Om Shri Sadagurave Namaha (Aarati to Shri Babaji)

White as camphor, compassion incarnate, essence of the universe,
Garlanded with snakes, ever residing in the lotus of my heart;
To Shiva and the Goddess Mother together, I bow.

I offer light to the holy supreme guru, Lord of mercy.
Abode of truth, consciousness and eternal bliss.
Thou art without all but always residing in the heart.
Thy image is full of compassion and so beautiful.

I offer light to...

Repetition of Thy name dries up the ocean of the world's misery.
May there be only pure devotion at Thy holy feet.
My only desire is to be attached to Thy form.

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Thy Form is of extreme beauty and gentleness, beyond form and formless
At the same time, filling the mind with bliss on seeing it.
Gods, men, and sages all say Hail Hail to Haidakhandi.

I offer light to...

We take shelter and surrender before the omnipotent Lord,
holy peaceful, non-dual, remover of sins,
The trinity, remover of pain, doer of good.

I offer light to the holy supreme guru, Lord of mercy.

The guru is Brahma, the guru is Vishnu, the guru is Lord Shiva.
The guru is truly the Absolute One; that is why I bow to the holy guru.

The guru's image is the root of meditation, his feet the root of worship;
The guru's speech is the root of mantras, his grace the root of liberation.

Endless like the shape of the circle,
Encompassing the whole dynamic and static universe,
To him who shows that abode of God to us, to that guru I bow.

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Om Namah Shivaya

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