Shri-g guru Charana Sarojaraja

Nijamanam mokkuru Sudad

Baranau Ragh-G-G-G-Bar'u-Garabim. As promised, we are going to start the series where I expound on the meaning of the Hanuman Chalisa and share my interpretation and my experience as I relate to these stanzas in my own life.

So the first stanza is Shri-Guru Charness a roger-Raja

Nijamanam mokuro so Dari. This means with the dust of the lotus feet of the Guru, I cleanse the mirror of my mind.

And then it goes,

Barano,

Ragu barubimala jasu josujo. I sing the glories of the gosho the yucku paler jayor i sing the glories of raguar

i sing the glories of raguar who bestows the fourfold fruits of life.

Now in this series from time to time I will be referencing a booklet that provides some

commentaries and explanations on the Hanuman Chalisa by a writer called Schuba Villas.

Because I myself, I'm not learned enough to provide the appropriate interpretations of something as

profound as the Hanuman Chalisa. And so I'll be drawing on from my experience but

also from time to time referring to this commentary. So Sri Guru Charana Saroja Raja.

Now, Sri is a very significant term in India because Sri is a term that is used before we begin something auspicious.

Before we start a prayer, in fact the word Shree is used before people's names as well. So the idea over here is that before actually starting the

Hanuman Chalissa you say these two lines, or other four lines, because you are seeking

blessings from Shiri Guru. Now this could mean that your guru is highly revered and that's why you're saying

shiriguru and in this Guru means teacher or a master or somebody that provides

wisdom this could also mean the guru is empowered by the Shri, and Shri is actually the divine feminine deities.

Sri refers to Sita, the divine mother,

who plays a key role in the epic of Ramayana. She is considered to be an embodiment of mercy and on a number of occasions in this epic she is known to forgive people even though they might not have

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