Shivabalayogi Songbook:
Opening & Closing Chants

An opening Vedic chant to Ganesha, the Remover of Obstacles, and to Guru:

shuklaambara dharam vishnum, shashi varnam chaturbhujam
prasanna vadanam dhyayet sarva vignopa shantaye
agaja anana padmarkhum gajananam aharnishun
anekadam tham bhaktanam
ekadhantam upasnahe ekadhantam upasnahe

He who is attired in white and is all pervading, who has the complexion of the moon, who has four arms and a smiling face so pleasing, upon him we meditate for removing all obstacles.  To the elephant-faced one, with trunk and lotus body and eyes, to that Gajanana we pray day and night. To the one with the single tusk who grants boons to his many devotees do we pray day and night.

gurur brahma gurur vishnu gurur devo maheshwara
guru sakshat parabrahma tasmai shri gurave namaha
akhanda mandalakaram vyaptam yena charaacharam
tat padam darshitam yena tasmai shri gurave namaha

Guru is Brahma. Guru is Vishnu. Guru is Shiva. The true guru is the Highest, formless god. I prostrate before the holy guru. The unbounded is the endless canopy of the sky, the omnipresent in all creation, both animate and inanimate, I bow to Sri Guru who reveals to us the ultimate reality.

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A closing Vedic chant:

om om om
asato ma — sadgamaya
tamaso ma — jyotirgamaya
mrityor ma — amritangamaya
om shantih, shantih, shantih

From the untruth lead me to truth, from the darkness lead me to light, from death lead me to the eternal, Om peace peace peace.

mangalam gurudevaya
mahaniya gunatmane
sarva loka sharanyaya
sadhu rupaya mangalam
shri shivabalayogishwaraya
parabrahmane namaha
hari om tat sat

All auspiciousness and good for the Guru who has all the greatest spiritual qualities. All the worlds worship and take refuge in you, you who are in the form of a holy saint. I bow before the greatest lord, Shri Shivabalayogi. God is Om, that alone is.

om shri shri shri shivabalayogi maharaj ki!   jai!

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