% Text title            : Chandrashekharaguru Bhujanga Stotram
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% Author                : Brahmendra Saraswathi Swamigal also known as Sri Kuvalaikkal Swamigal
% Transliterated by     : P R Kannan
% Proofread by          : P R Kannan
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\engtitle{.. Shri Chandrashekhara Guru Bhujanga Stotram ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shrIchandrashekharagurubhuja~Ngastotram ..}##\endtitles ##
     kShitau vegavatyAstaTe kA~nchimadhye 
           mahApuNyadeshe susUkShmaM jvalantam |
     namatsUrivR^indaM chidAnandakandaM 
           bhaje kAmakoTIguruM yogivaryam || 1|| 
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I worship Kamakoti Guru, the best among yogis, shining
brilliantly and very subtly in the very sacred area in the
middle of Kanchi on the banks of river Vegavati on earth,
adored by groups of scholars, the solid foundation of Bliss
and Consciousness. (1)
##
     sudhAsyandivaktraM kR^ipAsyandinetraM
           samastArtabandhuM mudA pUrNasindhum |
     sadA divyadR^iShTyA svabhaktAnavantaM
           bhaje kAmakoTIguruM yogivaryam || 2|| 
##I worship Kamakoti Guru, the best among yogis, with face
oozing out nectar, eyes exuding compassion, who is the well
wisher of all afflicted persons, who is the ocean full of cheer,
who protects his devotees always with his divine sight. (2)
##
     gale raktahAraM mukhe chAruhAsaM
           kare veNudaNDaM lalATe tripuNDram |
     natAnAM janAnAM bhavadhvaMsahetuM
           bhaje kAmakoTIguruM yogivaryam || 3|| 
##I worship Kamakoti Guru, the best among yogis, wearing
garland of redcoloured flowers around the neck, with elegant
and gentle smile on the face, with staff of bamboo in the hand,
with three lines of Vibhuti on forehead; who is the cause of
destruction of samsara of those who worship him. (3)
##
     tamaH klesha mUlopaghAte samarthaM
           pR^ithivyAM prashastaM taDittulyanetram |
     sphuratkAnti hemAbja tulyA~Nghri yugmaM
           bhaje kAmakoTIguruM yogivaryam || 4|| 
##I worship Kamakoti Guru, the best among yogis, who is
adept in striking at the root of darkness (ignorance) and
(consequent) grief, who is celebrated on earth, whose eyes
shine like lightning, whose feet emit radiance like those of
golden lotus. (4)
##
     jagatprANijAtehyanusyUtamekaM
           trayImaulivedyaM mahAvAkyasAram |
     chidevAhamasmItyakhaNDaikyavidyAM
           sadA bodhayantaM bhaje yogivaryam || 5|| 
##I worship Kamakoti Guru, the best among yogis, the one strung
indivisibly in every living being, who is known by Upanishads,
the pinnacle of Vedas, who is the essence of the Mahavakyas
(of Upanishads), who always instructs the indivisible, unitary
knowledge that I am Consciousness alone. (5)
##
     sadAnandamUrte bhavakleshahArin
           mR^iShA svapnatulyaM marIchyambukalpam |
     bhrameNaiva siddhaM bhavAbdhiM tarItuM
           plavaM j~nAnarUpaM guro me prayachCha || 6|| 
##O Guru, the very form of eternal bliss, the remover of the
misery of samsara, please bestow on me the boat of Gnana,
to cross the ocean of samsara, which is false like a dream
and water in a desert and is experienced only because of
delusion. (6)
##
     bhavatchAru kAruNya vaimalyamanda\-
           smitAnandadIpti pragalbhapravAhaH |
     aghaM me dhunotu sukhaM me tanotu
           nijAnandarUpaM mamAviShkarotu || 
##May the radiant and torrential flows of the Bliss of your
beautiful, compassionate, purifying and gentle smile remove my
sins, bestow happiness on me and reveal my real blissful form.
##
iti shrIbrahmendrasarasvatIsvAmIvirachitaM 
shrIchandrashekharagurubhuja~NgastotraM sampUrNam |

##
Thus ends Sri Chandrasekhara Guru Bhujanga Stotram 
composed by Pujyasri Brahmendra Saraswathi Swamigal
(also known as Sri Kuvalaikkal Swamigal)


(I consider it the striking special feature of this Stotram
that it applies to all Gurus of our Guru Parampara equally.)
Encoded, proofread, and translated by P. R. Kannan

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