“Guru Brahma, Guru Bishnu Guru Devo Maheshwar,
Guru Sakshat Param Brahma Tasmai Shri Guruve Namah:”

Meaning:
“Guru is Brahma, Guru is Bishnu and Guru is Lord Shankar,
The Guru is the real Parabrahm, I salute such a Guru.”

The knowledge given by the Guru(teacher) and its connection with human life is very deep. Therefore, on this day Gurupurnima is celebrated to show respect to the teachers who provide education.

On this day, knowledge is worshiped as Guru. Guru Purnima is celebrated all over the country on this day showing respect and reverence to the Guru. Sanatan Dharma followers and Buddhists take this day as a special day to express their gratitude to the Guru who showed them the way of their religion and traditional cultural knowledge.

By embracing the same importance of Guru Tattva, Gurus are looked upon with more respect and reverence in Sanatan Sanskar year after year and even in Yuga after Yuga. The work of showing the importance of guru, knowledge and gravitas to the generations to come will continue on Guru Purnima. All the Gurus who brought from the darkness of ignorance and unconsciousness to the light of knowledge and awareness, who demonstrated the right path, are worshiped today. Gurupurnima is also a day to express gratitude to the Guru and pledge to always move forward on the path of knowledge while expressing gratitude for the influence of knowledge and wisdom gained through the Guru.

Byas Jayanti
Byas Jayanti is also celebrated today in memory of Ved Byas . Ashad Shukla Purnima also happens to be the birth day of Chiranjeevi, Guru Byas , one of Ashta Chiranjeevi. Ved Byasa divided the Vedas into four parts namely Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and Atharvaveda and composed 18 Puranas and 18 Upapuranas in simple Sanskrit language to explain its meaning. The Mahabharata also known as the fifth Veda was also composed by Byasa . Guru Byas is not only the author of Mahabharata but also a living character of Mahabharata, Bhishma and Byas of Mahabharata are step-brothers. King Shantanu marries Satyavati. Satyavati’s father was a fisherman.King Shantanu promises his father-in-law to place the children of Satyavati on the throne, but before this, Santanu had already declared his son Bhishma as the heir. Later, Bhishma, knowing his father’s promise, declared that he himself would step down as a prince and make no claim to the throne in order to keep his father’s promise.

Guru Byas is Satyavati’s son before marriage, his father is Parashar. By the spiritual union of Parashar and Satyavati, Byas was born, later while searching for his birth mother, Byas reached Hastinapur Palace. It is mentioned that Byas, the creator of all Vedas, Srimad Bhagwat and 18 Puranas, also taught Dattatraya. Byas is also known as the Guru of all gurus. This full moon day is remembered as the holy day of his birth and the day when he shared the knowledge of the Vedas and gave the names and forms of the Vedas.