Works of Nārāyaṇa Guru (In chronological order of composition)(Ref: Appendix-II, The Word of the Guru, Nataraja Guru) 1881.
1881
- Cijjaḍa-Cintanam (Reflections on Mind and Inertia)
- Daiva Cintanam (Reflections on the Divine)
Both these works are in Malayālam prose. The remainder of the Guru’s works are in verse.
1884
- Vinayaka Aṣṭakam (Hymn in Praise of Vinayaka, the Elephant God).
Eight verses in Sanskrit. - Guha-Aṣṭakam (Eight Verses to Guha or Subrahmaṇya),
in Sanskrit. - Śrī Vasudeva Aṣṭakam (Eight Verses to Śrī Vasudeva),
in Sanskrit. - Bhadra-Kali-Aṣṭakam (Eight Verses to Bhadra-Kali),
in Sanskrit. - Navamañjarī (A Cluster of Nine Verses),
in two series, one in Sanskrit, the other in Malayalam. - Vairāgya Daśakam (Ten Verses on Detachment),
in Malayālam.
1887
- Śiva-Aṣṭakam (Eight Verses to Śiva),
in Malayālam. - Thevarappathikangal (Five hymn-sequences about God),
in classical Tamil. - Subrahmaṇya-Aṣṭakam (Eight Verses to Subrahmaṇya),
in Malayālam. - Saravana-Bhava-Stotram (Hymn to the Lake-born God, Subrahmanya),
in Malayālam.
1887 - 1897
- Cit-Jaḍaṅṅal (Thought and Inertia).
Ten verses in Malayālam. - Kuṇḍalini-Pāṭṭu (Song of the Kuṇḍalini Snake).
Seventeen verses, with a refrain, in Malayālam. - Piṇḍa-Nandī (Prenatal Gratitude).
Nine verses in Malayālam. - Sadāśiva-Darśanam (Vision of the Eternal Śiva).
Eight verses in Malayālam. - Devi-Stavam (Hymn to the Goddess).
Ten verses, in two parts, one in Sanskrit, the other in Malayālam. - Subrahmanya-Stotram (Hymn in Praise of Subrahmaṇyam).
Fifteen verses in Malayālam. - Indriya-Vairāgyam (Sense Detachment).
Ten verses in Malayālam. - Ṣaṇmukha-Stavam (In Praise of the six-faced God, Subrahmaṇyam).
Nineteen verses in Malayālam. - Kālī Naṭakam (The Dance of Kālī, i.e., Time).
A long euphonic poem of over a hundred lines in Malayālam. - Bahuleya-Aṣṭakam (Eight Verses to Bahuleya, i.e., Kārttikeya or Subrahmaṇya),
in Malayālam. - Cit-Ambara-Aṣṭakam (Eight Verses to the Mental Sky, i.e., Naṭarāja or Śiva),
in Malayālam. - Śiva-Prasāda-Pañcakam (Five Verses to the Grace of Śiva),
in Malayālam. - 15 Oṛṛapadyaṅṅal (A Sequence of Fifteen Verses),
in Malayālam. - Arivu (Knowledge),
fifteen verses in Malayālam. - Brahma-Vidyā-Pañcakam (Five Verses on the Science of the Absolute)
in Sanskrit. - Īśāvāsya-Upaniṣad,
Translated from the Sanskrit into Malayālam verse. - Advaita-Dīpikā (The Lamp of non-dual Wisdom).
Nineteen verses in Malayālam.
1894
- Svānubhava-Gīti (Song of Self-Realisation). Originally about 100 verses, but only 60 extant,
in Malayālam. - Ardhanarisvara-Stavam (Hymn to the Androgynous Śiva),
five verses in Malayālam. - Tiru-Kural,
Thirty verses translated from the Tamil original of Tiruvalluvar, into Malayālam. - Oẓhivil-Oṭukkam
Translated from the Tamil into Malayālam.
1897
- Ātmopadeśa-Śatakam (One Hundred Verses of Self- Instruction).
One hundred verses in Malayālam.
1909
- Jananī-Nava-Ratna-Mañjarī (A Cluster of Nine Verse- Gems to Mother), in Malayālam.
1914
- Daiva-Daśakam (Ten Verses to God),
in Malayālam. - Jāti-Mīmāṁsā (A Critique of Caste).
Five verses, the first in Sanskrit, the remaining four in Malayālam. - Anukampa-Daśakam (Ten Verses on Mercy, Scriptures of Mercy),
in Malayālam. - Jīva-Kāruṇya-Pañcakam (Five Verses on Kindness to Life),
in Malayālam.
1915
- Nirvṛti-Pañcakam (Five Verses on Inward Release, or Detachment),
in Sanskrit.
1916
- Darśana-Mālā (Garland of Visions). One Hundred verses, in ten sections,
in Sanskrit. - Municaryā-Pañcakam (Five Verses on the Way of the renounced Recluse),
in Sanskrit.
1918
- Śri Nārāyaṇa Smṛti. A Dharma Śāstra or work on religious or spiritual conduct as conceived in the light of the Guru’s teachings, consisting of 302 Sanskrit stanzas dealing with problems of the common man from birth to death.
1924
- Homa Mantram, beginning ‘Agne tava yat-tejah. . . .’ prescribed as the essence of Vedic ritual, and adapted for use in āśramas dedicated to wisdom.
- Vedānta Sūtram (Summarisation of the Essence of Vedānta in 24 Aphorisms), in Sanskrit.
