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"Across the Universe"
In the song "Across the Universe", a Beatles song that was covered by Rufus Wainwright a couple years ago, there's a line in the chorus that goes, "Jai guru de va om".
Would anyone be able to translate that for me? I don't know what language it's in. I thought it might have been in french but I put it into a translator on the internet and it didn't come up with anything.
Thank you.
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hmm sounds latin,that's my guess
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It's in Sanskrit, meaning, "I give thanks to Guru Dev, om."
"Om" is supposed to be the vibrating of the universe. Guru Dev was the actual name of the one who taught the Maharishi's teacher, but his name can be translated into "heavenly one."
I got the info here: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
I'm a Beatles fan as well. :o)
I hope I helped, and if you have any more questions, feel free to leave one in my inbox!
-Manders
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It's in an Indian language, I'm not sure whether it is Hindi or Sanskrit, though. It is sort of thanking the teacher, or God. Hope I helped. <3 DCG
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Not too hard.
First, I did a Google search:
lyrics "Across the Universe"
That produced the correct spelling, which is "Jai guru deva om".
Googling THAT led me to a Wikipedia article, which is usually a good source:
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
They have lots to say, but here's the first line:
"In short, the meaning is 'Thanks to the divine teacher'."
Follow the links if you want to know more.
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freetranslation.com
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