Sai Baba Aarti - Hindi Lyrics

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करुनीयां स्थीर मन ।  पाहूं गंभीर हें ध्यान ।। साईंचें हें0 ।।  पा0 ।। 3 ।।

करुनीयां - making
स्थीर - stable
मन - mind

पाहूं - let us observe
गंभीर - deeply absorbed
हें - this
ध्यान - meditative form

Making the mind stable, let us observe this deeply absorbed meditative form
 
कृष्णनाथा दत्तसाई ।  जडो चित्त तुझे पायीं ।। साई तु0 ।। जडो0 ।। 4 ।।

कृष्णनाथा - o lord Krishna
दत्तसाई - o Datta Sai

जडो - let it get firmly fixed
चित्त - attention, consciousness, mind
तुझे - at thy
पायीं - feet

O Lord Krishna O Datta Sai, let my attention get firmly fixed at thy feet

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6. कांकंड आरती
(Composed by Shri Krishna Jogeshwar Bhisma, baba's devotee)

कांकडआरती करीतों साईनाथ देवा ।  चिनमयरुप दाखवीं घेउनि बालक-लघुसेवा ।। ध्रु0 ।।

कांकडआरती - kakad aarti, morning wake up aarti
करीतों - am doing
साईनाथ - o dear Sainath
देवा - god, lord

चिनमयरुप - form of pure consciousness, the sat-chit-ananda (existence-knowledge-bliss) form.
दाखवीं - please show me
घेउनि - accepting
बालक - child
लघुसेवा - small insignificant service

o dear Sainath, my lord, i am doing the Kakad Aarti (unto you). Please show me thy form of pure consciousness, accepting this child's small insignificant service

काम क्रोध मद मत्सर आटुनी कांकडा केला ।  वैराग्याचे तूप घालुनी मी तो भिजवीला ।

काम - lust
क्रोध - anger
मद - pride
मत्सर - envy
आटुनी - twisted, tormented
कांकडा - wick of cloth, which is immersed in oil and lighted and waved in front of the deity
केला - have done, have made

वैराग्याचे - of dispassion
तूप - ghee, clarified butter
घालुनी - pouring, putting
मी - i
तो - it, that
भिजवीला - have wetted, have moistened

i have twisted my lust, anger, pride, envy and made a wick (out of them). By pouring ghee of dispassion, i have wetted it (the wick)

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साईनाथगुरुभक्तिज्वलनें तो मी पेटविला ।  तद्वृत्ती जाळुनी गुरुनें प्रकाश पाडिला ।

साईनाथगुरुभक्तिज्वलनें - with the fire in the form of 'devotion towards Guru Lord Sainath'
तो - it, that
मी - i
पेटविला - have lighted

तद्वृत्ती - those instincts (the one's mentioned in the previous stanza viz. lust, anger, pride, envy)
जाळुनी - burning away
गुरुनें - guru maharaj has
प्रकाश - light
पाडिला - made, formed, effected

With the fire in the form of 'devotion towards my Guru Lord Sainath', i have lighted it (the wick). Burning away my those (bad) instincts, Guru maharaj has effected light (of knowledge) on me

द्घेत-तमा नासूनी मिळवी तत्स्वरुपीं जीवा ।। चि0 ।। 1 ।।

द्घेत-तमा - ignorance in the form of duality (not knowing that god, world and jeeva are one and the same)
नासूनी - destroying
मिळवी  - unites, causes to meet
तत्स्वरुपीं - with the real absolute nature, with the self
जीवा - Jeeva, the living entity

Destroying the ignorance in the form of duality, Guru Maharaj, causes the Jeeva, to meet with it's real absolute nature

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भू-खेचर व्यापूनी अवघे हृत्कमलीं राहसी ।  तोचि दत्तदेव तू शिरड़ी राहुनी पावसी ।

भू-खेचर - the earth and the heaven
व्यापूनी - pervading
अवघे - entire, all, whole
हृत्कमलीं - in the heart space (the heart space is called pundarikam)
राहसी - stay

तोचि - verily that
दत्तदेव - God Datta
तू - you
शिरड़ी - Shirdi
राहुनी - staying
पावसी - manifests, blesses

Pervading the whole of earth and heaven, you stay in (everybody's) heart space. You are verily that God Datta, who blesses, staying in Shirdi
 
राहुनि येथे अन्यत्रहि तू भक्तांस्तव धांवसी ।  निरसुनियां संकटा दासा अनुभव दाविसी ।

राहुनि - staying
येथे - here
अन्यत्रहि - elsewhere also
तू  - you
भक्तांस्तव - for the sake of devotees
धांवसी - come running

निरसुनियां - warding off
संकटा - danger
दासा - to your servant devotee
अनुभव - experiences
दाविसी - show, give

Staying here, elsewhere also, you come running for the sake of your devotees. Warding off danger, you give (blissfull) experiences to your devotee

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न कळे त्वल्लीलाही कोण्या देवा वा मानवा ।। चि0 ।। 2 ।।

न - not
कळे - understand
त्वल्लीलाही - thy leelas, thy divine sport
कोण्या  - any
देवा - god
वा - or
मानवा - human being

Any god or human being does not understand thy leelas

त्वघशदुंदुभीनें सारें अंबर हेंकोंदलें ।  सगुण मूर्ति पाहण्या आतुर जन शिरडी आले ।  

त्वघशदुंदुभीनें - with trumpet of your glory  (त्व - your घश - glory दुंदुभी - trumpet नें-with)
सारें - entire, whole
अंबर - sky, space
हेंकोंदलें - has been filled, has been resonated

सगुण - with form
मूर्ति - divine image, divine idol
पाहण्या - to see
आतुर - eager
जन - people
शिरडी - Shirdi
आले - have come 

The whole sky has been filled with the trumpet of thy glory. People have come to Shirdi to see the divine image with form.

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प्राशुनि त्वद्घचनामृत अमुचे देहभान हरपलें ।  सोडूनियां दुरभिमान मानस त्वच्चरणीं वाहिले ।

प्राशुनि - drinking
त्वद्घचनामृत - nectar of your speech
अमुचे - our
देहभान - body conciousness, body awareness
हरपलें - has been lost

सोडूनियां - leaving aside
दुरभिमान - unfounded false pride (such as of caste, wealth etc.)
मानस - mind
त्वच्चरणीं - at your feet
वाहिले - offered, surrendered, dedicated

Drinking the nectar of your speech, our body conciousness has been lost. Leaving aside unfounded false pride, we have surrendered our mind at your feet.

कृपा करुनियां साईमाउली दास पदरिं घ्यावा ।। चि0 ।। कां0 चि0 ।। 3 ।।

कृपा - mercy, grace
करुनियां -  doing
साईमाउली - mother Sai
दास - servant devotee
पदरिं - in the upper fold of your sari , (here it means) in your refuge, in your care and protection
घ्यावा - please take

Doing mercy on me, o mother Sai, please take your servant devotee in your care and protection.

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7. कांकड आरती
(Composed by Saint Tukaram Maharaj)

भक्तीचिया पोटीं बोध कांकडा ज्योती ।  पंचप्राण जीवें भावें ओवाळूं आरती ।। 1 ।।
 
भक्तीचिया - devotion
पोटीं - in the wake of
बोध - knowledge, understanding
कांकडा - wick of cloth, immersed in oil, which is rolled on to a wooden stick, and then lighted and waved in front of the deity
ज्योती - light
 
पंचप्राण - the five vital life forces (pranas)
जीवें भावें - with heart and soul
ओवाळूं - let us wave
आरती - aarti

In the wake of devotion follows understanding, which is the light illuminating the wick of our lamp. (With this light) Let us wave the aarti, with all our five life forces, with our heart and soul.
 
ओंवाळूं आरती माइया पंढरीनाथा माझ्या साईनाथा ।  दोन्ही कर जोडोनी चरणीं ठेविला माथा ।। ध्रु0 ।।

ओंवाळूं - let us wave
आरती - aarti
माइया - my
पंढरीनाथा - dear Pandharinath, who is an incarnation of Vishnu, the Supreme personality of Godhead
माझ्या - my
साईनाथा - dear Sainath

दोन्ही - both
कर - hands
जोडोनी - joining
चरणीं - at thy feet
ठेविला - have kept
माथा - forehead

Let us wave aarti unto you, my dear Pandharinath, my dear Sainath. Joining both my hands, i have kept my forehead at thy feet

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काय महिमा वर्णूं आतां सांगणे किती ।  कोटी ब्रहमहत्या मुख पाहतां जाती ।। 2 ।।

काय - what
महिमा - glory
वर्णूं - shall i describe
आतां - now
सांगणे - tell
किती - how much

कोटी - crore, inummerable
ब्रहमहत्या - sin of killing a Brahmin
मुख - holy face
पाहतां  - on looking, on seeing
जाती - goes, is erased

Now what shall i describe your glory and how much should i tell (about it). (Even) the sin of killing a crore brahmins is erased on seeing thy holy face.

राही रखुमाबाई उभ्या दोघी दो बाहीं ।  मयूरपिच्छ चामरें ढाळिति ठायींचे ठायीं ।। 3 ।।

राही - Rahee, the consort of Vishnu
रखुमाबाई - Rukmini, the consort of Vishnu
उभ्या - standing
दोघी - both of them
दो - two
बाहीं - sides

मयूरपिच्छ - peacock feather
चामरें - royal fans
ढाळिति -  are waving over
ठायींचे - place to 
ठायीं - place

Mothers Rahee and Rukmini, both of them are standing on your two sides. They are waving royal fans made of peacock feather from place to place (all over you)

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तुका म्हणे दीप घेउनि उन्मनीत शोभा ।  विठेवरी उभा दिसे लावण्यगाभा ।। 4 ।। ओवाळूं 0 ।।
 
तुका -  Saint Tukaram
म्हणे - says
दीप - light, lamp
घेउनि - taking, holding
उन्मनीत - the state of complete absorption in the contemplation of Truth
शोभा - beauty, grace, elegance, splendour

विठेवरी - on the brick (Pandurang, an incarnation of Vishnu, stands on a brick, given to him by his devotee Pundalik, ever since he appeared)
उभा - standing
दिसे - is seen
लावण्यगाभा - the center of all beauty and attraction

Taking lamps with him, Saint Tukaram (the author himself) says that the beauty and splendour is completely absorbing. The centre of all beauty and attraction is seen standing on the brick.   

8. पद (उठा उठा)
(Composed by Saint Namdev)

उठा साधुसंत साधा आपुलालें हित ।  जाईल जाईल हा नरदेह मग कैंचा भगवंत ।। 1 ।।

उठा - wake up
साधुसंत - saints and sages
साधा - effect, attain
आपुलालें - your own
हित - welfare

जाईल - will go, will perish
जाईल - will go, will perish
हा - this
नरदेह - human body
मग - then
कैंचा - which, where is
भगवंत - god

Wake up o saints and sages, effect your own welfare (at the earliest). This human body will go, will go, then where is the (scope for realising) god

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उठोनियां पहांटे बाबा उभा असे विटे ।  चरण तयांचे गोमटे अमृतदृष्टि अवलोका ।। 2 ।।

उठोनियां - waking up
पहांटे - early in the morning
बाबा - Saibaba (originally Vitthal. for devotees Saibaba is verily the Vitthal)
उभा - standing upright
असे - is
विटे - on the brick

चरण - holy feet
तयांचे - his
गोमटे - sweet, graceful, lovely
अमृतदृष्टि - merciful look which showers nectar
अवलोका - look, behold

Waking up early in the morning, look at Saibaba(Vitthal) who is standing upright on the brick. Behold his holy feet which are sweet and gracefull and his merciful look which showers nectar.

उठा उठा हो वेगेंसीं चला जाऊंया राउळासी ।  जळतिल पातकांच्या राशी कांकंडआरती देखिलिया ।। 3 ।।

उठा - get up
उठा - get up
हो - o (brothers)
वेगेंसीं - with haste, swiftly, quickly
चला - come
जाऊंया - let us go
राउळासी - to the temple

जळतिल - will burn away
पातकांच्या - of sins
राशी - mountains, heaps
कांकंडआरती - Kakad Aarti, morning wake up Aarti
देखिलिया - having observed

Get up, get up o brothers, come let us go quickly to the temple. Our mountains of sins will burn away, having observed the Kakad aarti

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जागें करा रुक्मिणीवर, देव आहे निजसुरांत ।  वेंगें लिंबलोण करा दृष्ट होईल तयासी ।। 4 ।।

जागें - wake up 
करा - do
रुक्मिणीवर - the consort of Rukmini, the Lord
देव - god, Lord
आहे - is
निजसुरांत - in half-sleep
 
वेंगें - hastily, quickly, without delay 
लिंबलोण - waving of the Nimb-salt, mustard etc. around the face of a person, to counteract the influence of an evil eye
करा - do
दृष्ट - evil eye
होईल - will occur, will act
तयासी - on him
 
Do wake up the consort of Rukmini, our Lord, who is in half-sleep. Quickly, do the waving of Nimb-salt over him, or else an evil eye will act on him.

दारीं वाजंत्रीं वाजती ढोल दमामे गर्जती ।  होत असे कांकडआरती माइया सदगरुरायांची ।। 5 ।।

दारीं - at the door
वाजंत्रीं - wind musical instruments, clarions
वाजती - sounding
ढोल - drums
दमामे - kettledrums
गर्जती - resounding, rumbling
 
होत - happening
असे - is
कांकडआरती - Kakad Aarti,, morning wakeup aarti
माइया - my
सदगरुरायांची - of dear beloved sadguru

At the door, clarions are sounding and drums and kettledrums are resounding. The kakad aarti of my dear beloved sadguru is happening

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सिंहनाद शंखभेरी आनंद होतो महाद्घारी ।  केशवराज विटेवरी नामा चरण वंदितो ।। 6 ।।
 
सिंहनाद - deep, hollow, and solemn sound
शंखभेरी - Conches and kettledrums
आनंद - happiness, joy
होतो - happen, become
महाद्घारी - at the main entrance
 
केशवराज - Lord Keshava
विटेवरी - on the brick
नामा - Saint Namdev
चरण - holy feet
वंदितो - is worshipping, is adoring
 
At the main entrance (of the temple), deep solemn sound of the Conches and Kettledrums makes one become filled with joy. Lord Keshava stands on the brick and Saint Namdev is worshipping his holy feet. 
 
भजन

साईनाथगुरु माझे आई ।  मजला ठाव घावा पायीं ।।
 
साईनाथगुरु - Guru Lord Sainath
माझे - my
आई - mother

मजला - me
ठाव - resting place, refuge
घावा - please give
पायीं - at thy holy feet

O Guru Lord Sainath, you are my mother, please give me refuge at thy holy feet.

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दत्तराज गुरु माझे आई ।  मजला ठाव घावा पायीं ।।

दत्तराज गुरु - Guru Lord Datta
माझे - my
आई - mother

मजला - me
ठाव - resting place, refuge
घावा - please give
पायीं - at thy holy feet

O Guru Lord Datta, you are my mother, please give me refuge at thy holy feet.

श्री सच्चिदानंद सदगुरु साईनाथ महाराज की जय ।।

श्री - shri, full in glory and prosperity
सच्चिदानंद - sat-chit-anand, existence-knowledge-bliss, pure conciousness
सदगुरु - dear sadguru
साईनाथ - Lord Sainath
महाराज - Maharaj, king of kings
की - be unto
जय - victory

Victory be unto our dear sadguru Lord Sainath, the king of kings, who is full in glory and prosperity and pure conciousness.

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9. श्री सांईनाथ प्रभाताष्टक
(Composed by Shri Krishna Jogeshwar Bhisma, baba's devotee)

प्रभातसमयीं नभा शुभ रवि प्रभा फांकली ।  स्मरे गुरु सदा अशा समयिं त्या छळे ना कली ।।

प्रभातसमयीं - at the time of sunrise/dawn
नभा - in the sky
शुभ - all auspicious
रवि - sun
प्रभा - light
फांकली - has spread, has diffused

स्मरे - remembers
गुरु - guru, spiritual master
सदा - always
अशा - this
समयिं - time
त्या - him
छळे - harass
ना - do not
कली - Kali, bad thoughts

At the time of sunrise, the all auspicious light of the sun has spread in the sky. One who always remembers his guru at this time, Kali (bad thoughts) do not harass him.

म्हणोनि कर जोडूनी करुं अतां गुरुप्रार्थना ।  समर्थ गुरु साइनाथ पुरवी मनोवासना ।। 1 ।।

म्हणोनि - that is why
कर - hands
जोडूनी - joining
करुं - let us do
अतां - now
गुरुप्रार्थना - prayer unto our guru

समर्थ - samarth, all powerfull, omnipotent
गुरु - guru, spiritual master
साइनाथ - lord Sainath
पुरवी - fulfills, satisfies
मनोवासना - desires/wishes of the mind

That is why, joining our hands, let us now do prayer unto our Guru. Our omnipotent Guru Lord Sainath fulfills desires of our mind

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तमा निरसि भानु हा गुरुहि नासि अज्ञानता ।  परन्तु गुरुची करी न रविही कधीं साम्यता ।।

तमा - darkness
निरसि - removes, ends
भानु - sun
हा - this
गुरुहि - Guru also
नासि - destroys, removes
अज्ञानता - ignorance

परन्तु - but, yet
गुरुची - of the guru
करी - does do
न - not
रविही - even the sun
कधीं - at any time
साम्यता - equality

This sun removes darkness, similarly Guru also removes ignorance, but even the sun does not do equality of the Guru, at any time

पुन्हां तिमिर जन्म घे गुरुकृपेनि अज्ञान ना ।  समर्थ गुरु साइनाथ पुरवी मनोवासना ।। 2 ।।

पुन्हां - again
तिमिर - darkness
जन्म - birth
घे - take
गुरुकृपेनि -by Guru's grace
अज्ञान - ignorance
ना - does not

समर्थ - samarth, all powerfull, omnipotent
गुरु - guru, spiritual master
साइनाथ - lord Sainath
पुरवी - fulfills, satisfies
मनोवासना - desires/wishes of the mind

(When the sun sets) darkness again takes birth (returns), but ignorance (once removed) by Guru's grace does not return. Our omnipotent Guru Lord Sainath fulfills desires of our mind