auṃ apavitrah pavitro vā
sarvāvasthāṁ gato api vā
yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ
sa bahya abhyantaraṁ śuciḥ
śrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu śrī viṣṇu

yasya deve parä bhaktir
yathä-deve tathä gurau
tasyaite kathitä hy arthäh
prakäsante mahätmanaḥ

Puranik Mantra

“Om gurave namah”
(Om, I bow down to Jupiter)
Gayatri Mantra for Jupiter:
 

Beeja mantra
“Om grām greem graum sah brihaspataye namah”
“Om brim brihaspataye namah”
(The word 'Brim' in above Mantra should be pronounced as 'Breem')
 

Gayatri Mantra for Jupiter

"Om Surāchārya Vidmahe, Surashreshtaya dhimahi, tanno guruh prachodayat”
 

Learn Guru Pooja Yourself

Significance of Guru Pooja

Guru or the Master is the One who dispels the darkness of ignorance and illuminates our lives with pure knowledge. Guru Pooja is worship of
the Guru and offering of obeisance at His feet. By offering obeisance and gratitude to the Guru, we repose our faith in Him, whose feet are
roots of worship and the root of liberation. Guru Pooja, when done with profound sincerity can cause one to live a life of overwhelming
gratitude not just towards the Master but towards Existence as a whole.

Materials needed for Pooja:

 Guru Pāduka (Feet symbolizing the feet of the Guru) on a plate
 Flowers (a handful) on a plate
 A bilva leaf (You could offer water instead, if bilva leaf is unavailable)
 Udrani - small water cup with a spoon
 C onch
 Kamandalu (small holy water jug)
 Camphor
 Sandal Paste
 Kumkum (Vermillion) powder
 Two incense sticks
 Oil lamp and match box
 Small piece of saffron cloth
 Food for offering (any fresh/dry fruits, nuts, fresh cooked food, etc)

Take a flower in your hands, remember the Master's form and chant the following. The following two verses offer humble obeisance to the Master and the lineage of Masters who have time and again appeared to steer man towards realizing the Self.

Guru Dhyān

nityānandam parama sukhadam - kevalam gnānamoortim
dvandvāteetam gagana sadrusham - tatvamasyādi laksham
ekam nityam vimalam achalam - sarvadhee sākshi bhootam
bhāvāteetam triguna rahitam - sadgurum tam namāmi

Guru Paramparā Stotram

sadā shiva samārambhām shankarāchārya madhyamām
smadāchārya paryantam vande guru paramparām

Visualize your inner space to be a seat at your heart chakra (the heart center). Mentally invite the Master to this seat within.

Mānasa Pooja

om hrut padmam āsanam dadyāt - sahasrārachutāmrutaihi
pādyam charanayor dadyāt - manastu arghyam nivedayet
tena amrutena āchamaneeyam - snāneeyam tena cha smrutam
ākāsha tatvam vasram - syāt gandha syāt gandhatatvakam
chittam prakalpayet pushpam - dhoopam prāNān prakalpayet
tejastatvam cha deepārtham - naivedyam syāt sudhāmbudhihi
anāhata dhvanir ghanTā - vāyu tatvam cha chāmaram
sahasrāram bhavet Chatram - sabda tatvam cha geetakam
nrutyamindriya karmāni - chānchalyam manasasthathā
sumeykhalām padma mālām - pushpam nānāvidham tathā
amāyādyair bhāva pushpaihi - archayet bhāva gocharam
amāyam anahankāram - arāgam amadam tathā
amohakam adambham cha - adveysha akshobhakau tathā
amātsaryam alobham cha - dasha pushpam vidurbhudāha
ahimsā parama pushpam - pushpam indriya nigrahaha
dayā pushpam kshamā pushpam - gnāna pushpam cha panchamam
iti panchadashair bhāva pushpaihi - sampoojayet sadgurum
Offer the flower at the Master's feet.

Pooja

While chanting the following mantras, do the following.

om aim etat pādyam - sree gurave namaha

Offer water from the udrani (cup) at the Masters feet (Symbolizes washing the Masters feet).
 

Offering water

om aim yesha arghyaha - sree gurave namaha
Offer water from the conch shell at the Master's feet. (Symbolizes offering rice, bilva leaf, flowers and arugam pullu - sacred
grass)
om aim idam āchamaneeyam sree gurave namaha
Offer water from the udrani at the Master's feet (Symbolizes offering of water to rinse His mouth).
 

Ceremmonial Bath
om aim idam snāneeyam - sree gurave namaha
Offer water from the kamandalu (holy water jug) at the Master's feet (Symbolizes offering water for His ceremonial bath).

Clothing

om aim idam vastram - sree gurave namaha
Offer the saffron cloth at the Master's feet. This is done by taking water from the udrani and circling it over the saffron cloth
three times and offering the water at the Master's feet. (Symbolizes offering clothing to the Master).
 

Sandal and vermillion

om aim yesha gandhaha - sree gurave namaha
Dab your finger in the sandal paste and kumkum powder. Apply the sandal paste to the Master's feet first, followed by the
kumkum on top of the sandal paste. (Symbolizes offering sandal and kumkum to the Master)


Flowers

om aim idam sachhandana pushpam - sree gurave namaha
Take a flower, dip it into the sandal paste and offer it at the Master's feet. (Symbolizes offering of our desires to the Master)

Bilva leaf

om aim idam sachhandana bilva patram - sree gurave namaha
Take a bilva leaf, dip it into the sandal paste and offer it to the Master's feet. (The bilva leaf is believed to have a cooling
effect on the deity to which it is offered. It's three leaves stand for creation, sustenance and destruction. It also symbolizes
the three eyes of Lord Shiva)
 

Incense
om aim yesha dhoopaha - sree gurave namaha
Ring the bell with your left hand, take the lit incense sticks in your right hand and move it in a circle near the Master's feet.
(In the incense, we see the potential that is in ourselves, just as the incense itself is worthless until it is put to the flame. We
know that our lives are useless too, unless our potentials are fulfilled. In the incense we also recognize that our lives are just
as fleeting as its sweet smoke.)

Lamp

om aim yesha deepaha - sree gurave namaha
Ring the bell with your left hand, take the lit lamp in your right hand and move it in a circle near the Master's feet. (The glory
of the Master's feet is intensified by the light emanated by the lamp)
 

Food

om aim idam sopakarana naivedyam - sree gurave namaha
Offer the food at the Master's feet (Symbolizes offering food to the Master).
om aim idam pānārthodakam - sree gurave namah
Offer water from the udrani at the Master's feet (Symbolizes offering drinking water to the Master).
om aim idam punarāchamaneeyam - sree gurave namaha
Offer water from the udrani at the Master's feet (Symbolizes offering water to rinse the Master's mouth).
 

Lit camphor

Offer Ārati (lit camphor) to the Master while chanting the following mantra. Ring the bell with the left hand while moving the
lit camphor in a circle with right hand. (Camphor burns itself out completely without leaving a trace. It represents our
unmanifested desires. So also if we were to take refuge in the Master's feet to obtain knowledge, these desires will get burnt
out. Although the camphor burns itself out, it emits a nice perfume. On a human plane it means that we should sacrifice
ourselves to serve society, in the process spread the perfume of love and happiness to all.
 

Ārātrikam (waving lamps as an offering)

Fold your hands in a namaskar (bring both your palms together at chest level)

karpoora gauram karunāvatāram
samsāra sāram bhujagendra hāram
sadā vasantam hrudayāravinde
bhavam bhavāni sahitam namāmi
ārātrikam samarpayāmi – sadguru charana kamaleybhyo namaha
Take a flower in your hands, make three circles around the lit camphor with it and offer it to the feet of the Master.
Take a few flowers, position them between folded hands and chant these mantras.

Pushpānjalim (An offering of flowers)
gurur bramhā gurur vishnu - gurur devo maheshvaraha
gurur sākshāt para bramhā - tasmai sree gurave namaha
akhanda mandalākāram - vyāptam yena charācharam
tatpadam darshitam yena - tasmai sree gurave namaha
agnyāna timirāndhasya - gnyānānjana shalākayā
chakshuhu unmeelitam yena - tasmai sree gurave namaha
aneka janma samprāpta - karma bandha vidāhine
atma gnyāna pradāneyna - tasmai sree gurave namaha
mannātho sri jaganātho - madguruh sri jagad guruhu
madh atma sarva bhootātma - tasmai sree gurave namaha
eeshwaro guru rātmeyti - moorti bheda vibhāgine
vyomavad vyāpta dehāya - dakshinā moortaye / nityānanda gurave namaha
nityānandam parama sukhadam - kevalam gnānamoortim
dvandvāteetam gagana sadrusham - tatvamasyādi laksham
ekam nityam vimalam achalam - sarvadhee sākshi bhootam
bhāvāteetam triguna rahitam - sadgurum tam namāmi
ushpānjalim samarpayāmi - sadguru charana kamaleybhyo namaha

Offering flowers

Offer the flowers to the Master's feet.