This document contains two Sanskrit prayers. The first prayer honors the goddess Sharada and describes her as enlightening, holding a veena (musical instrument) and book, sitting on a lotus, and destroying ignorance. The second prayer honors the cosmic principle of the guru, saying the guru embodies the qualities of Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshvara and represents the three gunas or qualities of sattva, raja, and tama. It explains the guru takes followers beyond these three gunas from ignorance to knowledge.