Guru Lineage

Arsha Vidya Bharati is proud to be inheriting the Guru ParamparA (Lineage) depicted by the image above:

सदाशिवसमारम्भां शङ्कराचार्यमध्यमाम् ।

अस्मदाचार्यपर्यन्तां वन्दे गुरुपरम्पराम् ॥

sadASiva samArambhAM SankarAcArya madhyamAm |

asmadAcArya paryantAM vande guru paramparAm ||

I salute the lineage of teachers, beginning with the ever auspicious Lord Shiva (SrI dakShinAmUrty, followed by Sage vyAsa), linked by Adi ShankarAchArya in the middle, and extending up to my own teachers (Pujya Swamiji DayAnanda Saraswati, Swami ViditAtmAnanda-ji, Swami TattvavidAnandA-ji, Swami PratyagbodhAnandA-ji, and Swami ParamArthAnandA-ji).


नारायणं पद्मभुवं वसिष्ठं शक्तिञ्च तत्पुत्रपराशरञ्च

व्यासं शुकं गौडपदं महान्तं गोविन्दयोगीन्द्रमथास्य शिष्यम् ।

श्रीशङ्कराचार्यमथास्य पद्मपादञ्च हस्तामलकञ्च शिष्यं

तं तोटकं वार्त्तिककारमन्यानस्मद्गुरून् सन्ततमानतोऽस्मि ॥

nArAyaNaM padmaBuvaM vasiShThaM Sakti~jca tatputraparASara~jca

vyAsaM SukaM gauDapadaM mahAntaM govindayogIndramathAsya SiShyam |

SrISa~gkarAcAryamathAsya padmapAda~jca hastAmalaka~jca SiShyaM

taM toTakaM vArttikakAramanyAnasmadgurUn santatamAnato&smi ||

I remain as one who always salutes Narayana, Brahma, Vasishtha, Sakti, his son, Parasara, Vyasa, Suka, the great Gaudapada, Govinda-bhagavatpada, the most exalted among the Yogis, his disciple, Sankaracharya, Sankara's disciples Padmapada, Hastamalaka, Totaka, and the author of the Vartikas (Suresvaracharya) and our other teachers.


श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणानाम् आलयं करुणालयम् ।

नमामि भगवत्पादं शङ्करं लोकशङ्करम् ॥

शङ्करं शङ्कराचार्यं केशवं बादरायणम् ।

सूत्रभाष्यकृतौ वन्दे भगवन्तौ पुनः पुनः ॥

SrutismRutipurANAnAm AlayaM karuNAlayam |

namAmi BagavatpAdaM Sa~gkaraM lokaSa~gkaram ||

Sa~gkaraM Sa~gkarAcAryaM keSavaM bAdarAyaNam |

sUtraBAShyakRutau vande Bagavantau punaH punaH ||

I salute Adi Sankaracharya, the abode of the Sruti (Vedas), smrti (Gita etc) and puranas, the repository of compassion, the one who gives happiness the world and one who is revered. I salute, again and again, the great teacher Adi Sankaracharya, who is Lord Siva and Badarayana, who is Lord Vishnu, the venerable ones who wrote the Bhasyas and the Brahma-sutras respectively.