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Dr. Rajkumari B. Deshmukh, Bidar, Karnataka, India.
| 1. | The godly man that came to earth for the upliftment of the world |
Shri Guru Kumaresha |
2. | Born in the village of Hunsikatti of Bailhongal |
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3. | Born by Rudramuni Yati's blessings |
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4. | In the righteous womb of Chinnamma |
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| 5. | Born on the auspicious 'noola hunnime'*1as the Light of India |
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| 6. | The light of the world lost his mother on his birthday |
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| 7. | The infant grew on the lap of Gaudashaani Neelamma |
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| 8. | Lost his father when very young |
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| 9. | Spent boyhood under the loving care of grandmother Radhamma |
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| 10. | Worshipped the stone image of bull and got money as prasada |
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| 11. | Became a soothsayer at a very young age |
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| 12. | By the grace of Anjaneya got pashyanti vani |
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| 13. | Because of command over speech got the title 'young Saraswati' |
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| 14. | Got the name 'incarnation of 'daasoha' in the young age |
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| 15. | Came under the grace of Goddess Mahaalakshmi of Kolhapur |
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| 16. | By chanting the 'Devipuraana' aroused Kundalini in him |
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| 17. | Along with the studies he progressed in spirituality |
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| 18. | Became God-intoxicated when he was fifteen |
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| 19. | Performing penance at Navilteertha he achieved higher results |
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| 20. | Came to Dharwad and founded the Navalakyana Math |
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| 21. | By the command of the Inner Voice renounced academics |
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| 22. | Settled in the meditation hall of Tapovana |
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| 23. | Taught by self-knowledge he became exponent of Knowledge |
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| 24. | The great sage that meditated relentlessly for world peace |
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| 25. | The personification of peace that promoted world peace |
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| 26. | Declared 'world is my home, mankind is my family' |
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| 27. | Declared 'truth, peace and faith are the object of my life' |
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| 28. | Gave to the world the mantra 'He Prabho Praseed Aum' |
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| 29. | The world teacher that promoted collective prayer (prarthana yoga) |
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| 30. | The Shivayogi that showed to the Pope the greatness of the Linga |
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| 31. | The extraordinary Yogi that discovered the secret of all yogas |
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| 32. | Spread the teachings of Virashaivism everywhere in the world |
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| 33. | The Holy man that was awarded 'Paramadharmachakra'*2 |
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| 34. | The revolutionary who wrote valuable philosophical treatises |
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| 35. | Got the title 'Ashvini'*3 for curing the diseases |
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| 36. | The Siddha *4 that gets things done just by his will power |
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| 37. | The godly man that had the divine aura and golden colour |
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| 38. | Leader of infinite number of worlds and the emperor of yogis |
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| 39. | A tender mother that treats devotees with immense kindness |
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| 40. | Blesses devotees irrespective of their caste, creed and religion |
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| 41. | Treats the poor and rich equally |
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| 42. | Loves immensely the selfless love |
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| 43. | Enters into the minds of his devotees and blesses them |
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| 44. | Grants our wishes even if we do not ask him |
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| 45. | Fulfilled wishes of people desirous of knowledge, money, profit |
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| 46. | Gifting things to people who prayed to him he was called 'Kaamadhenu'*5 and 'Kalpavruksha'*6 |
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| 47. | The doctor who gave eyes to the blind, speech to the dumb |
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| 48. | Appeared to the devotees as God in the form they wished |
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| 49. | He would appear whenever one calls him with intense devotion |
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| 50. | He would be present in a subtle form during the devotees' worship and bless them |
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| 51. | The best sachchidaananda Guru that shows the proper way to the loyal devotees |
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| 52. | The place you are is where twelve Jyotirlingas are established |
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| 53. | Those are fortunate who follow you faithfully throughout their life |
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| 54. | The whole dynasty of those who believe you becomes prosperous |
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| 55. | The house wherein you are worshipped is Kailasa on earth |
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| 56. | By your grace happiness, peace and prosperity are obtained |
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| 57. | By your grace foes become friends |
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| 58. | By your grace sterile women become able to bear children |
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| 59. | By your grace one's zodiac system itself changes |
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| 60. | By your grace one always gets success in examination, legal disputes and competition |
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| 61. | By your grace one is able to cross the ocean of births and deaths |
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| 62. | By eating your prasada sorrow is dispelled and desires are fulfilled |
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| 63. | You are the embodiment of consciousness that dispels sorrow and worries |
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| 64. | You are the embodiment of consciousness-bliss that produces comforts, happiness, satisfaction and peace |
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| 65. | You are father, you are mother, you are the dear ones |
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| 66. | By the rays of your grace the seven chakras are aroused |
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| 67. | I seek a drop from the ocean of your compassion |
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| 68. | My honour is yours, my self-respect is yours, save them both |
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| 69. | I am an innocent child, guide me holding my hand |
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| 70. | Pardon my mistakes done advertently or inadvertently |
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| 71. | Root out my selfishness from my ego |
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| 72. | Grace me with tolerance, peace and forbearance |
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| 73. | Burn the body-related wrath and the mind-related pain |
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| 74. | Destroy the six enemies of spiritual life such as lust, wrath, etc |
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| 75. | By meditating upon you in the morning one can escape from untimely death, bad times and undesirable acts |
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| 76. | By meditating upon you before sleep one can dispel evil dreams |
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| 77. | You are the ocean of compassion that lives for ever in the hearts of those who remember you |
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| 78. | Your kind blessings are the source of my courage and strength |
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| 79. | Your name is my mantra that guards me against evils |
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| 80. | By chanting your name all my desires are fulfilled |
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| 81. | By chanting your name all evil spirits are dispelled |
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| 82. | By chanting your name all diseases are cured |
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| 83. | Let my tongue always relish your name |
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| 84. | Let my ears always hear your fame and greatness |
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| 85. | Let my eyes see the grandeur of your miracles |
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| 86. | Let my mind always remember and think of you |
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| 87. | Let my hands serve you and the people |
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| 88. | Let my forehead rest on your Lotus Feet |
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| 89. | Let there be your kind glance on the path I tread |
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| 90. | Let all my breathings exude your name |
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| 91. | Let all my rise and fall occur according to your wish |
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| 92. | Let you be established in the temple of my heart |
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| 93. | Let your compassion last till I breathe my last |
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| 94. | Let my faith and loyalty last till I breathe my last |
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| 95. | Be with me always like my shadow and protect me, o Father |
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| 96. | Save me by granting me good heart, good act, good company and good path |
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| 97. | Born as a godly man he showed the path to the mankind |
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| 98. | Spent his entire life for the welfare of the world |
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| 99. | By the inspiration of Gandha Baba he built a temple for God |
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| 100. | Preserved the entire merit of his penance in the temple |
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| 101. | Having finished his mission he merged in God by the Will of Shiva |
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| 102. | Illumined the world by becoming the divine lamp of Tapovana on the trayodashi of the deepaavali festival |
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| 103. | He is the light of divine knowledge, of Shiva-consciousness and the transcendent light of Tapovana |
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| 104. | Having united with Shri Guru Gandha Baba you are present in the Divine Temple |
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| 105. | By a visit to the Divine Temple one gets salvation |
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| 106. | Your name and greatness last till the sun and the moon exist |
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| 107. | These one hundred and eight praises of you written by your inspiration I offer to you |
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| 108. | Daily chanting of these praises will lead to salvation |
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| *1. | Noola hunime | a full moon day coming in the month of July. |
| *2. | Paramadharmachakra | chakra or wheel is the symbol of continuous movement; here dharmachakra is the symbol of preservation of religious values |
| *3. | Ashvini | ashvini brothers are doctors of the Hindu mythology |
| *4. | Siddha | an accomplished man |
| *5. | Kaamadhenu | a mythological cow that gives all that we desire |
| *6. | Kalpavruksha | a mythological tree that gives all that we desire |
