Letting go of all attachment to your social
status, your reputation and your comforts –
think of nothing but the Guru.
| Svaa shramam cha | |
| swaa shru - mum chu | |
Note: the v sound is sound, almost like a 'w' sound. Cha means and; you'll see it a lot. Sva means 'one's own'. Ashrama is a system in India where (four) different stages of life are honored, such as spending one's youth in studies, spending one's middle years in a family situation, spending one's later years in an ashram, and one's final years as a sadhu. Here it carries the connotation of one's stage in life, or social status. |
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| svajaatim cha | |
| swu - jaa - teem chu | |
Note: the 'i' is long. |
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| sva kirti | |
| swa kir - tee | |
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| pushti | |
| poosh - tee | |
| Note: here's a fine point: there are two 't' sounds in Sanskrit. One is pronounced at the front of the mouth near the teeth - which is how we normally say our English 't' sounds. The second 't' sound is pronounced with the tongue touching the middle of the roof of the mouth. That's the one used in pushti. Give it a go. | |
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| vardhanam | |
| vur - dhu - num | |
| Note: I pronounce the 'a' of 'var' a bit long. Shorten it up and make it a bit more like a 'u' sound. Aspirate the 'dhu'. | |
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| Now link the whole first line up together... | |
| Svaa shramam cha svajaatim cha, sva kirti pushti vardhanam | |
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| Etat sarvam | |
| ay - tut sur - vum | |
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| parityajya | |
| pur - it - yuj - yu | |
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| guror anyanna | |
| goo - roar un - yun - nu | |
| Note: anyan means other and na means not; as in think of ' not other than the Guru' | |
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| bhaavayet | |
| bhaa - vu - yay + t; bhaava means thinking, feeling | |
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| and now... link the second line: | |
| Etat sarvam parityajya, guror anyanna bhaavayet | |
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Now repeat the entire verse all together: |
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| Svaa shramam cha svajaatim cha, sva kirti pushti vardhanam; Etat sarvam parityajya, guror anyanna bhaavayet. | |
| and with the awareness of the keywords: | |
Svaa shramam cha svajaatim cha, sva kirti pushti vardhanam; Etat sarvam parityajya, guror anyanna bhaavayet. |
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| Letting go of all attachment to your social status, your reputation and your comforts – think of nothing but the Guru. | |
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