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Writer's pictureSyren Franco

Jai Guru Deva Om

Often when I feel down, this is is a song that comes to mind. As a singer, it is very soothing to sing but equally so to listen to. My favorite is Fiona Apple's rendition of this Beatles song. I am sharing with you today just the lyrics and the meaning of the mantra repeated throughout the song.


An Offer of Gratitude

Jai = “joy, hail, glory to” Guru = “remover of darkness” Deva = “a shining one”, source of English word “divine”.

Thus, the meaning of “Jai Guru Deva” is literally “Glory to the shining remover of darkness.” Who is “Guru Deva” to the individual user of the phrase, almost is beside the point.


The word Om is defined by Hindu scripture as being the primordial sound of creation. It is the original vibration of the universe. From this first vibration, all other vibrations are able to manifest.


Across the Universe

By the Beatles

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva, om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes They call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox they They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva, om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing Through my open ears inciting and inviting me Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva, om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai guru deva Jai guru deva Jai guru deva Jai guru deva Jai guru deva Jai guru deva


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