Ravidasi Arti

Ravidasi Arti is a form of Aarti which takes place daily in Ravidasi Gurdeheras at the closing of the day's formal services, this consists of the famous Arti written by Guru Ravidas in which he tells God that only His name is sufficient. Whilst Arti is sung, devotees wave trays with small flames made from Camphor in front of the image of Guru Ravidass.

Arti Translated as follows:

Thy Name Is My Aarti And Ablution, O Lord. Without God’s Name All Religious Paraphernalia Are False. Thy Name Is My Prayer-Mat, Thy Name My Saffron-Grater, And Thy Name Is The Saffron, Which I Sprinkle On Thee. Thy Name Is The Water, Thy Name The Sandal-Wood, And The Repetition Of The Name Is The Rubbing Thereof; This Is The Sandal Paste, Which I Take To Anoint Thee. Thy Name Is The Lamp, Thy Name The Wick, Thy Name Is The Oil, Which I Pour Therein. With Thy Name I Have Kindled The Light, With It’s Illumination My Entire Home Is Bright. Thy Name Is The String, Thy Name The Garland Of Flowers, Defiled Are All The Eighteen Loads Of Leaves, Offerings Of Ours. Why Should I Offer Thee What Thou Thyself Has Created? Thy Name Is The Whisk (Chawar) Which I Wave Over Thee. The Whole World Is Involved In The Eighteen Puranas, And The Sixty-Eight Places Of Pilgrimage, It Rotates Within The Four Forms Of Species. Thy Name Is The Aarti, Sayeth Ravidass And Thy True Name Itself Is Offered, O Lord, As The Ceremonial Food To Thee.

In Gurmukhi:

Naam Tero Aarti Majanu MurarayHar Ke Naam bin Jhuthey Sagal PasareyNaam Tero Aasno – Naam Tero UrsaNaam Tero Kesro Le Chhat KareyNaam Tere Ambhula, Naam Tero ChandnoGhas Japey Naam Ley Tujhey Kou ChareyNaam Tere Deewa – Naam Tero BaatiNaam Tero Tail le Mahen PasareyNaam Tere Ki Jot LagayiBhaio Ujaaro Bhawan SaglareyNaam Tere Taaga – Naam Phool MalaBhar Aatharah Sagal JhuthareyTero Kiya Tujheh Kiya ArpouNaam Tere Tuhi Chawar DholareyDas Atha Ath - Sathey Charey KhaniEh Wartan hai Sagal SansareyKeh Ravidass - Naam Tero AartiSat Naam Hai Hari Bhog Tuharey.