Gita Dhyanam - 2

                                         VyAsaNamaskara 

Next we offer salutaions to Guru, Rishi Veda Vyasa

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नमोस्तु ते व्यास विशालबुद्धे फुल्लारविन्दायतपत्रनेत्र ।
येन त्वया भारततैलपूर्णः प्रज्वालितो ज्ञानमयः प्रदीपः॥ २॥

Namostu te vyAsa vishAlabuddhe phullAravindAyatapatranetra .

yena tvayA bhAratatailapUrNaH prajvAlito GyAnamayaH pradIpaH .. (2)

नमोस्तु                                     Salutations

ते                                              To Thee

व्यास                                        O Sage Vyasa

विशालबुद्धे                              who has deeper and vast knowledge

फुल्लारविन्दायतपत्रनेत्र            Whose eyes are like fully bloomed Lotus

येन त्वया                                  by you

भारततैलपूर्णः                          with the oil of Mahabharatam

प्रज्वालितो                               is lighted

ज्ञानमयः                                   of knowledge

प्रदीपः                                      the light

Meaning:

Salutations to Thee, O Sage Vyasa , who has vast and deeper knowledge ; whose eyes are similar to petals of fully bloomed lotus; It is by you the lamp of knowledge filled with the oil of Mahabharatam is lit.

Significance:

                          In Indian tradition the place our Guru holds is more sacred. Having offering our salutions to Gita, we now bow our head to Guru. Guru is the only person who can help a person to attain the purusharthas – Dharma , artha , kama and moksha. Guru is the only person who can impart knowledge to a man to cross this samsara sagara in this birth.

                           Vyasa, means compiler (compiler of the great epic Mahabharatam), divider (of the vedas into 4 Rig,Yajur,Sama and Atharvana ) , Brahman who gave a detailed account of the Puranas. He is the son of sage Parasara . He is known as ‘Veda Vyasa and Krishna-Dvaipayana - One whose complexion is black, One who is born in a island. We celebrate Guru Poornima in his name , the day being his birth-day and the day in which he divided the Vedas, for our benefit. We now begin the study of Gita by offering our salutations to the great sage.