Part 1 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 1 to 9): Obeisance to Guru; Name, Origin and Benefit of this Work

 

 

Part 2 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 10 to 18): Apology to the Assembly; Dedication; Author; Benedictory Verses

 

 

Part 3 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 19 to 30): The Reality of the World

 

 

Part 4 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 31 to 40): The Reality of the World

 

 

Part 5 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 41 to 50): The Reality of the World  

 

Part 6 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 51 to 62): The Reality of the World

 

 

Part 7 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 63 to 70): The Unreality of the World

 

 

Part 8 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 71 to 80): The Allure; The Barren Nature of the World

 

 

Part 9 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 81 to 90): Playing One’s Role in the World; The Doctrine of Illusory Appearance

 

 

Part 10 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 91 to 99): The Doctrine of Illusory Appearance

 

 

Part 11 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 100 to 109): The Doctrine of Non-Creation

 

 

; Part 12 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 110 to 117): The Three Prime Entities: God, World and Soul

 

 

Part 13 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 118 to 124): Individuality

 

 

Part 14 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 125 to 131): Association with the Unreal

 

 

Part 15 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 132 to 140): The Pandit; The Poet

 

 

Part 16 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 141 to 149): The Vanity of Learning; The Greatness of Vēdānta

 

 

Part 17 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 150 to 160): Prārabdha; The Power of Vāsanās; Ego-Knot

 

 

Part 18 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 161 to 170): The Might of Ego; The Dance of Ego

 

 

Part 19 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 171 to 177): The Dance of Ego; The Treason Against Ātman

 

 

Part 20 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 178 to 183): Heaven & Hell

 

 

Part 21 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 184 to 193): The Greatness of Facing Towards Oneself

 

 

Part 22 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 194 to 203): The Kingdom of God; State of Śivam; Oneness of Hara and Hari; Śakti and Śiva

 

 

Part 23 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 204 to 214): Śiva-Pūjā; The Truth of Namaskāram; Idol Worship; Holy Ash

 

 

Part 24 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 215 to 224): Śakti and Śānti; The Macrocosm and The Microcosm; Desire for Siddhis

 

 

Part 25 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 225 to 235): Immortality; The Elixir of Life

 

 

Part 26 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 236 to 243): Vairāgya (Dispassion)

 

 

Part 27 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 244 to 252): The Nature of Mind; Purity of Mind; Death; Jīva’s Dwelling Place

 

 

Part 28 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 253 to 265): The Heart

 

 

Part 29 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 266 to 274): Investigating the Guru

 

 

Part 30 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 275 to 281): Guru’s Grace

 

 

Part 31 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 282 to 287): Guru’s Grace

 

 

Part 32 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 288 to 295): Definitive Advice

 

 

Part 33 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 296 to 303): Definitive Advice; The Guru’s Ucchiṣṭa

 

 

; Part 34 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 304 to 312): Guru–Pūjā

 

 

Part 35 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 313 to 322): Guru–Pūjā; The Greatness of Guru

 

 

Part 36 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 323 to 332): The Greatness of Guru; Association with Sādhus

 

 

Part 37 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 333 to 342): The Greatness of Devotees; Knowledge of Brahman; The Truth in All Religions

 

 

Part 38 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 343 to 350): Limitless Vision

 

 

Part 39 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 351 to 358): Loss of Individuality

 

 

Part 40 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 359 to 370): The Pure ‘I’; The Shining Forth of Ātman; Release from Sorrow

 

 

Part 41 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 371 to 379): Desirelessness

 

 

Part 42 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 380 to 389): Bondage and Liberation; Self-Investigation

 

 

Part 43 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 390 to 399): Self-Investigation

 

 

Part 44 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 400 to 407): Self-Investigation

 

 

Part 45 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 408 to 416): True Tapas

 

 

Part 46 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 417 to 426): Investigation into Awareness

 

 

Part 47 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 427 to 436): Investigation into Awareness

 

 

Part 48 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 437 to 446): Investigation into Awareness; The Removing of the Veil; The Attaining of Ātman

 

 

Part 49 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 447 to 454): The Well-Established Knowledge; The Experience of Happiness

 

 

Part 50 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 455 to 465): Sleep; The True Substance

 

 

Part 51 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 466 to 476): The Loss of the Sense ‘I have to do’; Actionless State

 

 

Part 52 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 477 to 487): Self-Surrender

 

 

Part 53 of Guru Vācaka Kōvai (verses 488 to 501): Conduct towards Enemies; Moderation; Crime of Excess; Humility