(Sung by Smt. Devi)
Jñāna bhakti karma kramataḥ
Trimūrti Guravaḥ kalitā Datta! (Chorus)
O Datta! Your three divine forms i.e. Śiva, Viṣṇu and Brahmā descended down as the three divine preachers called Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja and Madhva, to preach knowledge, devotion and service respectively.
Jñānamādyaṃ Śaṅkarato dhīḥ,
Yadvinā tu nā'nye bhavataḥ ।।
(The first is the Spiritual knowledge without which devotion and practice are impossible to take birth and this was established by Śaṅkara.
Jñānāt bhaktir jāyate hi,
Rāmānujataḥ śaktyāveśaḥ ।।
The second step is the devotion that is born from knowledge, which is force of inspiration and this was established by Rāmānuja.
Karma sevā dvividhā Madhvāt,
Yā hi parīkṣā satya bhakteḥ ।।
The third step is practical action, which is Sacrifice of work and Sacrifice of fruit of work and which is the test for the true love and this was established by Madhva.