Gajanan Maharaj Aarti
श्री गजानन महाराज आरती
Aarti to Shri Gajanan Maharaj, the nineteenth-century Avadhuta saint of Shegaon in Vidarbha, regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, whose miraculous life is recorded in the Shri Gajanan Vijay Granth.
Lyrics (Devanagari)
जय जय सद्गुरु गजानना।
आरती ओवाळू भक्तवत्सला॥
शेगांवीचा राणा अवतार पूर्णा।
ब्रह्मानंदी निमग्न दिगंबर सगुणा॥
जय देव जय देव जय गजानना।
तुझ्या चरणी ठेविला माथा करुणाघना॥
English Transliteration
jaya jaya sadguru gajanana,
arati ovalu bhaktavatsala.
shegavicha rana avatara purna,
brahmanandi nimagna digambara saguna.
jaya deva jaya deva jaya gajanana,
tujhya charani thevila matha karunaghana.
Meaning
Victory to the true guru Gajanan, before whom devotees wave the lamp of love. He is the perfect avatar who reigns at Shegaon, the sky-clad Avadhuta absorbed in Brahmic bliss yet manifest in form. Devotees lay their heads at the cloud of compassion that his feet embody. The aarti recalls his miracles—feeding multitudes, healing the sick, vanishing flames—and seeks his ever-flowing grace for protection, prosperity and inner stillness on the bhakti path.
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