Meditate thus, sitting next to Lord Gurudeva, and performing the arcana, offer sixteen objects while chanting the appropriate mantra.
idam asanam aim gurudevaya namah
idam padyam aim gurudevaya namah
idam arghyam aim gurudevaya namah
idam acamaniyam aim gurudevaya namah
idam madhuparkah aim gurudevaya namah
idam punaracamaniyam aim gurudevaya namah
idam snaniyam aim gurudevaya namah
idam sottariya vastram aim gurudevaya namah
idam abharanam aim gurudevaya namah
idam gandhah aim gurudevaya namah
idam dhupah aim gurudevaya namah
idam dipah aim gurudevaya namah
idam sacandana aim gurudevaya namah
idam naivedyam aim gurudevaya namah
idam paniyajalam aim gurudevaya namah
idam punaracamaniyam aim gurudevaya namah
idam tambulam aim gurudevaya namah
idam sarvam aim gurudevaya namah
After offering these articles the guru-gayatri-mantra is chanted:
aim gurudevaya vidmahe krishnanandaya dhimahi
tan no guruh pracodayat
After this, obeisances are offered to the guru by reciting:
om ajnana-timirandhasya
jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena
tasmai sri-gurave namah
Then pay homage to the Vaisnavas by singing:
vancha-kalpa-tarubhyas ca
krpa-sindhubhya eva ca
patitanam pavanebhyo
vaisnavebhyo namo namah
This is a section of the book “Bhajana Rahasya”, by Bhaktivinode Thakura.
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