We have in You the strength to beat the life heat!

 

At Your Brindavan, You gave Sir Thomas Monroe Your sacrosanct apparition;

That made him realize Your Supernatural powers and got inspiration;

You were a clairvoyant Saint having attained eternal liberation;

That needs no elaboration but only celebration!

 

You made an illiterate a scholar;

Once You drove away famine and hunger;

Saved a toddler from a large hot liquid meal filled container;

Playing the Veena captivating the Lord, You became the Holy Entertainer!

 

पूज्याय राघवेन्द्राय सत्यधर्मरताय च ।
भजतां कल्पवृक्षाय नमतां कामधेनवे ॥ १॥

   

Poojyaya Raghavendraya Sathya Dharma Rathayacha,

Bajathaam Kalpa Vrukshaya Namathaam Kamadhenave.

MEANING

 

PujyayaRaghavendraya: The great universal guru Sri Raghavendra.

Satya Dharma Rathayacha: The protector of Satya and Dharma.

BajathamKalpaVrukshaya:  I salute the esteemed Raghavendra who is like a kalpavriksha tree, a kind of wish fulfilling tree found in the Indra Loka.

Namatham Kamadehnave: I bow to the Guru Sri Raghavendra who is also like the divine cow Kamadhenu, a divine cow lives in the Indra Loka.

 

Mantra is sacred utterance, which is considered holy and has spiritual positive effects.

 

பூஜ்யாய ராகவேந்த்ராய ஸத்யதர்ம ரதாயச;

பஜதாம் கல்பவ்ருக்ஷாய நமதாம் காமதேனவே.

சத்ய மற்றும் தர்மத்தின் பாதுகாவலராக விளங்கும் மதிப்பிற்குரிய ராகவேந்திரரை வணங்குகிறேன். கல்பவிருட்சத்தைப் போன்ற மதிப்பிற்குரிய ராகவேந்திரரை வணங்குகிறேன். நம் காமதேனுவைப் போன்ற ஸ்ரீ ராகவேந்திரரை வணங்குகிறேன்.

 

R.SAMPATH

27/4/2020