What is Bhava Sagara Tarana?

The guru-vandana sung at the opening of worship in a great many maths and ashrams, eight verses each ending on the same plea: Gurudeva, have mercy on this poor man. It is not in classical Sanskrit but in the Bengali devotional idiom, and says tumi for you. What it asks the teacher to be is stated in a run of compounds: the cause of the crossing of the sea of becoming, the breaker of the bonds that the Sun's son lays; the sun in the cave of the heart that scatters its darkness; the goad that governs the elephant of the mind; the breaker of the sleep of the coiled power, and the splitter of the knot in the heart. One verse admits what is wrong with the petitioner rather than with the world — my mind is unsteady, night and day — and another that his devotion is cheated and his thought full of doubt.

Which deity is Bhava Sagara Tarana dedicated to?

Bhava Sagara Tarana is a Sanskrit hymn dedicated to Gurudeva.

Bhava Sagara Tarana – Lyrics & Meaning

भवसागर तारण कारण हे ।
रविनन्दन बन्धन खण्डन हे ॥

शरणागत किंकर भीत मने ।
गुरुदेव दया करो दीनजने ॥१॥

हृदिकन्दर तामस भास्कर हे ।
तुमि विष्णु प्रजापति शंकर हे ॥

परब्रह्म परात्पर वेद भणे ।
गुरुदेव दया करो दीनजने ॥२॥

मनवारण शासन अंकुश हे ।
नरत्राण तरे हरि चाक्षुष हे ॥

गुणगान परायण देवगणे ।
गुरुदेव दया करो दीनजने ॥३॥

कुलकुण्डलिनी घुम भंजक हे ।
हृदिग्रन्थि विदारण कारक हे ॥

मम मानस चंचल रात्रदिने ।
गुरुदेव दया करो दीनजने ॥४॥

रिपुसूदन मंगलनायक हे ।
सुखशान्ति वराभय दायक हे ।
त्रयताप हरे तव नाम गुणे गुरुदेव दया करो दीनजने ॥५॥

अभिमान प्रभाव विमर्दक हे ।
गतिहीन जने तुमि रक्षक हे ॥

चित शंकित वंचित भक्तिधने ।
गुरुदेव दया करो दीनजने ॥६॥

तव नाम सदा शुभसाधक हे ।
पतिताधम मानव पावक हे ॥

महिमा तव गोचर शुद्ध मने ।
गुरुदेव दया करो दीनजने ॥७॥

जय सद्गुरु ईश्वर प्रापक हे ।
भवरोग विकार विनाशक हे ॥

मन जेन रहे तव श्रीचरणे ।
गुरुदेव दया करो दीनजने ॥८॥

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