Song of the week ending 21, Sep 2007

Sreepada maahaatmyam aarkariyaam
Gurupaadathin vaibhavam aarkariyaam
Amriteshwari amme aanandasaarame
Kaivalyadaamame njaan namikkaam

Who can know the importance and greatness of Guru's feet?
Who can know the power of Guru's feet?
O Mother of immortality, O Essence of bliss, O abode of absoluteness, I offer my prostrations at Thy feet.

Sripaadapoojaikku melilla poojakal
Illayogaadikal saadhanakal
Sadguru paadathin premavum sraddhayum
Janmajanmaanthara punyamallo

There is no pooja greater than Guru's feet
There is no greater sadhana like yoga etc. than worship of Guru's feet
Gaining love and faith in the Sadguru's feet is due to punya attained in many births

Sripaadabhakthi sadaa kalpa vrikshamaam
Premabhakthipradam jnaanamoolam
Bhakthimukthipradam sarvasiddhipradam
Sripaada teerthame teertha saaram

Devotion in the feet of the Guru is the kalpa vriksha which bestows all desires thereby giving us love, devotion and is the seed of knowledge
The Guru's feet is bestower of bhakthi, mukthi and all siddhis (worldly powers)
The water obtained out of worship of Guru's feet is the essence of all worship-water (teertha)

Saakshaal ananthanum moorthi trayangalum
Vaakku kittaathe valanjidunnu
Binnaru varnikkum sadguru paadathin
Veendum namikkam namicchidaam njaan

Even Vishnu and the other trimurthis roam around without being able to describe the Guru's feet in words
If so, who can speak about the Guru's feet?
To that feet of the Guru, I offer prostrations again and again

This is a beautiful song set in Kaapi Raaga (hopefully I am right about the Raaga). This song in beautiful words describes the importance and greatness of the feet of the Guru. The song has been recorded in my voice which can be found here. Please bear the noise, disturbance and awful singing as am not a singer.

AMMA's bhajan song

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