{"id":3412,"date":"2018-03-29T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2018-03-29T03:28:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T03:28:00","slug":"3412","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=3412","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: black;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/44uZpRWKhL0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: yellow;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\">An Octet to the Guru Divine or&nbsp; Thotaka Ashtakam&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\">By&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/117270294598839418672\" rel=\"author\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\">Govind&nbsp; Kumar<\/span><\/a><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black;\">\n<b><span style=\"color: yellow; font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\"><\/p>\n<p>Thotaka, one of the disciples of Sankara, wrote an octet in praise of his<br \/>Master, Bhagavan Sankara. The metre he used in his composition was the<br \/>difficult but the most beautiful Thotaka.<\/p>\n<p>This&nbsp; eightfold verse voice the extreme loyalty and devotion he had for his<br \/>Master. There is nothing superior to the Guru, none greater than Him. Guru<br \/>is the destroyer of Ignorance and on the Grace of the Grace rests the<br \/>fulfilment of the&nbsp; dream of Self Actualisation !<\/p>\n<p>His devotion is best expressed in the soul moving note of this magnificent<br \/>song , Be Thou my Refuge, O Master Divine !<br \/><i><br \/>vidit\u00e1khila\u00f9\u00e1strasudh\u00e1jaladhe<br \/>mahitopanisatkathit\u00e1rthanidhe<br \/>h\u00f8daye kalaye vimalam cara\u00efam<br \/>bhava \u00f9a\u00f1kara de\u00f9ika me \u00f9aranam.(1)<\/i><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black;\">\n<b><span style=\"color: yellow; font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>O Knower of the Milk Ocean of Sciences philosophic<br \/>Proponent of the mighty Upanishads<br \/>My heart yearns for Thy faultless feet<br \/>Be Thou my Refuge, O Master Divine&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black;\">\n<b><span style=\"color: yellow; font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black;\">\n<b><span style=\"color: yellow; font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\">More at&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"color: yellow; font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/html\/octettoguru.asp\">http:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/html\/octettoguru.asp<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"color: yellow; font-family: &quot;garamond&quot;; font-size: medium;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Octet to the Guru Divine or&nbsp; Thotaka Ashtakam&nbsp;&nbsp;By&nbsp;&nbsp;Govind&nbsp; Kumar&nbsp; Thotaka, one of the disciples of Sankara, wrote an octet in praise of hisMaster, Bhagavan Sankara. The metre he used in his composition was thedifficult but the most beautiful Thotaka. This&nbsp; eightfold verse voice the extreme loyalty and devotion he had for hisMaster. 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