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अम्बुजम्

अम्बु+जम्

गुरुपादाम्बुजं स्मृत्वा जलं शिरसि धारयेत् । GGv12

A

lotus
(water + born)

अम्बुजम्

गुरुपादाम्बुजं स्मृत्वा जलं शिरसि धारयेत् । GGv12

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आकाशः / आकाशम्

Sanskrit Non-Translatables p79

विरजं परमाकाशं GGV64, हृदयाकाशमध्यस्थं GGv113

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Not only “space” but the substratum of space, time and matter.
आकाशः / आकाशम् is infinite, not finite.

विरजं परमाकाशं GGV64, हृदयाकाशमध्यस्थं GGv113

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आज्ञाम्

गुरोराज्ञां प्रकुर्वीत GGv18

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command, an order, instructions, “way”

आज्ञाम् > आज्ञाम्

गुरोराज्ञां प्रकुर्वीत GGv18

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अग्निः

अग्निशुद्धसमं तात GGv61 - “purified in the same way as fire”

A

Not only fire:
God of Fire–Agni Devata; sacrificial fire; digestive fire. Meaning depends on context.

अग्निः

अग्निशुद्धसमं तात GGv61 - “purified in the same way as fire”

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अक्षयो वटः

सोऽक्षयो वटः GGv17

A

The imperishable banyan tree

अक्षयो वटः

सोऽक्षयो वटः GGv17

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अहिंसा

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non-violence with proper understanding

अहिंसा

minimizing violence to fit the context of the situation

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आदीनि

शैवशाक्तागमादीनि GGv7

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and so on; etcetera

आदीनि

शैवशाक्तागमादीनि GGv7 - This is Neuter, plural - the end of a samāsa

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अन्य

गुरोरन्यन्न भावयेत् GGv18

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another, different, other

अन्य

गुरोरन्यन्न भावयेत् GGv18

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अहंकार

महाहंकारगर्वेण GGv18

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Literally: I do
That which gives a sense of I-ness

अहंकार

महाहंकारगर्वेण GGv18

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अर्णव

गुरुपादोदकं सम्यक्संसारार्णवतारकम् GGv13

A

ocean

अर्णवः > अर्णव

गुरुपादोदकं सम्यक्संसारार्णवतारकम् GGv13

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अक्षयः

सोऽक्षयो वटः GGv17

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imperishable

अक्षयः

सोऽक्षयो वटः GGv17 ; see also अक्षर (intro)

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अन्यन्न

गुरोरन्यन्न भावयेत् GGv18

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none other (than)

अन्यन्न

गुरोरन्यन्न भावयेत् GGv18

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अन्यानि

अन्यानि विविधानि च । GGv7

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others
(plural of other)

अन्यानि

अन्यानि विविधानि च । GGv7

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14
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अवगाहस्य

अवगाहः

सर्वतीर्थावगाहस्य संप्राप्नोति फलं नरः GGv12

A

(of) bathing

अवगाहः (see other meanings: Apte 241)

सर्वतीर्थावगाहस्य संप्राप्नोति फलं नरः GGv12

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असौ

गयाऽसौ सोऽक्षयो वटः GGv17

A

he / that (m, far)

असौ – usually preceded by an apostrophe – ऽसौ

गयाऽसौ सोऽक्षयो वटः GGv17

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अहंकार

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“that which gives a sense of I or I-ness”

अहंकार

NOT “ego” in the Western concept

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अज्ञान

गूढविद्या जगन्माया देहे चाज्ञानसम्भवा GGv10

A

ignorance (of the Self)

अज्ञान

गूढविद्या जगन्माया देहे चाज्ञानसम्भवा GGv10

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आनन्द

A

“an essential characteristic of” the Self/Brahman/Bhagavan

आनन्दः

not only bliss as in happiness

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तत्प्रसादतः

ब्रह्म प्राप्यते तत्प्रसादतः GGv19

A

through his grace

तत्-प्रसाद-तः his-grace-through

ब्रह्म प्राप्यते तत्प्रसादतः GGv19

20
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अथ

A

here now begins; also now

अथ

अथ श्री गुरुगीता प्रारम्भः ।

21
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अस्य

A

this

अस्य

ॐ अस्य श्री गुरुगीतास्तोत्रमन्त्रस्य