Sri Goraksh Rahasyam
Om Siva Goraksa Yogi
Sati Parvati uvaca - Bhagavan! devadevesa, Rahasya goraksaya me |
Bruhi yena bhaktim kuryat, Sadhako goraksa sivam || 1 ||
Sati Parvati said - |
Sri Siva uvaca - Srnu devi param gopyam, Kathayami susobhanam |
Rahasyam siddhidam saksad, Goraksasya mahatmanah || 2 ||
Sri Siva said - |
Guru Goraksanathasya, Sadhane ye nirupitah |
Upaya nisfalah sarve, Vina dhyanena sarvatha || 3 ||
All means to worship Guru Goraksanath fail to bring about the desired results unless one practices dhyanayoga. |
Yo dhyanam sadhanam hitva, Upayam canyatha saryet |
Na sah siddhimavapnoti, Naro varsa satairapi || 4 ||
He who intends to attain (results) without dhyanayoga sadhana cannot success in hundreds of years. |
Svayam jyotishvarupoyam, Sunyalaro niranjanah |
Dasadiksu sada vyaptah, Goraksah prathitah prabhuh || 5 ||
Guru Goraksanathji is jyotisvarupa (embodiment of light) sunyakara (formless) and niranjana (absolutely pure). He pervades all the ten directions and is fames as jati Goraksanath. |
Ahamevasmi gorakso, Madrupastannibhodhata |
Yogamarga pracarartham, Maya rupamidam dhrtam || 6 ||
I myself am Goraksanath. He is my embodiment. I assumed his form to promote and expand yogamarga (the path of yoga). |
Yasya sunyamayi mata, Yasya cavigatah pita |
Niranjano mahayogi, Goraksah sarvada guruh! || 7 ||
He is born of sunya (Absolute Reality) and avigat (the Ever present) is his father. He is mahayogi and niranjana. |
Rudraksamaladharah santah, Kundala prabhayanvitah |
Bhujanga mekhaladivya, Jati goraksa sobhanah || 8 ||
He looks so graceful wearing a necklace of rudraksa, kundals and a divine girdle of serpents. |
Gajasura-vimardi ca,Bhuta betala sobhitah |
Smasanaranyavasi,Karparalankrtah sivah ||9||
Guru Goraksanathji who destroyed Gajasura, lives in cremation grounds with vaitalas and bhutas (spirits) and keeps roaming the jungles, carrying a khappar (skull bowl). |
Jnanavantah dayavantah, Mama priya svarupajah |
Utpatti sthiti sam haraya, Goraksaya Namo Adesam || 10 ||
He is all knowing and compassionate. He supervises the origin, sustenance and dissolution of the world. He is my own beloved image. I bow down to him. |
Yatindram yogindram, Sakala vcasudhaya hitalaram |
Sada sevyam bhavya, Kalimala-daham sadhu sukhadam || Paramparam jyotirjam, Nibhrtaharam karanam param | Bhajet tatrupam sruti kirtitam, Natapadam gorakha priyam || 11 ||
We worship him who is the lord of the yatis and yogis, most benevolent to this earth, worthy of adoration by the great. He is the destroyer of kalimal and provide joys to the sadhus. He is the embodiment of param jyoti (Supreme Light), the cause of the world, the liberator from birth and death whose praises have been sung in the srutis (scriptures). |
Suresam yogisam, Nikhilajanatrayatapaharam |
Dayalim gopalam, Nijajanasada palane tatparam || Svabhaktebhyo yogam, Vitarati sadakastaharanaya | Bhaje tam tatrupam srutikathitam, Natapadam Gorakha priyam || 12 ||
Lord of the gods and lord of the yogis Guru Goraksanath removes all (three kinds) of pain. He is full of compassion, tending cows and always providing for his devotees. He dispenses yogavidhi (the way of yoga) to his bhaktas to remove their miseries, we worship him whom the srutis praise. |
Brahma visnusca rudrasca, Maricyadya maharsayah |
Goraksam pranamanti tam, Sada sampanna manasam || 13 ||
The sublime- minded Goraksanathji is worshipped by Brahma, Visnu, Rudra and rsis such as Marici. |
Mahayogi krpasindhu, Nanabharanaih bhusitam |
Dharmartha kamamoksanam, Dataram tam namamyaham || 14 ||
He is mahayogi, ocean of compassion and is decked with diverse embellishment. He is the bestower of dharma, artha, kama and moksa. I bow down to him. |
Srnudevi pravaksyami, Goraksa mamtramuttamam |
Yens mamtra prabhavena, Jatijapa subhobhavet || 15 ||
Listen, O Devi, I tell you the mantra (mystic formula) of Goraksanath. The worship of jati Goraksanath will bear fruit by virtue of the recitation of this mantra. |
Anena mamtrajapena, Goraksa darsanam labhet |
Atiguhyataram devi, Devanamapi durlabham || 16 ||
The chanting of this mantra ensures the darsan of Goraksanath. This rahasyam is most hidden and is concealed even from gods and goddesses. |
Gopaniya prayatnena, Svayoniriva parvati |
Maranam mohanam vasyam, Stambhanoccatanadikam || 17 || Pathamatrena samsiddhayet, Goraksa stotramuttamam || 18 ||
O Paravti, keep it hidden like your own yoni. The chanting of the Goraksa Rahasyam bestows success in attaining maran (destruction of lust, anger), mohan (attaining the attention of the ist) vasikaran (enhancing the mind), stambhan (weaning the senses away from low enjoyments) and uccatan (carving for moksa) || 17 || || 18 || |