Song Form

A: Jai, Guru, jai, Guru, jai, Guru, jai! (2 lines, starting low) x2
B: Jai, Guru, jai, Guru, jai, Guru, jai! (2 lines, rising higher) x2
C: Jai, Guru, jai, Guru, jai, Guru, jai! (2 lines, coming back down) x2

All three sections use the same words; only the melody changes. The Cosmic Chants book also gives “Ram, Sita Ram” words for the A melody, and a “Radha, Govinda, jai” variation with its own two-section melody.

Notes

• Once you’ve gone through the full song form several times, you may want to stay on one section for a while. Some recordings vamp on section C alone.

• When doing extra repeats of a given section, it is natural to do so in repetitions of 2, since the form of the chant always repeats each section twice.

• The chant ends at the end of section C, as marked in the sheet music in the Cosmic Chants book.

Listen to SRF Recordings

Videos on YouTube

• 2020 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (Bro. Devananda)

• 2024 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (Sr. Premamayee)

• Jai Guru (Sankirtan led by SRF Nuns)

• 2020 Convocation YSS Monks' Kirtan at Smriti Mandir

• 2021 Convocation YSS Monks' Kirtan at Smriti Mandir

• 2021 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (90-minute), only the C section

• 2022 Convocation Nuns' Kirtan (3-hour)

• 2026 Convocation Monks' Kirtan (3-hour)

Audio Recordings

• Jai Guru (Sr. Ishwari), from the album Light the Lamp of Thy Love
  Spotify · Apple Music · Tidal

• Jai Guru - Radha Govinda Jai (Bro. Devananda), from the album I Will Sing Thy Name
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