अखण्डमण्डलाकारं व्याप्तं येन चराचरम् ।
तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥१॥
अज्ञानतिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जनशलाकया ।
चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥२॥
गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः ।
गुरुरेव परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥३॥
स्थावरं जङ्गमं व्याप्तं यत्किञ्चित्सचराचरम् ।
तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥४॥
चिन्मयं व्यापि यत्सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ।
तत्पदं दर्शितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥५॥
सर्वश्रुतिशिरोरत्नविराजितपदाम्बुजः ।
वेदान्ताम्बुजसूर्यो यः तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥६॥
चैतन्यः शाश्वतः शान्तो व्योमातीतो निरञ्जनः ।
बिन्दुनादकलातीतः तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥७॥
ज्ञानशक्तिसमारूढः तत्त्वमालाविभूषितः ।
भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदाता च तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥८॥
अनेकजन्मसम्प्राप्तकर्मबन्धविदाहिने ।
आत्मज्ञानप्रदानेन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥९॥
शोषणं भवसिन्धोश्च ज्ञापनं सारसम्पदः ।
गुरोः पादोदकं सम्यक् तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥१०॥
न गुरोरधिकं तत्त्वं न गुरोरधिकं तपः ।
तत्त्वज्ञानात्परं नास्ति तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥११॥
मन्नाथः श्रीजगन्नाथः मद्गुरुः श्रीजगद्गुरुः ।
मदात्मा सर्वभूतात्मा तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥१२॥
गुरुरादिरनादिश्च गुरुः परमदैवतम् ।
गुरोः परतरं नास्ति तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥१३॥
त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव ।
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव त्वमेव सर्वं मम देवदेव ॥१४॥
Akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṃ vyāptaṃ yena carācaram |
Tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||1||
Ajñānatimirāndhasya jñānāñjanaśalākayā |
Cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||2||
Gururbrahmā gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ |
Gurureva paraṃ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||3||
Sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ vyāptaṃ yatkiñcitsacarācaram |
Tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||4||
Cinmayaṃ vyāpi yatsarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram |
Tatpadaṃ darśitaṃ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||5||
Sarvaśrutiśiroratnavirājitapadāmbujaḥ |
Vedāntāmbujasūryo yaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||6||
Caitanyaḥ śāśvataḥ śānto vyomātīto nirañjanaḥ |
Bindunādakalātītaḥ tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||7||
Jñānaśaktisamārūḍhaḥ tattvamālāvibhūṣitaḥ |
Bhuktimuktipradātā ca tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||8||
Anekajanmasamprāptakarmabandhavidāhine |
Ātmajñānapradānena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||9||
Śoṣaṇaṃ bhavasindhośca jñāpanaṃ sārasampadaḥ |
Guroḥ pādodakaṃ samyak tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||10||
Na guroradhikaṃ tattvaṃ na guroradhikaṃ tapaḥ |
Tattvajñānātparaṃ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||11||
Mannāthaḥ śrījagannāthaḥ madguruḥ śrījagadguruḥ |
Madātmā sarvabhūtātmā tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||12||
Gururādiranādiśca guruḥ paramadaivatam |
Guroḥ parataraṃ nāsti tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||13||
Tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva |
Tvameva vidyā draviṇaṃ tvameva tvameva sarvaṃ mama devadeva ||14||
This is the cherished Guru Stotram, a garland of salutations to the Guru. Salutations to the Guru who revealed that supreme state pervading the whole undivided cosmos of moving and unmoving things; who, with the collyrium-rod of knowledge, opened the eyes of one blinded by the darkness of ignorance. The Guru is Brahma, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru is the great Lord Maheshwara; the Guru indeed is the supreme Brahman — to that Guru, salutations. He is the sun that opens the lotus of Vedanta, eternal consciousness, peaceful, beyond the sky, untainted, beyond sound and the subtle measures of being; mounted on the power of knowledge, adorned with the garland of truths, the giver of both worldly enjoyment and liberation. Salutations to the Guru who burns away the bondage of karma gathered over many births by bestowing Self-knowledge; there is no truth higher than the Guru, no austerity higher than the Guru. My Lord is the Lord of the universe, my Guru is the Guru of the universe, my Self is the Self of all beings — to that Guru, salutations. The final verse surrenders all: 'You alone are mother and father, you alone are kin and friend, you alone are knowledge and wealth, you alone are everything to me, O God of gods.'
The Guru Stuti (Guru Stotram) gathers the most revered Sanskrit verses on the Guru, several drawn from the Guru Gita of the Skanda Purana. Recited daily by seekers and disciples and especially on Guru Purnima, it expresses the heart of the Indian spiritual tradition: that the Guru, as the dispeller of ignorance, is the very form of the Supreme. The closing 'Tvameva Mata cha Pita Tvameva' is among the most beloved prayers of surrender.
Reciting the Guru Stuti cultivates humility, devotion and surrender to the teacher and to the divine principle the teacher embodies. It is believed to burn away the karmic bondage of many lifetimes through the grace of Self-knowledge, and to bestow both worldly well-being (bhukti) and liberation (mukti). For the seeker it opens the inner eye of wisdom and steadies the mind on the highest truth.
The Guru Stuti is naturally connected with the planet Jupiter (Brihaspati / Guru), the great benefic and karaka of wisdom, teachers, dharma and devotion. Reciting it strengthens a weak or afflicted Jupiter, supporting education, spiritual growth, marriage (for women) and children, and right guidance. It is especially recommended on Thursday, Jupiter's day, and during a Jupiter mahadasha or when Jupiter is challenged in the chart.
After bathing, sit before an image of your Guru or ishta-devata and light a lamp. Offer flowers and, if possible, honour the Guru's sandals (paduka) or photograph. Recite the verses slowly with a feeling of reverence and surrender, ending with 'Tvameva Mata cha Pita Tvameva'. Conclude by seeking the Guru's blessing for wisdom and right guidance.
Thursday (Guruvar) is ideal, and Guru Purnima (the full moon of Ashadha) is the most sacred day to honour the Guru. The early morning is the best time. Daily recitation before study or meditation is highly beneficial.
It affirms that the Guru is one with the holy trinity — Brahma the creator, Vishnu the sustainer and Maheshwara the transformer — and indeed is the supreme Brahman itself, deserving the highest reverence.
No. It honours the Guru principle — the inner light that dispels ignorance — and can be recited by anyone seeking wisdom and guidance, whether or not they have a formal initiating teacher.
Thursday and Guru Purnima are the most auspicious occasions, as both are associated with the Guru and the planet Jupiter.
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Saluting the Guru as the very ground of existence
The Guru Stuti, and especially the verse that begins by equating the Guru with Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, is among the most philosophically bold statements in the Sanskrit devotional canon. It does not merely honour the teacher as a wise elder; it places the Guru at the level of the creative, sustaining, and dissolving principles of the cosmos itself — and then, in its final turn, identifies the Guru with the ultimate reality beyond all form. This is not hyperbole but a precise articulation of the Vedantic teaching that the grace which removes ignorance is none other than the self-luminous awareness that always already is. The Tvameva Mata verses then bring this cosmic understanding back into the tenderness of relationship, the mother-child, father-child bond that makes the abstract feel like home.
The Guru Stuti is recited with particular intensity on Guru Purnima — the full moon of the Ashadha month — which in the Jyotish tradition is considered the most auspicious day of the year for strengthening the Jupiter principle in one's chart and life. Jupiter (Guru) governs wisdom, dharma, sacred knowledge, and the capacity to receive teaching, and devotees believe that sincere recitation of this stuti on Guru Purnima clears obstacles in the student-teacher relationship and opens the heart to the recognition that guidance, in its deepest form, is never truly absent. Chanting it at dawn, facing east, in a spirit of genuine gratitude is the traditional approach recommended across sampradayas.