Aarti Sai Baba (Shirdi)
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refrain
आरती साईबाबा
Aarti Saibaba
Aarti to You, Sai Baba.
सौख्यदातारा जीवा
Saukhyadatara jiva
You who give happiness to every soul,
चरणरजतळीं निज दासां विसावां
Charanrajatalin nija dasan visavan
in the dust beneath Your feet Your own servants find their rest,
भक्तां विसावा
Bhaktan visava
the resting place of all Your devotees.
verse 1
जाळुनियां अनंग
Jaluniyam anang
Having burnt desire itself to ash,
स्वस्वरूपी राहे दंग
Svasvarupi rahe dang
You remain absorbed in Your own true nature.
मुमुक्षुजना दावी
Mumukshujana davi
To those who long for liberation You reveal
निजडोळां श्रीरंग
Nijadolan Shrirang
Shrirang, with their very own eyes.
refrain
आरती साईबाबा
Aarti Saibaba
Aarti to You, Sai Baba.
सौख्यदातारा जीवा
Saukhyadatara jiva
You who give happiness to every soul,
चरणरजतळीं निज दासां विसावां
Charanrajatalin nija dasan visavan
in the dust beneath Your feet Your own servants find their rest,
भक्तां विसावा
Bhaktan visava
the resting place of all Your devotees.
verse 2
जया मनीं जैसा भाव
Jaya manin jaisa bhav
Whatever feeling a person holds in their heart,
तया तैसा अनुभव
Taya taisa anubhav
such is the experience they receive.
दाविसी दयाघना
Davisi dayaghana
So You show Yourself, O cloud of compassion;
ऐसी ही तुझी माव
Aisi hi tujhi mav
such indeed is Your wondrous power.
refrain
आरती साईबाबा
Aarti Saibaba
Aarti to You, Sai Baba.
verse 3
तुमचें नाम ध्यातां
Tumacem nam dhyatan
When we meditate on Your name,
हरे संसृतिव्यथा
Hare samsritiv-yatha
the pain of worldly existence is taken away.
अगाध तव करणी
Agadh tav karani
Your deeds are unfathomable;
मार्ग दाविसी अनाथा
Marg davisi anatha
You show the way to those who have no one.
refrain
आरती साईबाबा
Aarti Saibaba
Aarti to You, Sai Baba.
verse 4
कलियुगीं अवतार
Kaliyugin avatar
An incarnation in the age of Kali,
सगुणब्रह्म साचार
Sagunabrahma sachar
the true embodied form of Brahman with attributes,
अवतीर्ण झालासे
Avatirnha jhalase
has descended upon this earth,
स्वामी दत्त दिगंबर
Swami Datta Digambar
as Swami Datta Digambar.
refrain
आरती साईबाबा
Aarti Saibaba
Aarti to You, Sai Baba.
verse 5
आठा दिवसां गुरुवारी
Atha divasan Guruvari
Week after week, upon Thursday,
भक्त करिती वारी
Bhakta kariti vari
devotees make their pilgrimage,
प्रभुपद पहावया
Prabhupada pahavaya
to behold the Lord's feet;
भवभय निवारी
Bhavabhaya nivari
and You dispel the fear of worldly existence.
refrain
आरती साईबाबा
Aarti Saibaba
Aarti to You, Sai Baba.
verse 6
माझा निजद्रव्य ठेवा
Majha nijadravya theva
My own true treasure, my only store,
तव चरणसेवा
Tava charanaseva
is the service of Your feet.
मागणें हेंचि आता
Maganem hemci ata
This alone is what I ask for now,
तुम्हा देवाधिदेवा
Tumha devadhi-deva
from You, the God of gods.
refrain
आरती साईबाबा
Aarti Saibaba
Aarti to You, Sai Baba.
verse 7
इच्छित दीन चातक
Icchit din chatak
As the humble chatak bird longs for
निर्मळ तोय निजसुख
Nirmala toya nijasukha
pure water as its one true joy,
पाजावें माधवा या
Pajaaven Madhava ya
give me that to drink, O Madhava,
सांभाळ आपुली भाक
Sambhal apuli bhak
and keep Your own promise.
refrain
आरती साईबाबा
Aarti Saibaba
Aarti to You, Sai Baba.
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