Jai Sadguru Swami (Swaminarayan Aarti)
refrain
जय सद्गुरु स्वामी प्रभु जय सद्गुरु स्वामी
Jay Sadguru Swami Prabhu jay Sadguru Swami
सहजानंद दयाळु बळवंत बहुनामी
Sahajanaand dayalu balavant bahunami
Meaning
Victory to you, O Sadguru Swami, Lord; victory to the Sadguru Swami
Sahajanand, compassionate, mighty, of many names
verse 1
चरण सरोज तमारां वंदुं कर जोडी
Charan saroj tamaran vandum kar jodi
चरणे चित्त धर्याथी दुःख नाख्यां तोडी
Charane chitta dharyathi duhkh nakhyan todi
Meaning
with folded hands I bow to your lotus feet
by fixing my mind upon your feet, my sorrows are shattered
refrain
जय सद्गुरु स्वामी
Jay Sadguru Swami
Meaning
Victory to the Sadguru Swami
verse 2
नारायण सुखदाता द्विजकुळ तनु धारी
Narayan sukhadata dvijakul tanu dhari
पामर पतित उद्धार्यां अगणित नर-नारी
Pamar patit uddharyam agunit nar-nari
Meaning
Narayan, giver of joy, who took birth in a brahmin family
you uplifted countless fallen and lowly men and women
refrain
जय सद्गुरु स्वामी
Jay Sadguru Swami
Meaning
Victory to the Sadguru Swami
verse 3
नित्य नित्य नौतम लीला करता अविनाशी
Nitya nitya nautam lila karata avinashi
अडसठ तीर्थ चरणे कोटि गया काशी
Adasath tirth charane koti gaya Kashi
Meaning
O imperishable one, you perform ever-new divine play each day
in your feet reside the sixty-eight tirthas, and countless Gayas and Kashis
refrain
जय सद्गुरु स्वामी
Jay Sadguru Swami
Meaning
Victory to the Sadguru Swami
verse 4
पुरुषोत्तम प्रगट नुं जे दर्शन करशे
Purushottam pragat num je darshan karashe
काळ कर्म थी छूटी कुटुंब सहित तरशे
Kal karma thi chhuti kutumb sahit tarashe
Meaning
whoever takes the darshan of the manifest Purushottam
is freed from time and karma and, with their family, crosses over
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जय सद्गुरु स्वामी
Jay Sadguru Swami
Meaning
Victory to the Sadguru Swami
verse 5
आ अवसर करुणा निधि करुणा बहु कीधी
Aa avasar karuna nidhi karuna bahu kidhi
मुक्तानंद कहे मुक्ति सुगम करी सिधी
Muktanand kahe mukti sugam kari sidhi
Meaning
on this occasion, O ocean of compassion, you have shown great mercy
Muktanand says: you have made liberation easy and attainable
refrain
जय सद्गुरु स्वामी प्रभु जय सद्गुरु स्वामी
Jay Sadguru Swami Prabhu jay Sadguru Swami
Meaning
Victory to you, O Sadguru Swami, Lord; victory to the Sadguru Swami
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