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Jai Guru Deva Om

English translation: I thank the Heavenly teacher, Om

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English term or phrase:Jai Guru Deva Om
Selected answer:I thank the Heavenly teacher, Om
Entered by: Olga Simon

11:05 Feb 12, 2002
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / music
English term or phrase: Jai Guru Deva Om
Jai Guru Deva Om

It's a line in the Beatles song - Across the Universe
Michael Martin
"I give thanks to Guru Dev (or heavenly teacher), om".
Explanation:
Guru Deva, actually it is Guru Dev, is incited in the song because he was the Maharishi's teacher. He is an actual person, and they invoked him in their meditation every day. The name actually has meaning in itself.

A Guru is a teacher, or spiritual leader of sorts. Dev, according to some other sites I went to, means god or heavenly one. As stated, it is actually Dev, since Deva is actually the feminine form of the word, and Maharishi's actual teacher's name was Guru Dev.
John Lennon appeared to take the liberty adding the "a"on the end. Jai means, and there are several meanings I have for this, "I give hope, or thanks to", this I was told, but some sites say it means, "victory".

Om, is probaby the easiest part to explain. Om is believed to be the natural vibration of the universe. Hence, when many meditate, they make the "ooohhhmmmm" sound. They are trying to bring in that vibration of the universe.

So all together it means, "I give thanks to Guru Dev (or heavenly teacher), om".

The words are from Sanskrit.

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Olga Simon
Hungary
Local time: 23:05
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This was the most complete and precise answer I received. It gave me an enormous amount of insight.
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4 +1you might look at this site:
Gilda Manara
5"I give thanks to Guru Dev (or heavenly teacher), om".
Olga Simon
4Live forever, teacher, heavenly one, the vibration of the
Parrot


  

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Live forever, teacher, heavenly one, the vibration of the


Explanation:
Universe.
Literal, from:
http://www.wvi.com/~gcliving/atu/misc/translation.htm

Parrot
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you might look at this site:


Explanation:
http://www.geocities.com/hammodotcom/beathoven/univ3.htm

it is completely devoted to that song - you will certainly find something interesting!




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Gilda Manara
Italy
Local time: 23:05
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agree  Gabriela Tenenbaum (X): great site! #:)
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"I give thanks to Guru Dev (or heavenly teacher), om".


Explanation:
Guru Deva, actually it is Guru Dev, is incited in the song because he was the Maharishi's teacher. He is an actual person, and they invoked him in their meditation every day. The name actually has meaning in itself.

A Guru is a teacher, or spiritual leader of sorts. Dev, according to some other sites I went to, means god or heavenly one. As stated, it is actually Dev, since Deva is actually the feminine form of the word, and Maharishi's actual teacher's name was Guru Dev.
John Lennon appeared to take the liberty adding the "a"on the end. Jai means, and there are several meanings I have for this, "I give hope, or thanks to", this I was told, but some sites say it means, "victory".

Om, is probaby the easiest part to explain. Om is believed to be the natural vibration of the universe. Hence, when many meditate, they make the "ooohhhmmmm" sound. They are trying to bring in that vibration of the universe.

So all together it means, "I give thanks to Guru Dev (or heavenly teacher), om".

The words are from Sanskrit.




    Reference: http://www.geocities.com/clevebeat/JaiGuruDeva.html
Olga Simon
Hungary
Local time: 23:05
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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