‘Anãdhyavidhyopahatãtmasamvidha
  tanmoolasamsãraparisramaãturãh |
Yadrucchayehopasrutãh yamãpnuyuh
  vimuktido nah paramo gurur bhavãn’ ||
(8:24:46)

May You,
who grants liberation to those jivas whose knowledge of the Atman has been blotted out as a result of the beginningless nescience and are suffering from the vagaries of life accidentally surrender unto You and attain You, be our Guru and unknot our Ego!

‘Janobudhoyam nijakarmabandhanah
  sukhecchaya karma sameehate-asukham |
Yatsevayã tãm vidhunotyasanmatim
  granthim sa bhindhyãdhrudayam sa no guruh’ ||
(8:24:47)

The ignorant men, bound by their [past] karmas, perform karmas with desire for enjoyments. This false knowledge can be overcome only through Your service, the Paramaguru. May that Paramatma be our Paramaguru and remove the knot of our heart (identification with the body)!

‘Yatsevayaagnehriva rudrarodanam
   pumãn vijahyãnmalamãtmanastamah |
Bhajeta varnam nijamesha sohavyayo
  bhooyãt sa eeshah paramo gurorguruh’ ||
(8:24:48)

On being heated in fire, cleansed of its dirt the silver shines; just so, man by worshipping who is easily cleansed of his mind’s impurities and attains to his true identity May He, the Eternal, the Paramaguru, be our Guru!

‘Na yatprasãdaayutabhãgalesam
  anye cha deva guravo janãh svayam |
Kartum sametãh prabhavanti pumsah
  tamiishwaram tvãm sharanam prapadye’ ||
(8:24:49)

I surrender unto You whose blessings cannot be matched even to a fraction of a part of the blessings of all devas and human gurus put together!

‘Achkshuh-andhasya yathaagraniih krutah
  tatha janasyaavidushobudho guruh |
Tvamarkadruk sarvadrushãm sameekshano
   vruto gururnah svagatim bubhutsatãm’ ||
(8:24:50)

The ignorant being led by another ignorant is akin to the blind man being led by another blind man. We, who are desirous of Atma tattva, have adopted You, who illumines all the senses and is self-luminous Awareness as our Guru!

‘Jano janasyãdishatesateem matim
  yayã prapadhyeta duratyayam tamah |
Tvam tvayayam jnãnamamoghamanjasã
  prapadhyate yena jano nijam padam’ ||
(8:24:51)

Ordinary Guru gives instructions of false knowledge to others. Through this false knowledge people attain only to the world that cannot be crossed over. On the other hand, You, very easily, instruct true knowledge that is ever blissful and eternal. By that knowledge devotees attain to their true identity!

‘Tvam sarvalokasya suhrut priyeshwaro
   ãtma gurujnãnamabhishtta siddhih |
Tathãpi loko na bhavantamandhadhih
   jãnãti santam hrudi bhaddha kãmah’ ||
(8:24:52)

You are the well-wisher, the friend, the dear Lord, the soul, the Master who removes ignorance, the Knowledge and the bestower of all prayers, to all the worlds! Yet, the ignorant people, bound by desires, do not know You who are the innermost dweller of the heart!

‘Tam tvãmaham devavaram varenyam
  prapadhya iisham pratibodhanãya |
Chindhyarthadeepaihbhagavan vachobhih
  grantiin hrudayyãn vivrunnu svamokah’ ||
(8:24:53)

I surrender untoYou, the worshipful Lord and the best of the Devas, in order to receive instructions of True knowledge. Oh! Bhagavãn! Cut asunder the knots of ignorance by the light of Your words and light up the Atma swaroopa!

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