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II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

गुरुगृहजये देशीं I तो देशुचि वसे मानसीं I विरहिणी कां जैसी I वल्लभातें II 375 II
तियेकडोनि येतसे वारा I देखोनि धांवे सामोरा I आड पडे म्हणे घरा I बीजमुद्रेआंतु कीजो II 376 II
साचा प्रेमाचिया भुली I तया दिसेशीचि आवडे बोली I जीवु थानापति करूनि घाली I गुरुगृहीं जो II 377 II
परि गुरुआज्ञा धरिलें I देह गांवी असे एकलें I वांसरुवा लाविलें I दावें जैसें II 378 II
म्हणे कैं हें बिरडे फिटेल I कैं तो स्वामी भेटेल I युगाहूनि वडिल I निमिष मानी II 379 II
ऐसेया गुरुग्रामींचें आलें I कां स्वयें गुरुंनींचि धाडिलें I तरी गतायुष्यां जोडलें I आयुष्य जैसें II 380 II
कां सुकतया अंकुरा I वरि पडलिया पियूषधारा I नाना अल्पोदकींचा सागरा I आला मासा II 381 II
ना तरी रंकें निधान देखिलें I कां आंधळिया डोळे उघडले I भणंगाचिया आंगा आलें I इंद्रपद II 382 II
तैसे गुरुकुळाचेनि नांवें I महासुखें अति थोरावे I जे कोडेंही पोटाळवे I आकाश कां II 383 II
पैं गुरुकुळीं ऐसी I आवडी जया देखसी I जाण ज्ञान तयापासीं I पाइकी करी II 384 II

"The disciple's intense yearning for his Guru's abode is like the deep emotional longing experienced by a woman separated from her husband. The disciple prostrates before the wind coming from Guru's abode and lovingly requests to grace by his presence. His fond talk even with the direction of Guru's abode gives him a sense of belonging to it. The agony of being away from the Guru is a feeling of helplessness and separation, much like a calf that "writhes and wriggles" to reach its mother but is tethered by a rope and cannot. In that longing the moment of painful separation from the Guru feels like an eternity. Meeting someone coming from Guru's abode or someone sent by Him is felt like a fresh breath of life. Just like the sprout losing vitality is showered upon by Amrut, the divine nectar, fish in a small pond falling into the sea, an utterly destitute finding a hidden treasure, a blind regaining vision, or a pauper elevated to the celestial authority of Lord Indra, the mere hearing of ShriGuru's name fills him with the Supreme Bliss so big that it encompasses the entire sky. Lord Krishna said, the one who is so fondly connected to Gurukul, an immersive living and learning environment to facilitate the disciple's complete transformation and realization of their ultimate potential under the direct guidance of the Guru, the KNOWLEDGE stand at his service."

II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

II श्रीसद्गुरूचरणार्पणमस्तु II