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## Guru Vandana: Text, Method and Discussion
**Yoga Shastra, Third Light, Verse 129**
**12. Thinking:** To perform Vandana with the same thought as keeping a trust.
**13. Maitri (Friendship):** I have friendship with these Acharyas, etc., therefore if I perform Vandana to them, my friendship with them will remain forever. With this thought, I perform Vandana.
**14. Gaurav (Pride):** I am skilled in the method of Guru Vandana, etc., thinking this way, I perform Vandana with pride, giving it a beautiful form to tell others about it.
**15. Karan (Reason):** To perform Vandana with the desire to obtain clothes, vessels, etc., without any reason like knowledge, etc., or to perform Vandana with the desire to become revered in the world due to knowledge, etc., or to perform Vandana with the thought that the Guru Maharaj, who is subdued by the value of Vandana, will not reject my request.
**16. Sten (Thief):** If I perform Vandana to others, I will be considered small; therefore, I perform Vandana secretly like a thief, i.e., like a thief, no one should see, I perform Vandana quickly.
**17. Pratyanik (Busy):** To perform Vandana when the Guru Maharaj is busy with food, etc., it is also said that - Guru Maharaj should not be Vandanaed when they are busy, distracted, or asleep, or when they are eating or have a desire to eat. (A. Ni. 1212)
**18. Rusht (Angry):** To perform Vandana when the Guru Maharaj is angry, or to perform Vandana when you are angry or furious.
**19. Tarjana (Taunt):** Gurudev! You are neither angry by not performing Vandana nor happy by performing Vandana, or you do not know the difference between those who perform Vandana and those who do not. Saying this, to perform Vandana with a taunt, or to perform Vandana with humiliation by taunting with a finger or head, saying that you make me look small by making me perform Vandana in front of many people, but when you are alone, you will know.
**20. Shath (Deceitful):** To show the Guru or ordinary people with deceit that this person is a humble devotee or disciple. To influence them in this way, or to pretend to be sick, etc., and not perform Vandana properly.
**21. Hilita (Humiliated):** Guruji! Vachakvary! What benefit will I get by performing Vandana to you? Saying this, to perform Vandana with humiliation.
**22. Viparikunchit (Contracted):** To perform half Vandana and then talk about other things like stories, etc., in between.
**23. Drisht-Adrisht (Seen-Unseen):** To perform Vandana when not visible in the crowd, or to perform Vandana when it is dark, to sit during that time and perform Vandana when the Guru sees.
**24. Shring (Horn):** To perform Vandana by saying Ahokayam-Kay, etc., and touching the right and left horn parts of the head instead of touching the middle part of the forehead.
**25. Kar (Tax):** To perform Vandana thinking that this Vandana has to be given to Shri Arihant Bhagwan like giving tax to the king.
**26. Mukt (Free):** To perform Vandana without heart, thinking that I have become free from the worldly tax of the king, etc., after taking initiation, but I have not become free from this tax of Vandana.
**27. Ashlista-Nashlista (Touched-Untouched):** While performing Ahokayam Kay, etc., to touch the Rajoharan, forehead, both hands, and palm; to touch the Rajoharan but not the forehead; or to touch the forehead but not the Rajoharan; or to not touch both. The first of the four is free from fault, and the remaining three have this fault.
**28. Nyun (Less):** To not pronounce the letters of the Sutra completely, to not perform the twenty-five necessary things completely while performing Vandana.
**29. Uttar-Chuda (Head-Up):** To say "Matthaena Vandami" in a loud voice after performing Vandana.
**30. Muk (Mute):** To perform Vandana by pronouncing the Sutra in a way that is not understood, like a mute, to perform Vandana by speaking in the mind.
**31. Dhadhdhar (Loud):** To perform Vandana by speaking in a very loud voice.
**32. Chudali Dosha (Fault of the Top):** To perform Vandana by holding the end of the Rajoharan and rotating it like a child rotates a burning piece of wood, or to perform Vandana by extending the hand and saying "I am performing Vandana," or to perform Vandana by rotating the hand to everyone.
In this way, while performing Vandana to the Guru Maharaj, one should abandon these thirty-two faults and perform pure Vandana according to the method.
**Six Desires in Vandana:**
The disciple has six desires in the form of questions from the Guru in Vandana:
1. **Iccha (Desire)**
2. **Anugya (Permission)**
3. **Avyabadh (Obstruction)**
4. **Samyama Yatra (Journey of Restraint)**
5. **Samadhi (Concentration)**
6. **Apradh Ki Kshamayaachana (Apology for Offense)**
These six desires are also mentioned in other places. The disciple asks questions using the text that is prescribed for each of these six desires. (A. Ni. 1232)
**Guru's Answers:**
The Guru Maharaj answers these six questions through the disciple's six-place Guru Vandana in this way:
1. **As you desire, I give permission.**
2. **It is like that.**
3. **It is the same for you too.**
4. **It is like this.**
5. **It is like this.**
6. **I also seek forgiveness from you.**
It is also said that - "I give permission according to your desire, it is like that, it is the same for you too, it is like this, and I also forgive you." In this way, the Guru Maharaj gives six answers. (A. Ni. 1238)
We will explain both of these in the context of the explanation of the Sutra.
**The Guru Vandana Sutra is as follows:**
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