Sri Guruvayurappan Stotram

Sri  Guruvayurappan  Stotram

By

Sengalipuram  Anantha  Rama  Deekshithar

Translated  by

P.R.Ramachander

(This very great prayer   requesting  Guruvayurappan(Lord of Guruvayur)  to cure all the diseses  he suffers has been composed   by one of Guruvayurappan’s great  devotees, Sengalipuram Anantharama  Deekshithar, who is really a Upanyasa Kesari and Pravachana Vageesa,. We understand that  the Lord did cure  the great devotee Anantha Rama Deekshithar  of all his illnesses. Let us chant this great stotra  with devotion  and also get cured  of our  illnesses. )

1.Gurupura mandhira  , gokula sundara  , gopa  purandhara, gopa thano,

Gunagana  sagara , sivangara  Kausthubha  , sundara  keli thano,

Ganapathi homaja  dhooma suvasina  gavya  bhayorpana   dushta mathe  ,

Jaya  jaya hey Guruvatha  puradhipa  Rogamasesham  apa kuru  may.

1.Victory , victory to you  ,Hey  lord of Guruvayur , please completely cure my disease,

Hey pretty one of Gokula  who is  in city of Guru  , Hey gopa thief   who is the  son of Gopas,

Hey Lord with  ocean of good qualities who has a sword and Kausthubha and who plays with his pretty body,

Hey Lord who has sweet smell of the homa  done to Ganaparhi  and Hey mischievous one who creates scare among cows.

2.Murahara Madhava , mangala sambhava  manya suvaibhava ramya thano  ,

Madhu ripu soodana , Mathru supoojana , Mangala vadana   modha mathe ,

Madhumaya bakshina  sordhuva vandana, thatha  supoojana trupathamathe ,

Jaya  jaya hey Guruvatha  puradhipa  Rogamasesham  apa kuru  may.

2.Victory , victory to you  ,Hey  lord of Guruvayur , please completely cure my disease,

Hey Madhava who killed Mura , Hey lord  who made auspicious things happen ,who has greatness  that is respected and who has a  pretty body,

Hey killer of your enemy Madhu , hey lord who worshipped  his mother, who played auspicious music  and who has a happy mind,

Hey lord who eats  honeyed food, who was saluted  by upright people and who used to get satisfied by  worshipping his father.

3.Prathi dina mathara, poorvadinarchitha, Malaya  visarjana thathwa  thano,

Prathi dinamarpitha thaila sushevana nasitha dussaha roga ripo,

Prathidinamadbutha chandana charchitha champaka kalpitha   malyathathe ,

Jaya  jaya hey Guruvatha  puradhipa  Rogamasesham  apa kuru  may.

3.Victory , victory to you  ,Hey  lord of Guruvayur , please completely cure my disease,

Hey Lord   who   throws out the  garland  worn him on the  previous day and has a  truthful body,

Hey lord who  daily likes the scent  of oil graciously applied to him   and is the enemy of  unbearable  diseases,

Hey lord who  is decorated daily  in a wonderful manner by sandal and wears  the garland made of Champaka  flowers.

4.Karivara kalpitha Kanja sumothama karma karambuja  loka guro ,

Bhayadadhi mochaka, BHagya vidhayakam punya supuraka muktha thano,

Shivajala majjana, darasana vandhana keerthana  samsthutha bhaktha thathe,

Jaya  jaya hey Guruvatha  puradhipa  Rogamasesham  apa kuru  may.

4.Victory , victory to you  ,Hey  lord of Guruvayur , please completely cure my disease,

Hey  teacher  of the  world  who received in his  lotus like arms  the great flowers offered   by the great elephant,

Who  frees from confusion  due to fear, who  grants  luck, who gets best results for  blessed deeds and who is detached from his body,

Who gets anointed by ganges water and whose  devotees  see him ,salute him  sing about him and stand there praying him.

5.Karajitha pankaja  kodi ravi prabha  , komala kalpitha vesha hare  ,

Ravi  satha   sannibha   rathna  vinirmitha kimya kireeda manojna hare ,

Munivara  mudgala   vamsa  surakshana Deekshitha rakshitha partha  hare ,

Jaya  jaya hey Guruvatha  puradhipa  Rogamasesham  apa kuru  may.

5.Victory , victory to you  ,Hey  lord of Guruvayur , please completely cure my disease,

Who holds a lotus in his hand, who shines  like crores of suns and who is hari who has assumed the pretty form,

Who  is Hari with mind stealing form wearing gem studded crown shining  like  hundred suns,

Who  kept safe  the clan of the great sage Mudhala and is thE hari of Arjuna   who  protects DEekshithar.

6.Bhava   bhaya nasaka  , boga  vivardhaka  , bhaktha jana   sthuthi magna  mathe ,

Yadhukula nandana , Mangala karana, sathru  nivarana deekshamathe  ,

SRipathi samsaraya   vadhya sugoshana  Nama sukeerthana   hrushta mathe ,

Jaya  jaya hey Guruvatha  puradhipa  Rogamasesham  apa kuru  may.

6.Victory , victory to you  ,Hey  lord of Guruvayur , please completely cure my disease,

Oh lord who destroys   the fear  of samsara  , who increases pleasure and who gets drowned  in the prayers of devotees,

Who is   the joy  of clan of Yadhus , who is the reason for auspiciousness and who has taken penance  of killing the enemies,

Who gets great joy   by singing of his names, be playing of musical instruments and who lives as  consort of Lakshmi

7.Vidhi hara  Dumburu  sadguru  vayumukhamara poojya  hari  ,

Kaliyuga  sambhava kalmasha   nasaka   kamya phalapradha moksha mathe  ,

Kavi vara  bhattathiri   sthithi kambitha masthaka  darasika   divya thano,

Jaya  jaya hey Guruvatha  puradhipa  Rogamasesham  apa kuru  may.

7.Victory , victory to you  ,Hey  lord of Guruvayur , please completely cure my disease,

Hey Hari who is   worshipped  by Brahma , Shiva , the great Guru, wind   and chief of devas,

Who destroys  the evil that occurs in Kali age , Who is the one who grants desired objects   as well as salvation,

Who has a divine   form which approved by shaking his head the   great  poet Bhattathiri.

8.Sarana yugagadha, bhaktha  janarpitha  , deha thulabhaara   thushtamathe,

Thava  charanambuja   manasa  poonthana   darsitha   divya  grahathipathe  ,

Visabhaya  rakshitha Pandya nareswarakalpitha mandhira vaidhyapathe  ,

Jaya  jaya hey Guruvatha  puradhipa  Rogamasesham  apa kuru  may.

8.Victory , victory to you  ,Hey  lord of Guruvayur , please completely cure my disease,

Oh Lord who gets satisfied  by the Thulabara of the body given by devotees   over  several  yugas,

Oh  chief  of divine planets who showed himself to Poonthanam  who kept his mind on your lotus like feet ,

Oh chief of doctors who by his chants saved   the  Pandya king   from the   fear of poison.

9.Jaya dham, anantha   padanvitha   Rama sudheekshitha  sad kavi padyamidham  ,

Guru pavanadhipa   thushtitham uthama ishta susidhitham aarthi haram,

Padathi srunothicha Bhakthi yutho yathi  bagya   samrudhi matho labhathe,

Jaya  jaya hey Guruvatha  puradhipa  Rogamasesham  apa kuru  may.

9.Victory , victory to you  ,Hey  lord of Guruvayur , please completely cure my disease,

This  is the poem written by the good poet Rama Deekshithar who submits himself  to  the endless  victorious feet  of the Lord,

Which satisfies  the lord of Guruvayur  , is the best one, fulfills all desires   and destroys  sufferings,

And  those who read   or hear   this with devotion would  get  prosperity   in plenty.