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- Stanza 1
जा की कृपा विपुल सुखकारी, दुःख शोक, संकट, भयहारी॥आरती श्री साईं गुरुवर की, परमानन्द सदा सुरवर की।
jā kī kṛpā vipula sukhakārī, duḥkha śoka, saṅkaṭa, bhayahārī॥āratī śrī sāī̃ guruvara kī, paramānanda sadā suravara kī।
His grace grants abundant happiness, and takes away sorrow, grief, distress, and fear. This is the aarti of Sai, the revered guru — the eternal source of supreme bliss even for the gods.
- Stanza 2
शिरडी में अवतार रचाया, चमत्कार से तत्व दिखाया।कितने भक्त चरण पर आये, वे सुख शान्ति चिरंतन पाये॥आरती श्री साईं गुरुवर की, परमानन्द सदा सुरवर की।
śiraḍī meṃ avatāra racāyā, camatkāra se tatva dikhāyā।kitane bhakta caraṇa para āye, ve sukha śānti ciraṃtana pāye॥āratī śrī sāī̃ guruvara kī, paramānanda sadā suravara kī।
He took form at Shirdi, and revealed the truth through miracles. However many devotees came to his feet, all of them found lasting happiness and peace. This is the aarti of Sai, the revered guru — the eternal source of supreme bliss even for the gods.
- Stanza 3
भाव धरै जो मन में जैसा, पावत अनुभव वो ही वैसा।गुरु की उदी लगावे तन को, समाधान लाभत उस मन को॥आरती श्री साईं गुरुवर की, परमानन्द सदा सुरवर की।
bhāva dharai jo mana meṃ jaisā, pāvata anubhava vo hī vaisā।guru kī udī lagāve tana ko, samādhāna lābhata usa mana ko॥āratī śrī sāī̃ guruvara kī, paramānanda sadā suravara kī।
Whatever feeling a devotee holds in the mind, that is the experience they receive. Whoever applies the guru's sacred ash to the body finds that mind set at peace. This is the aarti of Sai, the revered guru — the eternal source of supreme bliss even for the gods.
- Stanza 4
साईं नाम सदा जो गावे, सो फल जग में शाश्वत पावे।गुरुवासर करि पूजा-सेवा, उस पर कृपा करत गुरुदेवा॥आरती श्री साईं गुरुवर की, परमानन्द सदा सुरवर की।
sāī̃ nāma sadā jo gāve, so phala jaga meṃ śāśvata pāve।guruvāsara kari pūjā-sevā, usa para kṛpā karata gurudevā॥āratī śrī sāī̃ guruvara kī, paramānanda sadā suravara kī।
Whoever always sings the name of Sai receives lasting reward in this world. Whoever performs worship and service on Thursday, the guru's day, receives the guru's grace. This is the aarti of Sai, the revered guru — the eternal source of supreme bliss even for the gods.
- Stanza 5
राम, कृष्ण, हनुमान रुप में, दे दर्शन, जानत जो मन में।विविध धर्म के सेवक आते, दर्शन कर इच्छित फल पाते॥आरती श्री साईं गुरुवर की, परमानन्द सदा सुरवर की।
rāma, kṛṣṇa, hanumāna rupa meṃ, de darśana, jānata jo mana meṃ।vividha dharma ke sevaka āte, darśana kara icchita phala pāte॥āratī śrī sāī̃ guruvara kī, paramānanda sadā suravara kī।
He gives darshan in the forms of Ram, Krishna, or Hanuman to whoever holds that form in mind. Devotees of many faiths come to him, and upon his darshan receive the fruit they desire. This is the aarti of Sai, the revered guru — the eternal source of supreme bliss even for the gods.
- Stanza 6
जै बोलो साईं बाबा की, जै बोलो अवधूत गुरु की।'साईंदास' आरती को गावै, घर में बसि सुख, मंगल पावे॥आरती श्री साईं गुरुवर की, परमानन्द सदा सुरवर की।
jai bolo sāī̃ bābā kī, jai bolo avadhūta guru kī।'sāī̃dāsa' āratī ko gāvai, ghara meṃ basi sukha, maṅgala pāve॥āratī śrī sāī̃ guruvara kī, paramānanda sadā suravara kī।
Cry victory to Sai Baba, victory to the avadhuta guru, the wandering renunciate. Whoever sings this aarti as Sai's own servant finds happiness and well-being dwelling in their home. This is the aarti of Sai, the revered guru — the eternal source of supreme bliss even for the gods.
Overview
Aarti Shri Sai Guruvar Ki is a Hindi aarti of six stanzas addressed to Sai Baba of Shirdi, built around a repeating refrain — “Aarti Shri Sai guruvar ki, paramananda sada suravar ki,” “this is the aarti of Sai, the revered guru, the eternal source of supreme bliss even for the gods.” Each stanza takes up a different facet of his grace: his arrival at Shirdi, the miracles by which he is said to have pointed devotees toward a deeper truth, and the peace and protection he grants those who take refuge in him, regardless of the form or faith through which they approach.
Origin and source
The aarti closes with a bhanita, a poet’s signature verse, naming “Saidas” as the one who sings it — a common device in Hindi bhakti poetry, where a composer folds a name ending in “das” (“servant of”) into the closing lines rather than signing separately. Beyond this signature, no further biographical detail about the composer’s identity or the date of composition is reliably documented in accessible devotional sources, so it is best treated as an anonymous or unattributed Hindi composition within the wider Sant tradition of devotional poetry to Sai Baba, rather than assigned to a specific, datable author.
The fourth stanza’s reference to “Guruvasar” (गुरुवासर, “the guru’s day,” i.e. Thursday) as the day for worship and service reflects a wider Sant-tradition and Shirdi practice of treating Thursday as a day of special significance for gurus and for Sai Baba in particular.
How it is recited
The Shirdi Sai Baba Temple keeps a fixed daily schedule of aarti — Kakad at dawn, Madhyan at noon, Dhoop in the evening, and Shej at night — sung mostly in Marathi. Aarti Shri Sai Guruvar Ki is a separate, widely sung Hindi composition, popular in homes and at Sai temples across North India, most often on Thursdays, the day the aarti itself names as the time for worship and service to the guru. As with most aartis, it is sung while a lit diya or camphor flame is circled before Sai Baba’s image, with the refrain carried by everyone present after each stanza. It is often recited alongside the Sai Baba Chalisa as part of a devotee’s daily or Thursday practice.
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