Jaya Nityananda Arati

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The singer is Gurudevi Nirmalananda.  The recording is one of the tracks on her CD, Honored Guru Gita

REFRAIN:

jaya jaya arati nityananda

saguna rupi govinda

Hail Hail! I wave lights to you, O Nityananda

You are the divine lord, present in human form

verse 1.

prathama dattarupa gheshi

dvitiya shripada hoshi

tritiya narahari hoshi

gangapuri leela davishi

First you became Datta, the original Guru

Secondly you took the form of Shripad

Thirdly you became Narahari¹

You show your play in Gangapuri (this earthly plane)

verse 2.

manika prabhu tu hoshi

akkalkota swami hoshi

shir(a)di sainatha hoshi

kaliyugi nityananda banashi

You became Manika Prabhu²

You became Akkalkota Swami³

You became Shirdi Sai Baba⁴

In our modern age, you became Nityananda

verse 3.

aisi aneka rupe tu gheshi

ganeshapuri tu vasashi

bhakta anchi ichha puravishi

balanna bahu avadashi

We have been yearning for so long

You came to reside in Ganeshpuri

You fulfill the desires of devotees

You love the children very much

¹Nrshina Saraswati, a famous Guru in the 16th century

²A saint in Maharashtra, India

³A saint in Maharashtra, in the 19th century

⁴A famous saint at the beginning of the 20th century