Shri Swaroop Chalisa

कोटि-कोटि मम वन्दना, कोटि-कोटि प्रणाम, आदि ब्रह्म पूर्ण पुरुष, श्री सत्गुरु सुख धाम।

koṭi-koṭi mama vandanā, koṭi-koṭi praṇāma, ādi brahma pūrṇa puruṣa, śrī satguru sukha dhāma|

Millions upon millions of my salutations, millions upon millions of bows, to the Primal Brahman, the Perfect Being, Shri Satguru, the abode of bliss.

हे सत् चित्त आनन्द प्रभु, श्री अद्वैत आनन्द॥ ऐसी कृपा कीजिये, कहहुँ कछुक पद छंद,

he sat citta ānanda prabhu, śrī advaita ānanda|| aisī kṛpā kījiye, kahahu~ kachuka pada chaṃda,

O Lord of Being, Consciousness and Bliss, Shri Advaitananda, grant me such grace that I may utter a few verses in Your praise.

सत्गुरु चालीसा कहूँ श्री स्वरूपानंद महाराज। जिन दीन्हो जग तरन को, सो हंग नाम जहाज॥

satguru cālīsā kahū~ śrī svarūpānaṃda mahārāja| jina dīnho jaga tarana ko, so haṃga nāma jahāja||

I recite this Chalisa of the Satguru, Shri Swaroopanand Maharaj, who gave the world the vessel of His holy name to cross over the ocean of existence.

परमहंस परमात्म रूपा। आदि सच्चिदानन्द स्वरूपा॥

paramahaṃsa paramātma rūpā| ādi saccidānanda svarūpā||

Paramhans is the very form of the Supreme Self, the primal embodiment of Sat-Chit-Ananda (being-consciousness-bliss).

पूरन गुरु दादा गुरु पाये। साधु सिद्ध के भूप कहाये॥

pūrana guru dādā guru pāye| sādhu siddha ke bhūpa kahāye||

He attained the perfect Guru through the lineage of his grandfather-Guru, and came to be called the sovereign among saints and the accomplished.

जिन यह नाम रतन प्रगटायो। कल्प वृक्ष कलि माँहि लगायो॥

jina yaha nāma ratana pragaṭāyo| kalpa vṛkṣa kali mā~hi lagāyo||

He it was who revealed this jewel of the sacred Name, planting the wish-fulfilling tree even in this age of Kali.

सकल कामना पूरन कामा। घाट केदार काशी सुख धामा॥

sakala kāmanā pūrana kāmā| ghāṭa kedāra kāśī sukha dhāmā||

He fulfills every wish and desire; He is the abode of bliss, like the sacred ghats of Kedar and Kashi.

दादा गुरु पितु मात गुसाई। विद्या बल मो में कछु नाहीं॥

dādā guru pitu māta gusāī| vidyā bala mo meṃ kachu nāhīṃ||

O Lord, You are my grandfather-Guru, my father and mother; but I have no learning or strength within me.

केहि विधि अस्तुति करहूँ तुम्हारी। वेद पुरान गये लिख हारी॥

kehi vidhi astuti karahū~ tumhārī| veda purāna gaye likha hārī||

How then shall I sing Your praise, when even the Vedas and Puranas grew weary of writing it?

राम नौमि शुभ दिन प्रगटाये। राम याद तुलसी गृह आये॥

rāma naumi śubha dina pragaṭāye| rāma yāda tulasī gṛha āye||

He appeared on the auspicious day of Ram Navami; remembering Ram, He came to the house of Tulsi.

बाल ब्रह्मचारी सन्यासी। राज-पाठ ते भई उदासी॥

bāla brahmacārī sanyāsī| rāja-pāṭha te bhaī udāsī||

From childhood a celibate renunciate, He turned away in detachment from royal rule and comfort.

छपरा छप्पर महल सब त्यागे। धार कोपीन ढाँप तन भागे॥

chaparā chappara mahala saba tyāge| dhāra kopīna ḍhā~pa tana bhāge||

He abandoned Chhapra, hut and palace alike, and clad only in a loincloth, went forth covering His body.

जग पावन अद्वैतानन्दा। नाम लेत कटहिं भव फन्दा॥

jaga pāvana advaitānandā| nāma leta kaṭahiṃ bhava phandā||

He is the purifier of the world, Advaitananda; merely taking His name severs the snare of worldly existence.

भ्रमण किये वन नगर अनेका। जयपुर जाये चरन प्रभु टेका॥

bhramaṇa kiye vana nagara anekā| jayapura jāye carana prabhu ṭekā||

He wandered through many forests and cities, and at last set His feet in Jaipur.

प्राणायाम ते देहि उड़ानी। पवना में जब पवन समानी॥

prāṇāyāma te dehi uḍa़ānī| pavanā meṃ jaba pavana samānī||

Through pranayama He made His body rise into the air, when His breath merged into the cosmic wind.

धरती ते ऊपर रही देही। बसत देही में भये विदेही॥

dharatī te ūpara rahī dehī| basata dehī meṃ bhaye videhī||

His body remained suspended above the earth; dwelling within the body, He became bodiless in spirit.

जयपुर सांबर ते गये टेरी। दयालु करी नहीं देरी॥

jayapura sāṃbara te gaye ṭerī| dayālu karī nahīṃ derī||

From Jaipur, by way of Sambhar, He went on to Teri; the compassionate one made no delay.

टेरी नगर देख मुस्काने। प्रातःकाल जल तोय नहाने॥

ṭerī nagara dekha muskāne| prātaḥkāla jala toya nahāne||

Seeing the town of Teri, He smiled, and at dawn bathed Himself in its waters.

बैठै कर स्नान जब ध्याना। परमहंस प्रभु तुरंतहि जाना॥

baiṭhai kara snāna jaba dhyānā| paramahaṃsa prabhu turaṃtahi jānā||

After bathing, when He sat in meditation, Paramhans knew all things at once.

हम हूं भरम नाहि लख पाये। कारन कौन तेरी हम आये॥

hama hūṃ bharama nāhi lakha pāye| kārana kauna terī hama āye||

We too could not fathom the mystery of why we had come to Teri.

तेरी पहुंच सोझ हम पाई। कुल वासुदेव शक्ति प्रगटाई॥

terī pahuṃca sojha hama pāī| kula vāsudeva śakti pragaṭāī||

At Teri we found His reach made plain, as the power of the Vasudev lineage was revealed.

सत्संग सभा सायं जब लागी। पहुंचे नारी-नर प्रेम अनुरागी॥

satsaṃga sabhā sāyaṃ jaba lāgī| pahuṃce nārī-nara prema anurāgī||

When the evening assembly of satsang began, men and women full of loving devotion gathered there.

लगे होवन कीर्तन सत्संगा। संशय भरम भये सब भंगा॥

lage hovana kīrtana satsaṃgā| saṃśaya bharama bhaye saba bhaṃgā||

The havan, kirtan and satsang commenced, and all doubt and delusion were shattered.

सभा बीच आयो इक बालक। वासुदेव कुल को जग पालक॥

sabhā bīca āyo ika bālaka| vāsudeva kula ko jaga pālaka||

Into the midst of the assembly came a child, the world's protector of the Vasudev lineage.

परमहंस प्रभु बोले बानी। कर गहि बालक करत बखानी॥

paramahaṃsa prabhu bole bānī| kara gahi bālaka karata bakhānī||

Paramhans spoke aloud, and holding the child's hand, He began to declare the truth.

एही बालक कारन हम आये। छपरा छप्पर छोड़ सिधाये॥

ehī bālaka kārana hama āye| chaparā chappara choḍa़ sidhāye||

It was for this very child that we came, leaving Chhapra and hut behind on our journey.

यह त्यागी तपसी यह योगी। भेटहिं ईश स्यो जीव वियोगी॥

yaha tyāgī tapasī yaha yogī| bheṭahiṃ īśa syo jīva viyogī||

This one is a renunciate, an ascetic, a yogi, who unites with God the soul long separated from Him.

जग तारन कारन यह आयो। भयो प्रगट नहीं काहु पठायो॥

jaga tārana kārana yaha āyo| bhayo pragaṭa nahīṃ kāhu paṭhāyo||

He came for the sake of delivering the world, appearing of His own accord, sent by none.

भृकुटि विलास दूज कर चन्दा। सुन्दर रूप स्वरूपानन्दा॥

bhṛkuṭi vilāsa dūja kara candā| sundara rūpa svarūpānandā||

The play of His brow is like the crescent moon of the second lunar day; such is the beautiful form of Swaroopanand.

माया मोहिनी रूप धर संगा। नासिका तिल साजत बाम अंगा॥

māyā mohinī rūpa dhara saṃgā| nāsikā tila sājata bāma aṃgā||

He bears too the enchanting form of Maya's illusion, His nose adorned with a mole gracing His left side.

यां को ध्यान धरहिं मुनि ज्ञानी। सुन वाणी भूलहिं सुध ध्यानी॥

yāṃ ko dhyāna dharahiṃ muni jñānī| suna vāṇī bhūlahiṃ sudha dhyānī||

Wise sages hold Him in meditation; hearing His voice, even the meditator forgets all else.

जेहिं खोजत ऋषि मुनि गये हारी। आज पाये हम उत्तराधिकारी॥

jehiṃ khojata ṛṣi muni gaye hārī| āja pāye hama uttarādhikārī||

The One whom rishis and sages sought and grew weary searching for, today we have found as our rightful successor.

परमहंस प्रभु की सुन बानी। घर-घर होवन लागी कहानी॥

paramahaṃsa prabhu kī suna bānī| ghara-ghara hovana lāgī kahānī||

Hearing the words of Lord Paramhans, His story began to spread from house to house.

प्रभु दयाल गृह प्रभु प्रगटाये। टेरी नगर माहिं प्रभु आये॥

prabhu dayāla gṛha prabhu pragaṭāye| ṭerī nagara māhiṃ prabhu āye||

The merciful Lord manifested in a devotee's home, and the Lord came to the town of Teri.

कौन पुन्य श्री राधे कीन्हों। जांकि उदर वास हरी लीन्हो॥

kauna punya śrī rādhe kīnhoṃ| jāṃki udara vāsa harī līnho||

What merit had Shri Radha earned, that Hari Himself came to dwell within her womb?

एहिं बालक ते इन्द्र डरायो। बूंद एक बरसा नहीं पायो॥

ehiṃ bālaka te indra ḍarāyo| būṃda eka barasā nahīṃ pāyo||

This child made even Indra afraid, so that not a single drop of rain could fall near Him.

योगारूढ़ आसन रहा सूखा। बरसा बादल रुखा-रुखा॥

yogārūḍha़ āsana rahā sūkhā| barasā bādala rukhā-rukhā||

His seat of yogic meditation remained dry, while all around the clouds rained in vain.

नदी चनाव में फंसी नैया। पहुंचे तुरंतहि नाव खिवैया॥

nadī canāva meṃ phaṃsī naiyā| pahuṃce turaṃtahi nāva khivaiyā||

A boat lay stranded in the river Chenab; at once the boatman arrived to help.

विनय सुनी सेवक की जबहिं। स्टीमर रोक दिया प्रभु तबहीं॥

vinaya sunī sevaka kī jabahiṃ| sṭīmara roka diyā prabhu tabahīṃ||

The moment He heard the devotee's prayer, the Lord brought the steamer to a halt.

गुरु पूजन को सेवक आये। अंग-संग सतगुरु होय सहाये॥

guru pūjana ko sevaka āye| aṃga-saṃga sataguru hoya sahāye||

Devotees come to worship the Guru, for the Satguru ever remains at their side to help.

सीमा प्रांत, पंजाब छोड़कर। श्री नंगली को दीन्हों यह वर॥

sīmā prāṃta, paṃjāba choḍa़kara| śrī naṃgalī ko dīnhoṃ yaha vara||

Leaving the frontier province and Punjab, He bestowed this boon upon Shri Nangli.

श्री नंगली हरि को निज धामा। बार-बार तोहे करहुँ प्रणामा॥

śrī naṃgalī hari ko nija dhāmā| bāra-bāra tohe karahu~ praṇāmā||

Shri Nangli is Hari's own dwelling place; again and again I offer my salutations to you.

धूलि तेरी मस्तक पर धारूँ। श्री नंगली पर तन-मन वारूँ॥

dhūli terī mastaka para dhārū~| śrī naṃgalī para tana-mana vārū~||

I place the dust of your feet upon my forehead; I offer body and mind at Shri Nangli.

अमृत स्रोत श्री स्वरूप सुधा, हैं सतगुरु के वरदान। कर स्नान जो श्रवण करें, हो सब का कल्याण।

amṛta srota śrī svarūpa sudhā, haiṃ sataguru ke varadāna| kara snāna jo śravaṇa kareṃ, ho saba kā kalyāṇa|

This nectar-stream, Shri Swaroop Sudha, is the Satguru's own boon; whoever bathes in it by hearing it attains the welfare of all.

तव चरनन में आ पड़ा, बालक 'प्रेम' नादान। बल बुद्धि विद्या दीजिये, निज आत्म को ज्ञान॥

tava caranana meṃ ā paḍa़ā, bālaka 'prema' nādāna| bala buddhi vidyā dījiye, nija ātma ko jñāna||

At your feet has fallen this naive child 'Prem'; grant me strength, wisdom and learning, and knowledge of my own true self.