On the song Across the Universe of the Beatles, what does Jai guru deva om mean?

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"Jai guru deva om" is a Sanskrit mantra - a chant used as an aid to meditation, meant to focus energies in a specific direction. Its specific meaning is "I give thanks to Guru Dev", along with the "OM" - the Sanskrit word denoting the fundamental vibration of the Universe.

Guru Dev was Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's teacher, or guru.

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