Guru Gita Verses

Gurucharanam Saranam

Guru Gita-25

Svaashramam cha Svajaatim cha

Svakeertim Pushti Vardhanam

Etat Sarvam Parithyajyaa

Gurumeva Samaashrayet

One should take refuge in Guru alone, leaving aside everything else such as one’s stage in life (like being a householder etc.), caste, reputation and wealth.

Complete surrender to Guru is the principle. One’s ego lives in a delusory paradise in the company of four enchanting terrestrial beauties. They are one’s social status (svaashramam), caste or class-consciousness (svajaatim), desire for fame (svakeertim) and wealth accumulation (pushti vardhanam). Spiritual sublimity is possible only when the ego is crushed or diluted. The ego when tied to the four pillars of worldly worries in the form of social status, class-consciousness, desire for fame and wealth creation, cannot enjoy freedom and spiritual joy because of the conflicts, struggle and pain related to these enterprises. Men perish in the cage of their very ego unable to break free from its cruel and painful claws. One can break free only by the surrender to Guru, under His merciful care. Guru becomes the very aim of life, the personification of Supreme Light, unto whom the ego, nay the soul itself is surrendered as an offering, in the name of Truth, in the name of God. Peace and spiritual illumination dawn on such persons in due course. There is no other support than Guru in this venture. So take refuge in Guru alone. The ego can be obliterated with a conscious thought process or constant reflection that what exists is eternal consciousness alone in which and by whose truth we seem to exist like bubbles in the ocean. Such reflection alone can bring us solace.