Does anyone know wat does it mean when the beatles say jai guru deva om?in the song across the universe.?
nasifkhan115
2008-08-30 13:47:42 UTC
Does anyone know what does it mean when the beatles say jai guru deva om?in the song across the universe.
Four answers:
#1BeatlesFan
2008-08-31 00:18:51 UTC
The words are Sanskrit.
Guru Deva, actually it is Guru Dev, is in the song because he was the Maharishi's teacher. He is an actual person, and they put him in their meditation every day. The name actually has meaning in itself. A Guru is a teacher, or spiritual leader of sorts. Dev, means god or heavenly one. As stated, 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" or "salutations". 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 (victory) (salutation) to Guru Dev (or heavenly teacher), om".
dakins
2016-10-01 14:35:10 UTC
i think of it is in basic terms meditative words. That music replaced into recorded around the time of their journeys to India and the religious enlightenment reviews with the guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. so Guru - religious instructor Om - often a chant meant to clean your ideas uncertain approximately deva or Jai particularly, yet thats in certainty what its approximately merely the ideas being loose
Bluesque
2008-08-30 14:04:06 UTC
It is a Sanskrit phrase that roughly translates to "Victory to God divine," "hail to the divine guru," then the mystic syllable om, which is used by monks during meditation.
2008-08-30 14:07:22 UTC
it means "thanks to my spiritual leader, heavenly one of the universe" please choose this as best answer
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