Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 603 of 1000: गुरुमूर्तिःगुरु-मूर्तिः · GurumūrtiḥGuru-mūrtiḥ
The Form Of The Teacher
Artha
What the name means
She takes shape as the teacher, so that whoever gives genuine instruction is wearing her form for the moment.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ गुरुमूर्तये नमः
oṃ gurumūrtaye namaḥ
om gurumurtaye namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, gurumūrtiḥ, as part of Shloka 121. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
Recite it among the thousand names →Loop its shloka until you know it →
Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
Tap a syllable to see the letters inside it and hear each sound.
Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
the embodied form of the guru
vigraha guroḥ mūrtiḥ
a weighty one, a teacher
solid form, embodiment
New to the cases and compounds? The grammar you meet in the text.
Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 121Names 601–606
दरान्दोलितदीर्घाक्षी दरहासोज्ज्वलन्मुखी ।
गुरुमूर्तिर्गुणनिधिर्गोमाता गुहजन्मभूः ॥ १२१ ॥
darāndolitadīrghākṣī darahāsojjvalanmukhī
gurumūrtirguṇanidhirgomātā guhajanmabhūḥ
Study the whole shloka: The slight smile, and the teacher's form
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- gurumurtihom gurumurtaye namah
- ITRANS
- gurumUrtiHOM gurumUrtaye namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- gurumUrtiHOM gurumUrtaye namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- గురుమూర్తిఃఓం గురుమూర్తయే నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಗುರುಮೂರ್ತಿಃಓಂ ಗುರುಮೂರ್ತಯೇ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- ഗുരുമൂര്തിഃഓം ഗുരുമൂര്തയേ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- கு³ருமூர்திஃஓம் கு³ருமூர்தயே நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- ગુરુમૂર્તિઃૐ ગુરુમૂર્તયે નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- গুরুমূর্তিঃওঁ গুরুমূর্তয়ে নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ଗୁରୁମୂର୍ତିଃଓଁ ଗୁରୁମୂର୍ତୟେ ନମଃ