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\engtitle{.. Shri Guru Prapattih ..}##
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                       || shrIH ||
          yatpAdapa~NkajarajaHparipUtametat
                shrIbhArataM vijayate bahushaH kR^itArtham |
          shrIkA~nchipIThavilasadyatirAjarAjaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 1 ||
jinakI pAdadhUli se sarvaprakAra se pavitrIkR^ita shrIsampanna yaha bhArata desha adhika mAtrA me.n apanI kR^itArthatA kA anubhava karatA hai, aise yatiyo.n me.n uttamottama shrI chandrashekhara guruvarya hI merI sharaNa arthAt rakShaka hai.n || 1|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, the greatest pontiff of ShrI KAnchI KAmakoTi PITham, because of the dust of whose lotus-feet this great land of India is made pious and is repeatedly blessed.

Note : The AchArya travelled on foot and made several circumambulations of our motherland on foot. (1)
##
          shrImajjagadgurujayendrasarasvatIti
                tachChiShyabhUtavijayendrasarasvatIti |
          shiShyaprashiShyayugalena susevyamAnaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 2 ||
shrI jagadguru jayendra sarasvatI jI tathA unake shiShya vijayendra sarasvatI jI ke rUpa me.n apane shiShya eva.n prashiShya ke rUpa me.n yugala shiShyo.n se achChI taraha (manasA, vAchA, karmaNA) sevita tathA shrI bhagavatI parAmbA kI kR^ipA se pAvita shrI chandrashekhara guruvarya hI mere sharaNasthAna hai.n || 2|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is well served by his disciple ShrI Jayendrasarasvati and by his disciple's disciple Sri Vijayendrasarasvati. (2)
##
          mUrtiH kaThoratapasA tanurapyadhR^iShyA
                dR^iShTiH prasannamadhurA karuNAmayI cha |
          sphUrtiH parAtmaviShayA pratibhAti yasya
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 3 ||
jinakI mUrti (sharIra) kaThora tapa ke kAraNa samuchChrayaNa prApta kara brahmaprApti kI yogyatA prApta kara chukI hai | \ldq{}mUrchChA mohasamuchChrAyayoH\rdq{} dhAtu se mUrti shabda banatA hai, ata: yaha artha dhAtvartha ke anugata hai | jinakA tanu, tapa ke kAraNa vidyAva.nsha kA vistAra karane me.n sarvathA sakShama hone se anabhibhavanIya hai, jinakI dR^iShTi prasAdayukta eva.n karuNAmayI hai, jinake anta:karaNa me.n jIva\-brahmaikya kA sphuraNa ho rahA hai, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI jI hamArI sharaNa hai.n, mai.n prapattipUrvaka unakI sharaNa me.n jA rahA hU.N || 3|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, whose form is lean because of strenuous austerities and who is yet indomitable, whose look is peaceful, sweet and full of compassion and whose contemplation is on the supreme Reality. (3)
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          shAntAkR^itiH shamamayI cha vachaHpravR^ittiH
                shAntaM mano.atha gamanaM hasanaM cha shAntam |
          shAnte kR^ipAparavashe nayane cha yasya
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 4 ||
jinakI AkR^iti shAnta hai, jinakI vANI kI pravR^itti shamamaya hai, arthAt \ldq{}shamo manniShThatAbuddheH\rdq{} isa shrImadbhAgavata ke shrIkR^iShNavachana ke anusAra jinakI vANI sarvadA prabhu kA sa.nkIrtana, guNAlApa Adi karatI rahatI hai, jinakA mana shAnta hai, arthAt bhagavadviShayatA ko prApta hai, jinakA gamana upashama ko sUchita kara rahA hai, jinakA ha.NsanA shAnta hai, shamayukta hai, arthAt bhagavAn kI lIlA kA vilAsa jagat jinake lie sarvadA hAsa detA hai,  kabhI bhI unake lie pratikUla hokara rudana kA kAraNa nahI.n banatA; kyo.nki rAgadveShashUnya hone ke kAraNa unake lie iShTAniShTa saba kuCha bhagavatprasAda hone se hAsa kA hI kAraNa hai, jinake netra shAnta hai.n, upashama ko prApta hai.n; kyo.nki AptakAma hone se kisI bhI vastu ko autsukya se nahI dekhate. unake netra kR^ipAparavasha hone se bhI shAnta hai.n; kyo.nki karuNA kA udreka upashamapUrvaka hI hotA hai | aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 4|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, whose appearance is peaceful, whose manner of speech is peaceful, whose mind is peaceful, whose gait and smile is peaceful, and whose eyes are peaceful and filled with compassion.(4)
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          kAntairmR^idUktinichayairmR^idudarshanAdyai\-
                bhImaiH kaThoracharaNairyamasaMyamAdyaiH |
          yo rAjate.abhigamanArha ivApradhR^iShyaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 5 ||
kAnta eva.n mR^idu vachanasamUha tathA mR^idu darshana Adi ke dvArA tathA bhIma\-kaThora charaNo.n eva.n yama\-sa.nyama ke dvArA jo abhigamana ke yogya, sarvathA gamana ke yogya hokara anabhibhavanIya hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana kara rahA hU.N | kaThora charaNa ko kaThora AcharaNa bhI kaha sakate hai.n; kyo.nki yama\-sa.nyama ke sAtha usakA uchchAraNa huA hai | ata: \ldq{}bhImaiH sha~NkaraprApakaiH kaThorAcharaNairyamasa.nyamAdyaiH\rdq{} isa rUpa me.n artha kI vivakShA kI jAya to bhagavAn sha~Nkara ko prApta karAnevAle kaThora ahi.nsA\-satya\-asteya\-brahmacharyAparigraharUpa yama eva.n tapa:svAdhyAya\-IshvaraprANidhAnarUpa niyama Adi se jinake pAsa loga jAte hai.n tathA jo tapa se anabhibhavanIya hai.n, arthAt jinho.nne lokottara tapa kA arjana kiyA hai, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 5|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is accessible because of his sweet and gentle manner of speech and soft glances, and yet who seems invincible because of his strenous and awe-inspiring practice of yama and samyama.

Note : yama is a technical term of YogashAstra; ahimsa = non-violence, satyam= speaking truth, asteyam = non-stealing, brahmacharyam = celibacy, and aparigrahah = non-acceptance of offerings; these are called yamas in the YogashAstra; saMyama means self control. (5)
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          \ldq{}mUrtaM tapaH\rdq{}, prasaraNAtmaka eSha dharmaH
                \ldq{}j~nAnaM hi gantR^i\rdq{}, \ldq{}chalanAtmakamasti tejaH\rdq{} |
          itthaM yameva kalayanti janA ajasraM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 6 ||
jo tapa ke mUrtarUpa hai.n, jo gatishIla dharma kI mUrti hai.n, jo gamana karanevAle j~nAna hai.n, jo chalanAtmaka teja hai.n | isa prakAra jinake bAre me.n loga nirantara Akalana kiyA karate hai.n, una shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 6|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, whom people feel to be tapas embodied, dharma that is living and moving, knowledge that walks and effulgence that moves. (6)
##
          lokAbhirakShaNaparAmabhayAtmikAM yo
                mudrAM cha daNDamubhayoH karayorvibibhrat |
          shAntaH parAtmani rato vilasatyajasraM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 7 ||
loko.n kI sabhI bhItiyo.n se rakShA karanevAlI abhayamudrA aura daNDa, yaha dono.n jisake hAtha me.n visheSharUpa se dhArita hai.n, jo shAnta hai.n tathA parAtmA prabhu me.n rata hokara nirantara vilasita ho rahe hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 7|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who remains established forever in the supreme Reality, who is peaceful, who rises one hand in protection of all mankind, and holds the monk's staff in the other.

Note : The AchArya was consistently very particular in holding the staff as ordained in the shAstras. (7)
##
          rudrAkShahAranichayo.asti gale pavitre
                bhasmApi phAlaphalake tulasI cha shIrShe |
          dArvAtmakodakaghaTashcha kare hi yasya
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 8 ||
jinake gale me.n rudrAkSha\-mAlAo.n kA samUha aneka hAro.n ke rUpa me.n shobhA pA rahA hai, jinake unnata lalATa para bhasma eva.n shira para tulasI sushobhita ho rahI hai, kAShThamaya \ldq{}ghaTa\rdq{} kamaNDalu ke rUpa me.n jinake hAtha me.n hai, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 8|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, on whose neck are rows of sacred rudrAkSha necklaces, on whose forehead is the auspicious ash, on whose head is tulasI and in whose hand is a water-pot made of wood.

Note : The AchArya introduced wooden utensils for his personal use. Also, he is used to wear huge number of garlands of tulasi, bilva and lemons on his head in his own characteristic way. (8)
##
          prAptAbhayo janabhayAdiva saMvR^itA~NgaH
                koShThe kvachitprakaTitArdhasharIrakAntiH |
          dhyAne rato hitatame satataM ya Aste
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 9 ||
jo abhayapada ko prApta karane ke bAda bhI janasamparkarUpA bhIti (janabhaya) ke kAraNa apane sharIra ke a.ngo.n ko AvR^itta kara, kisI prakoShTha ke eka kone me.n Adhe sharIra ko hI loka ko darshana dene ke vyAja se prakaTa kiye hue, parabrahma ke sarvottama dhyAnarUpa samAdhi me.n satata lIna rahate hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 9|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati who remains always in meditation on the supreme Reality sitting in the corner of a room constraining his body and revealing only a part of it through some window or the other as though out of fear from people, though he has attained the state of fearlessness.

Note : During the AchArya's stay at shivAsthAnam his near invisible posture became wellknown to his devotees. (9)
##
          annAdikoshamiha yaH pravilApya sUkShme
                sarvAntare sthirapado dahare susUkShme |
          advaitamekamavalambya lasantamIDyaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 10 ||
jo annamayAdi kosho.n ko kramika rUpa se sarvAntara, vikriyArahita daharAkAshasvarUpa paramAtmA me.n pravilApita kara kevala eka advaita kA avalambana kara sushobhita ho rahe hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N | annamaya, prANamaya, manomaya, vij~nAnamaya eva.n Anandamaya pA.Ncha kosha taittirIyopaniShad me.n varNita hai.n, jo AtmA kA kosha kI taraha AchChAdana kie hue hai.n | yaha AchChAdana tAdAtmyAdhyAsa ke dvArA deha, prANa, mana, vij~nAna eva.n Ananda Adi me.n Atmabuddhi kA honA hai | isa adhyAsa ke nirAsa ke pashchAt AtmA brahmarUpa me.n pratiShThita hotA hai, isI tathya kA varNana prakR^ita shloka me.n sa.nketarUpa me.n kiyA gayA hai || 10|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI the revered one, who having dissolved the gross bodies such as annamayakosha etc., into the subtle one and having fixed himself steadily in the most subtle ether called `dahara' shines forth
embracing the one reality without a second.

Note : In the Taittiriyopanisad five sheaths namely, annamaya, prANamaya, manomaya, vijnAnamaya and Anandamaya are described in detail. It is also described that every succeeding sheath is internal and subtle with regard to the previous sheath. Dahara is the cavity in the heart. Meditation of it as Brahman is enjoined in the Upanisads. (10)
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          ekaM dvitIyarahitaM paramArthasatyaM
                sthUlAdisarvajagataH pravilApasiddham |
          dR^iShTvA hi yaH smitamukho.astyatilokadR^iShTiH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 11 ||
eka, dvitIyarahita paramArthasatya (jo sarvadA satya hai) svarUpa brahma, jo sthUla Adi sampUrNa jagat ke pravilApana se siddha hotA hai, usakA j~nAna prApta kara jo sarvadA smitahAsa (tho.DA hAsa) yukta tathA alaukika dR^iShTivAle hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N | kAraNalaya ke krama se arthAt pR^ithvI kA jala me.n, jala kA teja me.n, teja kA vAyu me.n, vAyu kA AkAsha me.n, AkAsha kA avyakta me.n aura avyakta kA AtmA me.n laya ke krama se pa~nchabhUto.n kA laya hotA hai | isI ko sthUlAdi jagat kA pravilApana kahA gayA hai | yogashAstra me.n yaha laya kA krama varNita hai || 11|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, whose uncommon looks and smile reveal his inward experience of the ultimate reality that is one without a second, that is transcendentally real and attained dissolving the gross world into
it. (11)
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          yasyaiva vAmanasharIradhR^ito guNAbdhe\-
                straivikramo hi mahimA vishadIkaroti |
          brAhmasya dIptatapaso mahimAtirekaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 12 ||
brahmaj~nAnasampanna yati sarvarUpa hote hai.n | ata: AchAryacharaNa ke laghukAya ko viShNu kA vAmanarUpa batalAyA gayA hai, jisame.n sthita guNo.n kA vistAra hame.n trivikrama (tIna pAdavikShepo.n se tIno.n loko.n ko mApanevAle viShNu) kI Chavi me.n milatA hai | ata eva yaha varNita kiyA gayA hai ki guNo.n ke sAgara jina svAmipAda ke vAmana (laghukAya) sharIra me.n avasthita mahimA kA vistAra trivikramasvarUpa karatA hai, arthAt AchAryacharaNa me.n jitane guNa hai.n, jo sAmarthya unake antaHkaraNa me.n avasthita hai, usakI sphuTa vyakti ke lie trivikrama kA sharIra hI paryApta ho sakatA hai, anya sharIra nahI.n | aise brAhma tapa ke mahimApu.nja ke rUpa me.n vartamAna shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 12|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, the ocean of good and auspicious qualities, who possesses a small and short figure, but whose greatness which fills all the three regions, establishes the glory of severe penance made on Brahman.

Note : The terms `vAmana' and `trivikrama' signify two forms of one and the same Vishnu in his fifth incarnation. The first one is short and the second one is so vast that it filled all the three worlds. These terms are used to describe the physical form and the glory of the AchArya respectively. (12)
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          o~NkAratattvamanishaM hR^idi bhAvayan yaH
                prANAnnirudhya hR^idi susthirakAyadR^iShTiH |
          nirvAtadIpa iva bhAti sudIptamUrtiH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 13 ||
jo o~NkArasvarUpa tattva kI apane hR^idaya me.n nirantara bhAvanA karate rahate hai.n aura prANa kA hR^idaya me.n nirodha karake apane kAya (sharIra) eva.n dR^iShTi dono.n ko sthira kara dene ke kAraNa vAyurahita sthAna me.n avasthita dIpa kI taraha shobhita hote hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 13|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who shines steadily poised like the flame of a lamp that is undisturbed in the absence of wind, and whose form is thus effulgent on account of his stopping the breath through prANAyAma and attaining steadiness in body and looks, and who remains in contemplation upon the supreme reality which is revealed in the letter `OM' in his mind. (13)
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          nirvyAdhidehavibhavaM shatapUrNamAyuH
                sa~njIvya darshayati yo guruyogasiddhim |
          nAnashnato.asti na cha kevalamashnatashcha
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 14 ||
vyAdhirahita vaibhavayukta sharIra ko shata sa.nvatsaro.n kI pUrNa Ayu paryanta jinho.nne samyag rUpa se dhAraNa kara aroga jIvana se yoga kI guru\-siddhiyo.n ko pradarshita kiyA, jo sa.nsAra ke bhogo.n me.n atyadhika Asakti na karake kevala sharIra\-dhAraNa ke nimitta unako svIkAra karate hue yoga kI siddhiyo.n ko prApta kara sake, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatIrUpa guru kI sharaNa me.n mai.n anya sAdhano.n kA tyAga karake prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 14|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who having lived a full life of hundred years demonstrates the greatness of yoga which is attained only by one who is neither indulgent in wordly objects nor shies away from them, putting them to the uses of necessity. (14)
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          shAntAni sattvaguNavaibhavamaNDitAni
                tejomayAni karuNArasapUritAni |
          yo.alaukikAni vahatIha suvIkShitAni
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 15 ||
jo sattvaguNa ke vaibhava (prakarSha) se maNDita, karuNArasapUrNa tejomaya, alaukika dR^iShTi\-nikShepa kA vahana karate hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n mai.n anya sAdhano.n kA tyAga karake prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 15|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, whose looks are transworldly, peaceful, fully adorned with sattvaguna, radiant and overflowing with compassion. (15)
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          saMvinmaye mahasi nirguNanityasatye.a\-
                dvaite sadAkR^itapadaH shrutigochare yaH |
          avyaktahAsaparituShTadR^igeva bhAti
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 16 ||
shruti se pratipAdita trikAla satya, nirguNa tejaHsvarUpa, j~nAnarUpa, advaita brahma me.n sarvadA ramaNa karanevAle, avyaktahAsa se yukta, sarvadA sarvathA santoSha\-yukta dR^iShTi\-nikShepa karanevAle, shobhAyamAna shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n mai.n anya sabhI sAdhano.n kA parityAga karake prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 16|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who sports an inexplicable smile and whose eyes are effuigent because of the joy of having established himself in the reality which is of the nature of consciousness, which is the eternal truth without any attribute, which is one without a second and which is the content of the Upanisadic teachings. (16)
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          saMnyAsadharmanichayasya purANashAstra\-
                rAmAyaNAdiparidarshitamaunivR^itteH |
          kAle kalau nirupamAnanidarshanaM yaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 17 ||
sampUrNa sa.nnyAsa dharmo.n tathA purANashAstra eva.n rAmAyaNa Adi ke dvArA sarvatobhAvena pradarshita kI gayI muniyo.n kI vR^itti yA AchAra ke, isa sabhI sadguNo.n kA grAsa karanevAle kaliyuga me.n, jo mUrtarUpa me.n advitIya udAharaNa hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n mai.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 17|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who stands as an exceptional and matchless example of the `muni-hood' described in the purANas, shAstras and the RAmAyaNa and who exemplifies the code of conduct of a sannyAsin during the present times of kali. (17)
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          dharmiShThatAM sakalasatpuruSheShu tanvan
                vedoktadharmamakhilAgamatantrabhedAn |
          sa~NkhyApayan vijayate.aparasha~Nkaro yaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 18 ||
sabhI satpuruSho.n me.n dharmaniShThA kA vistAra karane ke kAraNa tathA vedapratipAdita dharma, sampUrNa Agama eva.n tantra kA samyag rUpa se prakAshana ke kAraNa jo dvitIya sha~NkarabhagavatpAda ke rUpa me.n utkarShasahita shobhA pA rahe hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n mai.n anya sAdhano.n ko Cho.Dakara prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 18|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is truly Shankara come again inspiring all good people to perform various rituals enjoined in the Vedas and explaining the dharma envisaged in the Vedas and making known the significance of the Agamas and the Tantras. (18)
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          advaitatattvamamalaM bhuvi saMvivR^iNvan
                sachChiShyajAtamanaghaM nikhilAsu dikShu |
          saMsthApayan vijayate.aparasha~Nkaro yaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 19 ||
jo malarahita advaita tattva kA bhUmaNDala para samyag rUpa se vivaraNa karane ke kAraNa tathA sabhI dishAo.n me.n shobhana shiShyasamUha kA samyag rUpa se sthApana karane ke kAraNa dvitIya sha~NkarabhagavatpAda ke rUpa me.n utkarShasahita shobhA pA rahe hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n mai.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 19|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is truly Shankara come again explaining the faultless truth of Advaita and establishing a multitude of disciples in all directions of the world. (19)
##
          bhAShAdibhedabahulaM janajIvanaM yaH
                sAnAtanena mahatA hitadharmadAmnA |
          saMyojayan vijayate.aparasha~NkarAryaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 20 ||
bhAShA Adi ke adhika bheda ko apane bhItara rakhanevAle janajIvana ko sanAtana dharmarUpa hitakArI bR^ihad bandhana ke dvArA sa.nyukta karate hue jo dvitIya sha~NkarabhagavatpAda ke rUpa me.n utkarShasahita shobhA pA rahe hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra karake mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 20|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is truly Shankara come again inculcating the sense of unity among people by propagating the auspicious sanAtana dharma and thus reminding the people of their commonness who otherwise stand divided by distinctions of language, caste and several other factors. (20)
##
          bhUmiM bhraman prachurayan sakalA.Nshcha vedAn
                advaitameva kathayan prathayan svadharmam |
          sambodhayan janatatiM parasha~Nkaro yaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 21 ||
sampUrNa bhArata\-bhUmi ke bhramaNa ke dvArA sampUrNa vedo.n ko samR^iddha karate hue advaita tattva ke upadesha ke dvArA apane dharma kA vistAra karate hue jana\-samUha kA adhikAritA ke anusAra uchita sambodhana (jAgaraNa) karate hue jo dvitIya sha~NkarabhagavatpAda kI taraha AcharaNa kara rahe hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 21|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who is truly Shankara come again and who tours the nation, popularises Vedic studies, preaches Advaita, establishes svadharma and enlightens the common man. (21)
##
          bAlye cha daivaghaTanAt shubhakAmakoTi\-
                mAThAdhipatyagurutAM guruNA niyuktaH |
          svIkR^itya vishvaviditaM hi maThaM chakAra
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 22 ||
bAlyAvasthA me.n daivayoga se kA~nchIkAmakoTi\-maTha kA prabandha\-bhAra eva.n gurutva ke gurutara bhAra ke udvahana ke lie guru kI Aj~nA ko svIkAra kara jinho.nne kA~nchIkAmakoTi\-maTha ko vishvavidita banA diyA, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 22|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Sri CandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who has been made to fulfill the arduous duty of heading the KAnchi KAmakoTi Matha at a very young age by his guru under unexpected and accidential circumstances, and who having accepted it has, indeed, made the Matha known to the entire world. (22)
##
          sa~nchArapUtabhuvanaM bhuvi dIptakIrtiM
                sAkShAtkR^itAgamavachaH pratipAdyatattvam |
          sAnnidhyamAtrashamitAkhilakalmaShaughaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 23 ||
bhUmaNDala ko apane sa.nchAra (bhramaNa) se pavitra karanevAle, sampUrNa bhUmaNDala me.n apanI kIrti ko prakAshita karanevAle, Agama\-vachano.n ke pratipAdya tattva kA sAkShAtkAra karanevAle, apane sAnnidhya mAtra se sampUrNa pApasamUha kA shamana karanevAle shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 23|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who has sanctified this world by his tours, who is endowed with glory and fame, who has directly experienced the reality which is described by the Upanishadic texts and who by his mere presence washes away all kinds of sins. (23)
##
          kAryaM sadaiva nigamAgamapoShaNAdi
                dhAryaM subilvatulasIdalamAlikAdi |
          hAryaM cha bhaktajanatAduritaM cha yasya
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 24 ||
sarvadA nigama, Agama kA poShaNa hI jinake lie kArya hai; bilvapatra, tulasIdala eva.n mAlA hI jinake lie dhArya (dhAraNa karane ke yogya) hai; bhaktajanasamUha kA durita (pApa) hI jinake lie hArya (haraNa karane ke yogya) hai, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 24|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, for whom activity is always directed towards the furtherance of Vedic and shAstraic studies, for whom the garlands to be worn are of the holy leaves of bilva and tulasi and for whom the thing to be destroyed is the sin of his disciples. (24)
##
          yo.anekasho vihitapAvanapAdachAra\-
                stIrthAni naijatapasA paripAvayan hi |
          tIrthAdhiko vijayate.akhilatIrthamUrtiH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 25 ||
jo aneka bAra apane dvArA kR^ita pAvana pAdasa.nchAra se tathA apane tapa se tIrtho.n ko pUrNarUpa se pavitra karane ke kAraNa sabhI tIrtho.n se adhika pavitrakAraka hai.n tathA sampUrNa tIrtha\-mUrti hokara athavA bR^ihad brahmarUpa gurumUrti hokara utkR^iShTarUpa se shobhA pA rahe hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 25|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is indeed an embodiment of all the tirthas, who shines forth as a person more pious than all the tirthas and who makes the tirthas themselves more pious by bathing in them, during his several pilgrimages and circumambulations of the country by foot.
Note : tirtha means places of holy water.

Cf. ##bhavadvidhAH bhAgavatAH tIrthabhUtAH mahItale tIrthIkurvanti tIrthAni svAntasthena gadAbhR^itA |##  (25)
##
          pANDityameduramatIn svasabhAsthalIShu
                sambodhayan vishadayannigamArthatattvam |
          naijaM prakAshayati yo gurumUrtirUpaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 26 ||
pANDitya se otaprota mativAle vidvadgaNa ko apanI sabhAsthalI me.n sambodhita karate hue nigama ke pratipAdya tattva ko vistAra se bodhita karake jo apane gurumUrti rUpa ko spaShTarUpa se prakAshita karate rahe hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 26|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who reveals his true form of DakShiNAmUrti, the form of Shiva as wisdom incarnate, by such acts as convening eminent scholars for discussion and addressing them and by elucidating the true significance of the meaning of the Vedas and the shAstras to them.

Note : It is in the good experience of Pandits that quite often they were unable to answer the questions posed by the AchArya during shAstraic conventions. At the end he used to clarify them himself. (26)
##
          shrIshA~NkaraM shivatamaM matamAtmabheda-
                dhikkAradhIramamR^itaM nigamAntasiddham |
          advaitamatra gadituM hi kR^itAvatAraM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 27 ||
advaita brahma kA pratipAdana karanevAlA shrIsha~NkarabhagavatpAda kA atyanta kalyANakArI mata, jo Atmabheda kI dhikkR^iti buddhi ko dhAraNa karatA hai, jo kisI bhI mata se khaNDita na hone ke kAraNa amR^itasvarUpa hai tathA upaniShad se siddha hotA hai, usakA upadesha karane ke lie hI jinhoMne avatAra liyA
hai, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 27|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who has manifested himself in this world to teach us the Advaita (i) which was propounded by ShrI Shankara, (ii) which is the most auspicious of all philosophies, (iii) which alone is competent refuting the difference between the jIvAtman and the paramAtman, (iv) which is as sweet as nectar and (v) which is established by the Upanisads. (27)
##
          kAmAkShidivyacharaNe satataM hyupAste
                kAmAMshcha bhaktajanatAbhimatAn dadAti |
          yaH kAmakoTimaThapo.api nirastakAmaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 28 ||
jo parAmbA bhagavatI kAmAkShI ke divya charaNo.n kI satata upasanA karate hai.n tathA bhaktajanasamUha kI abhimata kAmanAo.n kI pUrti karate hai.n, jo kAmakoTi\-maTha ke maThAdhipati hokara bhI kAmanAo.n kA nirAsa kara chuke hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 28|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who always worships and meditates upon the divine feet of Kamaksi, who fulfills all the desires (kamas) of his devotees, who heads the KAma KoTi PItha and who yet remains without any desire. (28)
##
          advaitameva vachane charaNe svachitte
                sandeshashaMsanavidhau hitabodhane cha |
          advaitamUrtiriha yo vilasatyajasraM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 29 ||
jinakI vANI se sarvadA advaita kA prakAshana hotA hai, jinakA chitta sarvadA bhagavAn ke charaNo.n me.n, shiShyo.n ko divya sandesha dene me.n tathA unake hitabodhana me.n rahatA hai, aise advaitamUrti ke rUpa me.n jo sarvadA shobhA pA rahe hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 29|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who possesses unique uniformity of thought, word and action, and who gives messages of good counsel prompted by his own convictions and practice in a unique way. Indeed, he exists forever as Advaita personified. (29)
##
          yatpAdasevanamalabhyapadAptihetu\-
                ryaddarshanaM sakaladarshanasiddhihetuH |
          yadbhAvanaM shubhadamIpsitalAbhahetuH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 30 ||
jinake charaNo.n kA sevana alabhyapada kI prApti kA hetu hai, jinakA darshana sakala siddhiyo.n kA hetu hai, jinakI mUrti kA nirantara dhyAna (bhAvanA) shubha ko denevAlA tathA Ipsita lAbha kA hetu hai, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 30|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, serving whose feet endows one with the most unattainable and coveted positions, seeing whom is to see all that is to be seen, contemplating upon whom gives one all auspiciousness and enables one to attain all that is desired. (30)
##
          AchAryashekharamameyatapaHprabhAva\-
                mAnandakandalitachArugabhIravaktram |
          shiShyAbhayaikavaradAnarataM mahAntaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 31 ||
AchArya shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI me.n aprameya (anumAna ke ayogya) tapa kA prabhAva lakShita hotA hai, Ananda kI vR^iShTi karanevAlA jinakA mukhamaNDala shobhAyukta eva.n gAmbhIryayukta hai, jo shiShyo.n ko abhaya kA varadAna karane me.n sarvadA udyata rahate hai.n, jo sarvaprakAra se mahattvayukta hone ke kAraNa mahAn hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 31|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is the AchArya par excellence, who possesses the power of tapas in abundance, whose face is both majestic and beautiful with bliss permeating through every pore, who is indulgent in offering the boon of fearlessness to his disciples, and who is great in every way. (31)
##
          AvR^ittachakShuriha yassakalaM prapa~nchaM
                svapnAtmakaM parimR^ishan kurute cha kAryam |
          sAkShIbhavan svakaraNAdisucheShTitasya
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 32 ||
jo netra\-nimIlana kara sampUrNa prapa~ncha kI svapnasadR^ishatA kA vichAra karate hue anAsakta bhAva se kArya karate rahate hai.n tathA apane karaNa eva.n akaraNa rUpa indriyo.n se anuShThita kArya ke sAkShIrUpa me.n vidyamAna hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 32|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who having turned his eyes inward, experiences the entire world as a dream and who yet performs all his actions, distancing himself as the witness of his own good deeds performed by his physical and mental faculties. (32)
##
          yo hykarUpanijajIvitadarshanena
                sampUjito.asti sakalaiH svajanaiH paraishcha |
          vAgyAmakashshamadamAdiguNasvarUpaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 33 ||
jinakI eka rUpa me.n jIvanacharyA ko AjIvana dekhakara sabhI shiShyagaNa, AtmIya jana eva.n anya loga bhI unakI kevala shraddhA se nahI.n, guNaprayojya pUjA karate hai.n, jo vANI kA niyantraNa kara maunavrata dhAraNa karanevAle tathA shama\-damAdi guNo.n ke mUrtarUpa hI hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 33|| ##
I take refuge in me preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is manifest as the personification of qualities like sama and dama, who has been adored by all his disciples as well as by others, and who maintains silence; and who has thus silenced his critics, by exhibiting his uniform and consistent life-style.

Note : Control of the internal organ (mind) is called shama and control of the external organs such as eye etc. is called dama. (33)
##
          yasyaiva jIvanamihAsti shatAbdasAkShi
                dharmaprachAraparipAlanabaddhadIkSham |
          AdhyAtmikasvaparirakShaNadakShadakShaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 34 ||
jinakA jIvana sau varSha kA sAkShI hai, jo dharmaprachAra eva.n dharma ke paripAlana hetu guru se dIkShA prApta kiye hue hai.n, jo AdhyAtmika dR^iShTi se svaparirakShaNa me.n dakSha logo.n se bhI adhika dakSha hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 34|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, whose life is totally committed to the protection and propagation of sanAtana dharma, whose life most competently protects our spiritual wealth and whose life stands as witness to the full span of the twentieth century. (34)
##
          saMsAratApaparitaptajanAliduHkhaM
                hartuM svayaM parijahAra bhavAkhyabandham |
          kAruNyapUraparishItalasaumyadR^iShTiH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 35 ||
sa.nsAra\-tApa se paritapta janasamUha ke duHkha kA haraNa karane hetu jinho.nne sa.nsAra\-bandhana kA svaya.n tyAga kiyA hai, karuNA ke pravAha se jinakI dR^iShTi sarvatobhAvena shItala tathA saumya hai, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 35|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who has cut asunder the knot of samsAra, for the sake of relieving the people who have been afflicted by the disease of samsAra and whose looks are warm and friendly with compassion overflowing them. (35)
##
          ADhye dhanena rahite viduShAM variShThe.a\-
                vidvajjane yuvajane.ativayaskadehe |
          saMskAramAtramupalakShya karoti chittaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 36 ||
dhanI vyakti ko yA dhanarahita daridra ko, shreShTha vidvAn ko yA avidvAn pAmara puruSha ko, yuvaka ko yA atyadhika vaya vAle vyakti ko upalakShita kara unakI chittavR^itti kevala sa.nskAra ke lie aghavidhUnana hetu hotI thI | aisI samadR^iShTi vAle karuNAparAyaNa shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 36|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who cares equally for the wealthy and the poor, the scholar and the illiterate, the young and the old, whatever one may be, only if he is of good conduct. (36)
##
          sarvaM cha bhaktagaditaM kaTuduHkhajAtaM
                shR^iNvan sadA parimR^ishan tadapAyahetum |
          mArgaM dishan yativaro.api mahAkuTumbaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 37 ||
bhakto.n ke dvArA vyakta kie gaye kaTu duHkhasamUha ko sunakara usa para vichAra karate hue usako dUra karane kA upAya batalAnevAle yativara kA kuTumba bahuta vishAla thA | isa vishAla kuTumba para anugraha\-dR^iShTi rakhanevAle shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 37|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who listens to the woes of his disciples, who contemplates on remedies to relieve them of their sorrows and who instructs the disciples accordingly and is indeed, therefore, the head of a large
family though he remains a sannyAsin himself. (37)
##
          deshaM bhraman dhanachayaM parigR^ihya yachChan
                santoShayan janatatiM svapiteva putrAn |
          yo rAjate yativaro vasudhAkuTumbaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 38 ||
sampUrNa rAShTra kA bhramaNa karate hue prabhUta dhana kA sa.ngraha kara usake vitaraNa ke dvArA janasAmAnya ko apane svaya.n kI taraha putro.n ko santoSha dene vAle, kevala rAShTra ke bhale ke liye apane kuTumba kI taraha sneha evaM apanatva dene vAle shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 38|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who being a mendicant, considers the world for his family, because of his constant travel and access to funds, collecting and then giving away for the welfare of all as father does his children. (38)
##
          mukto.api san bhuvanasa~NgrahahetunA yaH
                karmANi sarvajanatAhitadAnyasaktaH |
          kurvannidarshayati naijajagadgurutvaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 39 ||
jIvanmukta hone para bhI jo lokasthiti ke nimitta karma ke sa.ngraha ke lie sarvajanasamUha kA hita karanevAle karmo.n kA AcharaNa asakta hokara bhI svaya.n karate hue apane jagadgurutva ko pradarshita karate hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 39|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who being liberated himself, performs, in a detached manner, actions that are good to all people, with a view to teach the world the truth about dispassionate action and who thereby justifies his status as jagadguru or the teacher of the world. (39)
##
          pUrNaM vayastadupadeshavidhishcha pUrNaH
                pUrNaM tapastadupadiShTaparAtmabodhaH |
          pUrNaM cha karma ya ihAsti nitAntapUrNaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 40 ||
jinhe.n sau varSha kI pUrNa vaya prApta huI hai, jinakI upadesha\-vidhi bhI pUrNa hai; kyo.nki unake dvArA upadiShTa mArga kA anusaraNa kara loga aihalaukika eva.n pAralaukika phalo.n ko prApta kara Anandita hote hai.n | unakA tapa pUrNa hai tathA unake dvArA upadiShTa parAtmA kA bodha bhI pUrNa hai, jinake karma pUrNa hai.n aura isa prakAra sarvavidha pUrNatA ke kAraNa jo nitAnta pUrNatA ko prApta hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 40|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, whose life of a hundred years is complete, whose counselling is complete, whose penance is complete, whose exposition of the supreme being (paramAtman) is complete, whose actions are complete and who is himself in every way complete. (40)
##
          karmAsti dehadhR^itilokashubhAdihetu\-
                rbhaktirbhave smarahare saguNe cha yasya |
          j~nAnaM nijAnubhavasiddhachidekaniShThaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 41 ||
jinake karma dehadhAraNa ke nimitta eva.n usake dvArA loka ke shubha ke hetu hai.n, arthAt jinho.nne kevala lokakalyANa ke lie sharIra dhAraNa kiyA hai, bhoga ke lie nahI.n | jinakI bhakti kAma kA dahana karanevAle saguNa sha~Nkara me.n hai, jinakA j~nAna anubhavasiddha chittattvaniShTha hai, arthAt jinho.nne chittattva kA sAkShAtkArAtmaka j~nAna prApta kiyA hai, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 41|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who performs only those actions that are necessary to sustain his body and which cause good to all humanity, who offers his devotion to the manifest form (SaguNa Brahma) in the form of Lord Siva and whose wisdom is centered round the pure consciousness which is revealed only in one's own experience. (41)
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          lokasya yo hitakaro.asti sukarmayogI
                sthANau kR^itAtmasharaNo nanu bhaktiyogI |
          sAkShAtkR^itAtmavibhavaH khalu bodhayogI
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 42 ||
jo sampUrNa loka kA hita karanevAle shobhana karmayogI hai.n, jinho.nne bhagavAn sha~Nkara me.n prapatti kara bhaktiyoga kA AshrayaNa kiyA hai, jo AtmA ke vaibhava kA sAkShAtkAra karane ke kAraNa j~nAnayogI hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N | shrImadbhagavadgItA me.n j~nAnayoga, karmayoga aura bhaktiyoga ke rUpa me.n Ishvara se yoga yA milana hetu tIna upAya batalAye gaye hai.n | una tIno.n upAyo.n kA samAvesha AchAryacharaNa me.n batAyA gayA hai || 42|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is considered an exemplar of Karmayoga because of the actions he performs for the good of the society, who is considered an exemplar of bhaktiyoga because of his surrender to Lord Shiva and who is considered an exemplar of jnAnayoga because of his direct perception and experience of the atman.

Note : These three yogas which are considered to be mutually complimentary are well described in the texts like the BhagavadgitA. The AchArya is described as an exemplar of all the three yogas. (42)
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          j~nAnAdiyoganiratau varasampradAya\-
                rakShAvidhau shamadamAdiguNaprakarShe |
          svenaiva rAjati samo ya ihAdvitIyaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 43 ||
jo j~nAnayoga, bhaktiyoga, karmayoga Adi ke anuShThAna me.n tathA shreShTha sampradAya kI rakShA karane me.n athavA shama, dama Adi guNo.n ke prakarSha me.n apane samAna apane hI hokara shobhA pAne ke kAraNa advitIya hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 43|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is peerless and can be matched with himself alone in his mastery of the many kinds of yoga, in his protection of the varied and great traditions and in his possession of an abundance of virtues such as Sama and dama. (43)
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          ADambaraM na sahate na cha rAjatantraM
                svIyaprayojanakR^itaM parisevanaM cha |
          a~NgIkaroti karaNatrayasevanaM yaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 44 ||
jo apane ko pradarshita karanevAle samArambho.n ko sahana nahI.n karate tathA rAjanIti ko bhI sahana nahI.n kara pAte; kyo.nki usame.n unakI ruchi nahI.n hai | svArthaprerita sevA\-bhAva jinhe.n pasanda nahI.n; kyo.nki usame.n va~nchakatA kA bhAva hotA hai | ata: jo kevala mana, vachana eva.n sharIra ina tIna sAdhano.n se samaveta rUpa me.n kI gayI sevA ko hI, jo eka\-dUsare kI pUraka hotI hai, svIkAra karate hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 44|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who is intolerant of pomp and show, who is disinterested in politics, who does not accept service rendered to him with self-interest, who is pleased to accept only such services rendered to him by all the three instruments of services, namely, mind, speech and body. (44)
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          ekAntavAsasukhito janasa~NkuleShu
                desheShu vAsamapi yo bahushashchakAra |
          digbhrAntaduHkhijanatApathadarshanAya
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 45 ||
jo ekAnta\-vAsa me.n sukha kA anubhava karate the; kintu janasa.nkula sthAna me.n jahA.N janasamudAya rahatA thA, vahA.N bhI upadesha ke abhAva me.n mArga ko na prApta karanevAle ki.nkartavyavimU.Dha duHkhI janasamUha kA pathapradarshana karane ke lie bahuta bAra jinho.nne vAsa kiyA, aise logo.n ke uddhAra kI ruchi rakhanevAle shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 45|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, whose preference is to enjoy solitude, but who stays in crowded cities also for long periods often, in order to guide mankind which is in distress because of its loss of direction in life. (45)
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          shrIsha~NkarAryacharitaM hyatilokavR^itta\-
                mAshcharyakAri manujairviditaM katheti |
          satyApitaM bhavati yasya cha darshanena
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 46 ||
shrI sha~NkarabhagavatpAda kA charitra jo alaukika eva.n AshcharyakAraka hone ke kAraNa logo.n ke dvArA \ldq{}kathA\rdq{} ke rUpa me.n jAnA jAtA thA, arthAt vartamAna kAla me.n jisakA anuvartana sambhava nahI.n lagatA, vaha lokottara charita bhI jinako dekhane se satyApita ho jAtA hai, arthAt pratyakSha rUpa me.n jise dekhane ke bAda loga sha~Nkaracharita ko satya mAna lete hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 46|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, perceiving whom one is convinced of the truth of ShrI Shankara's life which is otherwise so wondorous and superhuman that it might be considered a myth by people. (46)
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          yo bAlako nijasuvarNamayIM vibhUShAM
                dattvA nu choramatha tatpatimeva chakre |
          svAnte sadA kalayate cha harasya tattvaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 47 ||
jinho.nne bAlyAvasthA me.n apanA svarNAbhUShaNa chora ko svaya.n dekara use usakA svAmI banA diyA; kyo.nki usa chora me.n ve haraNa karanevAle harapada\-vAchya shiva kI pratimUrti kA vibhAvana apane mana me.n sarvadA karate rahe | aise alaukika bhAvapUrNa hR^idayavAle shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N | visheSha\-AbhUShaNa svaya.n le lene para chora usakA svAmI nahI.n ho sakatA; kyo.nki jisakA dhana hai usakI anumati svAmitva ke lie apekShita hai | apanI svechChA se dekara svAmI jI ne use chaurya\-doSha se bachAyA; kyo.nki vaha unakI dR^iShTi me.n bhagavAn shiva kI pratimUrti thA || 47|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who in his boyhood gave away his gold bracelet to a thief, thus making the thief the owner of the jewel and who always comtemplates upon the incident to understand the philosophical
significance of the divine robber, Hara. (47)
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          varShe trayodashatame sukumArabhAve
                mUrdhAbhiShekamahito varakA~nchipIThe |
          svIkR^itya bhAramatulaM vidhivaddadhAra
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 48 ||
teraha varSha kI sukumAra avasthA me.n jo kA~nchI pITha para mUrdhA.abhiSheka ke dvArA pUjyatA ko prApta kie tathA pITha ke atulanIya kAryabhAra ko svIkAra kara jinho.nne usakA vidhivat nirvAha kiyA, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 48|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who having taken the responsibility of being the head of the great KAnchi PItha having been consecrated at a tender age of thirteen, holds his office strictly according to the prescriptions. (48)
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          dugdhAshayA ghaTagalArpitakaNThadeshaM
                prANAshayA pariluThantamivAkhubhojam |
          sAMsArikaM hi dayate hatabandhano yaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 49 ||
jo muktAtmA AchAryapAda sA.nsArika logo.n ko usa billI kI taraha mAnakara, jo dugdhapUrNa gha.De me.n apanI gardana svaya.n pha.NsAkara use Chu.DAkara prANa bachAne kI AshA se chAro.n ora vyAkula hokara bhAgate hue bhI mukha me.n gR^ihIta chUhe ko khAnA chAhatI hai, kevala svArthachintanaparAyaNa jAnate hue bhI, unake Upara uddhAra kI ichChA se dayA karate hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 49|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who having cut the knot of samsAra feels compassion for people who, like the cat that has put its head into the milkpot greedily, and then rolls on the floor and struggles for life, have entangled
themselves in samsAra and are struggling to be free. (49)
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          siMhAsanaM suruchirAmalavastrakoTiM
                graiveyakAdinikaraM cha kirITakaM yaH |
          pIThAdhipochitamapIha tR^iNAya mene
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 50 ||
AchArya\-pITha ke si.nhAsana, atyanta sundara eva.n shuchi prakR^iShTa vastro.n tathA dhAraNIya ala~NkArasamUha eva.n kirITa Adi, jo pIThAdhIshvara ke lie paramparAnusAra vihita hone se uchita hai.n; unhe.n bhI tR^iNa ke samAna heyatA buddhi se agaNanIya samajhanevAle shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 50|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who was indifferent to the throne, the colourful garments, the many types of necklaces and the crown, even though the heads of the mathas are permitted to put them to use. (50)
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          turyAshramo.api mahitaM nijadeshadAsya\-
                muktipradaM janahitaM khalu \ldq{}khAdi\rdq{} vastram |
          dhR^itvA mahodyamakR^ite vidadhe ya AshIH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 51 ||
chaturthAshramarUpa sa.nnyAsa Ashrama me.n bhI, apane desha ko dAsatA se mukti dilAne me.n samartha mahattvayukta khAdI vastra ko jinho.nne dhAraNa kiyA tathA rAShTra ke dAsatA se muktirUpa atyanta pavitra eva.n mahAn uddeshya kI pUrti ke lie apanA AshIrvAda pradAna kiyA, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 51|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who in spite of having entered the fourth Ashrama, the state of sannyAsa, extended his blessings to the struggle for the freedom of our country by wearing clothes of khAdi, the cloth that is held in high esteem, an effective tool for the liberation from slavery, and which is the best for the welfare of the society.

Note : The AchArya wore exclusively KhAdi clothes till he attained siddhi. (51)
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          vedasya rakShaNaparo vidhivad vidhij~naH
                kR^itvA nidhiM taduchitaM bahushiShyasa~NghAn |
          samprerya naShTasadR^ishAssurarakShashAkhAH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 52 ||
jo vedo.n kI rakShA me.n sarvadA tatpara hai.n tathA vedarakShA kI vidhi ko achChI taraha se jAnane ke kAraNa jinho.nne vedarakShA hetu paryApta samuchita nidhi (kosha) kI sthApanA kara, bahuta shiShyo.n ko prerita kara sa.nchita kI gayI isa nidhi ke dvArA logo.n ko adhyayana me.n prerita kara naShTaprAya bahuta\-sI vedashAkhAo.n kI rakShA achChI prakAra se kI, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 52|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who being intent in protecting the Vedas is most competent in doing so, has constituted a huge trust for this purpose, who has inspired many to undertake the adhyayana of shAkhAs that are on the verge of extinction and who has thereby succeeded in protecting several such SakhAs. (52)
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          yassarvadharmasamabhAvanayAtidharmI
                dharme svake.abhiratimeva sadAbhichaShTe |
          dharmAntaragrahaNakarmaNi hetvabhAvAt
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 53 ||
jo sabhI dharmo.n me.n samabhAva (barAbarI kA bhAva, arthAt pratyeka kI apane me.n pUrNatA) kI bhAvanA karane ke kAraNa atikramaNashIla dharma ko dhAraNa karane vAle hai.n, arthAt yaha atikramaNashIla dharma aisA hai jo sabhI dharmo.n ke puNya ko apane me.n samAhita kara letA hai | aisA brahmaj~nAnarUpa dharma hai jise gItA me.n-
                yAvAnartha udvApe sarvata: samplutodake |
                tAvAn sarveShu vedeShu brAhmaNasya vijAnataH ||
isa vachana ke dvArA batalAyA gayA hai | aise dharma ko dhAraNa karane para bhI jinho.nne sabako apane dharma kA pAlana karane kA upadesha hI sarvadA diyA; kyo.nki dharmAntara grahaNa me.n unako koI phala nahI.n dikhAI detA thA, saba kuCha to apane dharma se hI milegA, yaha unakA bhAva thA | aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 53 ||##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who having transcended all dharmas and who holds all religions in all equal vision, always propogates one's pursuance of one's own specific religion alone, for want of any good reason to convert from one religion to another. (53)
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          varNeShvavAntaravibhAgashateShu satsu
                vaivAhikAdisamayaM dishati svake yaH |
          sa~Nghasya sarvagaNavR^iddhimapekShamANaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 54 ||
brAhmaNa\-kShatriya\-vaishya\-shUdrAdi varNo.n me.n eka\-eka me.n avAntara shatAdhika bhedo.n ke rahane para bhI vivAhAdi apane samUha me.n kiye jA.Nya, aisA nirdesha upadesha ke mAdhyama se dete hue jo sabhI samUho.n eva.n avAntara prabhedo.n kI vR^iddhi kI apekShA rakhate hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 54|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who advocates alliances of marriages within one's own community in a society where several hundreds of communities exist, only with a view to protect each and every group within the larger whole of the society. (54)
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          varNAshramAdiparirakShaNadIkShito yaH
                kAruNyadR^iShTikaraNe na vivekti ka~nchit |
          lokasya dR^iShTimanusR^itya nijAM cha dR^iShTiM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 55 ||
varNAshrama Adi kI sarvathA rakShA karane hetu kR^itasa~Nkalpa hone para bhI, kR^ipApUrvaka karuNA kI dR^iShTi karate samaya kisI ko ve bheda se alaga nahI.n karate, chAhe varNAshramAvalambI ho yA anya dharmI, Arta hone para saba para kR^ipA karate hai.n | loka kI dR^iShTi kA anusaraNa kara ve vyavahAra\-nirvAha ke lie varNAshrama Adi kI rakShA kA upadesha dete hai.n; kintu unakI apanI dR^iShTi se jagat ke mithyA hone se ve bhedarahita hokara sabako bhayamukta karane hetu karuNA karate hai.n | aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 55|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Candrashekharendrasarasvati, who in spite of being committed to the protection of varNas and Ashramas, never shows any disparity in his compassion to any one and who thus reconciles his individual point of view and the social point of view in an amicable way.

Note : From the point of view of AchArya, who is liberated while living, varNas and Ashramas are irrelevant. But from the point of view of the world they are very much relevant to uphold shAstraic instructions and to maintain the equilibrium. The AchArya's point of view is pAramArthika whereas the point of view of the world is vyAvahArika. He has reconciled both these seemingly opposite views in his own unique way. (55)
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          devAlayeShu satataM suma\-dhUpa\-dIpa\-
                naivedyanirmitikR^ite cha didesha dAtum |
          shAlIshcha rUpyakachayaM vibhavAnusAraM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 56 ||
mandiro.n me.n puShpa, dhUpa, dIpa, naivedya Adi pUjAsambhAra kI AvashyakatA kI pUrti karane ke lie jinho.nne logo.n ko apanI sAmarthya ke anusAra chAvala aura rUpayA dene hetu upadesha diyA, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 56|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who has called for the donation of rice and money according to one's capacity for the offering of flowers, dhUpa and naivedya in the temples. (56)
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          kA~nchIpure mahati yo vicharan svakIya\-
                vAsAdinA prakaTayan sthalagauravAdi |
          jIrNAn hi devanilayAn supupoSha nityaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 57 ||
vishAla kA~nchIpurI me.n vicharaNa karate hue jo apane nivAsa Adi ke dvArA vishrAmasthala ke gaurava, mahattva Adi ko sUchita karate hai.n tathA jIrNa devanilayo.n kA jIrNoddhAra Adi ke dvArA nitya poShaNa karate hai.n; aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 57|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who has helped the renovation of the dilapidated temples in KAnchIpuram by such methods as wandering in the city, and by himself staying in them for some time to highlight the greatness and auspiciousness of these temples.

Note : During the AchArya's memorable stay at SivasthAnam, it was in the experience of the visiting devotees to enquire about the place of his stay and to search for and locate it with great difficulty. (57)
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          sarvArthasiddhidamatho manasi prasAda\-
                sandhAyakaM shrutilayAdiyutaM cha viShNoH |
          sa~NkIrtanaM kaliharaM dishatIha sarvAn
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 58 ||
sabhI prayojano.n ko siddha karanevAle tathA mana me.n prasannatA kA sa~nchAra karanevAle, shruti\-laya Adi se yukta bhagavAn viShNu ke kaliyuga ke doSho.n ko dUra karanevAle, nAmasa.nkIrtana kA upadesha sabhI ko denevAle shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 58|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who advises all to perform the musical rendering of the names of Vishnu-VishnusankIrtana - which gives all things desired, which gives solace to the mind, which is suited to shruti and laya and which is the destroyer of ``kali''. (58)
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          sandarshanAgatajanaissaha bhAShamANo
                yo.aj~nAtahetukatayA pratipadya maunam |
          sarvAn samAgatajanAn chakitAn vidhatte
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 59 ||
darshanArtha Aye hue logo.n ke sAtha vArtAlApa karate samaya aj~nAta kAraNo.n se achAnaka mauna hokara jo sabhI samAgata logo.n ko Ashcharyachakita kara dete hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 59|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, whose sudden withdrawal into silence even in the middle of conversations with visitors, leaves people around him wonder- struck. (59)
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          kAmAkShipUjanavidhau viratiM gatAyAM
                nAmAvalAvatha tadarchanatatparaM yam |
          dR^iShTvA purohitajanaH punareva vakti
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 60 ||
bhagavatI kAmAkShI kA nAmAvalI se archana karate samaya, purohito.n dvArA uchcharita nAmAvalI kA uchchAraNa samApta hone para bhI puShpAdi ke arpaNa ke dvArA archana karate rahanevAle, jinako purohita loga pUjA\-virAma hetu sa~Nketa karate hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 60|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who continues to perform arcanA (worship) even after completion of the nAmAvali during the ritualistic worship of KAmAkShi and thereby causes the priests to chant the nAmAvali again. (60)
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          hastadvayena hR^idaye nihitena bimbaM
                vyAsasya pUjanakR^ite praNayan babhau yaH |
          advaitagA~NgajalanetR^ibhagIrathAbhaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 61 ||
vyAsa\-pUjana ke avasara para, apane dono.n hAtho.n se vyAsadeva kI pratimA ko apane hR^idaya me.n sameTa kara le jAte samaya jo advaitarUpI ga~NgA kA jala lAnevAle bhagIratha kI taraha pratIta hote hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N | visheSha\- vyAsa jI ne brahmasUtra kI rachanA kara advaita\-ga~NgA kA udbhava kiyA; kintu dharatI para usake prachAra eva.n sarvatra gamana kA kArya bhagIratha\-sadR^isha AchArya sha~Nkara eva.n unake anuyAyiyo.n ne kiyA | yahI tathya yahA.N sa~Nketita hai || 61|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is hailed as Bhagiratha bringing down to us the Advaita GangA, while holding the idol of VyAsa against his chest and taking it to the place of worship during VyAsa-pUjA. (61)
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          yaH svAminAthabhagavAn praNavaM svapitre
                sarvAtmakAya jagatAM gurave didesha |
          tasyaiva rUpamaparaM manute jano yaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 62 ||
jinho.nne svAmInAtha bhagavAn ke rUpa me.n avatIrNa hokara apane pitA eva.n jagat ke guru bhagavAn shiva ko praNavopAsanA kA rahasya batalAyA, aise svAminAtha kA hI dUsarA rUpa jisako loga mAnate hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 62|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, whom people consider to be a manifestation of Lord SvaminAtha who initiated his father Lord Siva, the teacher of all the worlds, into the meaning of the mystic praNavopAsana.

Note: It may be noted that the name of the AchArya before he was initiated into the sannyAsa was SvAminAthan. (62)
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          padbhyAM charan bharatabhUmimanekavAraM
                sampAdya shiShyadhanamadbhutasa~NkhyayA yaH |
          sambhAvyameva sakalaM jagatIti shAsti
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 63 ||
isa bhAratavarSha kI bhUmi me.n aneka bAra paidala bhramaNa kara, adbhuta sa.nkhyA me.n shiShyo.n ko dIkShita kara asambhava ko sambhava karanevAle jo AchArya\-charaNa jagatItala para saba kuCha sambhava hI hai, asambhava kuCha nahI.n hai, aisA upadesha dete hai.n; una shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 63|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, who has shown that nothing is impossible in this world by his walking across the length and breadth of this vast land on foot several times, and thus earning an abundant wealth of devotees all
over the country. (63)
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          vedoktadharmacharaNe pratiShiddhahAnau
                vidyAsu cha shrutishiraHpratipAditAsu |
          brahmAparokShakaraNe sunidarshanaM yaH
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 64 ||
veda\-pratipAdita dharma kA AcharaNa karane me.n, veda se niShiddha kA tyAga karane me.n, upaniShad me.n pratipAdita vidyAo.n (upAsanAo.n) kA bhramarahita nishchayAtmaka j~nAna rakhane me.n tathA brahma kA aparokSha sAkShAtkAra karane me.n jo shobhana nidarshana (dR^iShTAnta) hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 64|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who is exemplary in conducting the rituals enjoined in the Vedas, in abandoning the actions condemned in the Vedas, in undertaking the upAsanAs prescribed in the Upanishads and in attaining the realisation of Brahman. (64)
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          yasyaiva dIptavapuShaH paramAtmadR^iShTe\-
                rmuktAtmano vigalitAkhilabandhanasya |
          agre sthito hi manute svamatIvadhanyaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 65 ||
tapa ke kAraNa dIpta vapuvAle, sarvatra paramAtma\-dR^iShTi rakhanevAle, sampUrNa bandhano.n kA vigalana hone se jIvanmuktAvasthA me.n virAjamAna jisa yatirAja ke sammukha sthita vyakti apane ko atyanta dhanya mAnate hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 65|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, who possesses a glowing physical structure, whose vision is fixed in ParamAtman, who is liberated, whose bondages of various kinds have been destroyed and standing in whose presence one feels himself as being blessed plentifully. (65)
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          yasyaiva pUrNa\-paripUta\-parAtmabodha\-
                dIptasya cheha sahajanma\-sahAdhivAsaiH |
          dhanyA chakAsti janatA bhuvi bhAratIyA
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 66 ||
jo pUrNa pavitra paratattva ke sAkShAtkAra se pradIpta hai.n, jisake kAraNa unake sAtha bhAratabhUmi me.n janma lenevAlA tathA sAtha\-sAtha nivAsa karanevAlA janasamUha apane ko dhanya mAnatA hai tathA jo bhAsamAna apane svarUpa me.n virAjamAna hai.n, aise shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 66|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri Chandrashekharendrasarasvati, whose realisation of the complete and auspicious ParamAtman has rendered him radiant, by whose contemporaneity in birth and life the humanity in India is blessed. (66)
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          \ldq{}yo.antaH pravishya mama vAchamimAM prasuptAM
                sa~njIvayatyakhilashaktidharaH svadhAmnA\rdq{} |
          hR^idye supadyarachane parichodayaMstaM
                shrIchandrashekharaguruM sharaNaM prapadye || 67 ||
jo sampUrNa shaktisampanna paramAtmA sharIra ke bhItara pravesha kara apanI shakti ke dvArA merI gA.Dha\-nidrA me.n nimagna vANI ko sa~njIvita karane ke dvArA sundara padya\-rachanA me.n pravR^itta kara rahA hai, usa paramAtmA ke svarUpa me.n vidyamAna shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI gurupAda kI sharaNa me.n anya sAdhano.n kA tiraskAra kara mai.n prapattipUrvaka gamana karatA hU.N || 67|| ##
I take refuge in the preceptor Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, the all-powerful, who having entered me in spirit has kindled my dormant capacity for verbal expression and has caused by his might the composition of these good poems.

Note : The first half of this verse forms the words of Dhruva in the Srimadbhagavata. (67)
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          yaddivyapAdakamale navapadyapuShpaiH
                sampUjite shivatame shubhade sharaNye |
          shrIchandrashekharayatIndrasarasvatI vo
                mahyaM sadaiva varado.astu gururgariShThaH || 68 ||
nava padya\-puShpo.n se supUjita jinake divya pAdapadmayugala kalyANasvarUpa, shubha denevAle tathA sharaNAgata kI rakShA karanevAle hai.n, aise pAdapadmavAle yativara shrI chandrashekharendra sarasvatI jI mahArAja, jo atishaya garimAmaya guru hai.n, vaha Apa sabake lie aura mere lie bhI abhIShTa kI prApti karAnevAle ho.n | arthAt hama sabako AchAryacharaNa se abhIShTa kI prApti ho || 68|| ##
May Shri ChandrashekharendrasarasvatI, the greatest of all the preceptors, whose lotus feet are auspicious, the giver of all good things and the sole refuge and which are worshipped with the flowers of these new verses, grant to you and me all that is
desired. (68)
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iti shrIvempaTikuTumbashAstrIvirachitA evaM sArthA shrIguruprapattiH samAptA |
shrIchandrAhshekharendrasarasvatIsvAmI samarpitA |

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Composed and translated in Hindi and English by
Professor Vempati Kutumba Shastri


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