Guru well this is very interesting word, in modern day guru means the our school teacher or a motivational guru but Guru word is more more of that. Our ancient sages gave respect our guru by comparing them to Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh itself. In Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu shloka lyrics we salutation to the guru who is the great and respected trinity of Hinduism and if you break the guru word it will be in two pieces one is GU and second is RU so ‘GU’ Means Darkness and ‘RU’ means Remover so the meaning of GURU word is eliminator of darkness.
Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Shloka Lyrics & Meaning
Lyrics in Sanskrit
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।
गुरुः साक्षात परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरुवे नमः।
Lyrics in English
GururBrahma GururVishnu GururDevo Maheshwaraha
Guru Saakshaat ParaBrahma Tasmai Sri Gurave Namaha
Transliteration
gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ।
guru sākṣāta brahma tasmai śrīguruve namaḥ।
English Translation
Salutations to that guru who is the brahama, Vishnu and Shiva, who is the immortal. I bow down to that guru who can create, sustain and destroy. The Guru is limitless.
Meaning the essence
The Guru who is like Brahma, that is, the one who creates, creates a virtuous person from a child to the Guru,
Guru is also called Vishnu, that is, just as Vishnu is the maintainer of this entire world, in the same way the Guru is the one who nurtures the knowledge of his disciple.
Guru is also called Mahesh i.e. Mahesh (Shiva ji) who destroys the sins of the whole world, similarly Guru destroys our ignorance and gives us new life.
Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Lyrics Meaning
Guru : Eliminator of darkness of ignorance.
Brahma : The Creator of life (The electron)
Vishnu : Proton with a positive electric charge, the sustainer of life
Maheshvara : The Neutron the destroyer
Saakshaat : Like Himself
ParaBrahma : The Supreme Energy which has neither beginning nor end
Tasmai : To him
Namah : I bow down (Salutation)
Source
Skanda Purana
Please feel free to share this image at any platform. (bloggers are too free to use this image for their blogs)
FAQs about Guru Mantra
When to chant guru mantra?
There is no specific time allotted to chant guru mantra, you can chant anytime in a day. If you chant guru mantra in school assembly or on auspicious day of teacher day or guru purnima that will be a good.
What is the Importance of guru mantra?
Guru Mantra is a mantra said in the honor of our Guru, through which we can easily express some good thoughts in the honor of our Guru.
Which mantra is known as guru mantra?
The above mantra in this blog is known as guru mantra.
How many times to chant guru mantra?
As much as times you want.
For Understanding the scientific explanation of shivlinga or Brahama & Vishnu tatva please read one of my article on Yatra Tatra Sarvatra Shiva & Shivlinga Scientific Explanation. After reading that article you will get to know why we worship Shivlinga and what is the scientific reason to worship the shivlinga. Our sanatan dharma is a scientific dharma and I am damn sure after reading that article you will defenatly have the answer of why we worship shivlinga?
Follow us on Instagram : Writerclubs.in for more updates
This is a really interesting blog post. I have never heard of Guru Brahma before, but I am definitely interested in learning more about him.