SALUTATIONS TO THE LINAGE OF MASTERS

pushpanjalim samarpayaami shri gurú charan kamalebhyo namah

Offering a handful of flowers to the feet of the Master, I bow down.

OM amriteshvarabhairavaM svacchandanaathaM shrikanthanaathaM rishi durvaasasam /
maanasaputraM tryambakanaathaM aamardakanaathaM shrínaatham  //
maanasaputrím ardhatryarabakaakhyaM tryambakaadityaM /
saNgamaadityaM varshaadityam arunaadityaam  //

Salutations to Lord Amritesvarabhairava, Svacchandanatha, Shrikanthanatha, the sage Durvása, his mind born sons Tryambakanatha, Amardakanatha, Srinatha and his mind born daughter Ardhatriyambaka. Salutations to the Masters Tryambakaditya, Sangamaditya, Varshaditya and Arunaditya.

aanandaM somaanandaM utpaladevaM aacaaryavaraM ShríShambunaatham /
laksmanaguptaM abhinavaguptaM ksemaraajaM yogaraajaM ca //

Salutations to the masters Ananda, Somananda, Utpaladeva, Acharya Shri Shambunatha, Laksmanagupta, Abhinavagupta, Ksemaraja and Yogaraja.

shrigurumanakaakaM shaivaacaaryaM raamaM tat shishyaM shri mahataabakaakam /
gurú santati rüpen avaataritaM ShaivashambhuM IshvarasvarüpaM ca //

Salutations to Swaml Manakaka, Swaml Ram, his disciple Swami Mahatabakak and their successor and disciple Isvarasvarüpa (Swami Lakshmanjoo), the embodiment of compassion and love.

bhairavaM, rudraM, shiva tantraM aalayaM karunaalayam/
namaami bháagavat paadaM shaNkaraM loka shaNkaram//
shaNkaraM shaNkaraacaaryaM mahaantaM abhinavaguptam /
shaiva shaNkar aavataaritaM íishvarasvarüpaM punah punah namaami //

Again and again I bow before the lotus feet of the Great Master Ishvarasvarüpa, the depository of all forms of the Saiva Agama, monist, dualist, and monist cum dualist. He is the successor of the great master Abhinavagupta and the embodiment of the all auspicious Lord Shiva, the benefactor of the entire cosmos.