While watching innovative reels on Instagram, I listened to the splendid verses of "Shree Guru Ashtakam". I didn't know the meaning behind it, though I heard it once, twice, thrice and tried to understand the meaning behind it. This is the wonderful "Ashtak" (Poem with eight Verses) showing and explaining that one who is not paying gratitude toward Guru's help, because of which the person has become whatever in life.
The Word Guru has been kept here with very wide meaning. In layman's terms, it may be a teacher, a professor or a person from whom we took formal education in Schools/colleges/universities/Coaching centres/Training institutes. But every person who teaches us lessons helps us to fight throughout our life span, which leads us to reach a high level. Indian mythology has a different and auspicious meaning of Guru, a spiritual teacher who teaches lessons of life so that our every Karma or action becomes a flower of God's feet.
Many of us (including me) forget or miss the gratitude towards our teachers and Gurus, this Ashtak says, your every achievement is worthless if your mind is not centred upon the Guru's holy feet, which also means you do not pay gratitude to them.
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गुरोरंघ्रिपद्मे मनश्चेन्न लग्नं
ततः किं ततः किं ततः किं ततः किम्
But, if one’s mind is not centered upon the Guru’s holy feet,
What is the use? What then? What then? What then?
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