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വിശ്വം ദർപണദൃശ്യമാനനഗരീതുല്യം നിജാന്തർഗതം
പശ്യന്നാത്മനി മായയാ ബഹിരിവോദ്ഭൂതം യഥാ നിദ്രയാ
യഃ സാക്ഷാത്കുരുതേ പ്രബോധസമയേ സ്വാത്മാനമേവാദ്വയം
തസ്മൈ ശ്രീഗുരുമൂർതയേ നമ ഇദം ശ്രീദക്ഷിണാമൂർതയേ 1
ബീജസ്യാന്തരിവാങ്കുരോ ജഗദിദം പ്രാങ്നിർവികൽപം പുനഃ
മായാകൽപിതദേശകാലകലനാവൈചിത്ര്യചിത്രീകൃതം
മായാവീവ വിജൃംഭയത്യപി മഹായോഗീവ യഃ സ്വേച്ഛയാ
തസ്മൈ ശ്രീഗുരുമൂർതയേ നമ ഇദം ശ്രീദക്ഷിണാമൂർതയേ 2
യസ്യൈവ സ്ഫുരണം സദാത്മകമസത്കൽപാർഥകം ഭാസതേ
സാക്ഷാത്തത്ത്വമസീതി വേദവചസാ യോ ബോധയത്യാശ്രിതാൻ
യത്സാക്ഷാത്കരണാദ്ഭവേന്ന പുനരാവൃത്തിർഭവാംഭോനിധൗ
തസ്മൈ ശ്രീഗുരുമൂർതയേ നമ ഇദം ശ്രീദക്ഷിണാമൂർതയേ 3
നാനാച്ഛിദ്രഘടോദരസ്ഥിതഹാദീപപ്രഭാഭാസ്വരം
ജ്ഞാനം യസ്യ തു ചക്ഷുരാദികരണദ്വാരാ ബഹിഃ സ്പന്ദതേ
ജാനാമീതി തമേവ ഭാന്തമനുഭാത്യേതത്സമസ്തം ജഗത്
തസ്മൈ ശ്രീഗുരുമൂർതയേ നമ ഇദം ശ്രീദക്ഷിണാമൂർതയേ 4
ദേഹം പ്രാണമപീന്ദ്രിയാണ്യപി ചലാം ബുദ്ധിം ച ശൂന്യം വിദുഃ
സ്ത്രീബാലാന്ധജഡോപമാസ്ത്വഹമിതി ഭ്രാന്താ ഭൃശം വാദിനഃ
മായാശക്തിവിലാസകൽപിതമഹാ വ്യാമോഹസംഹാരിണേ
തസ്മൈ ശ്രീഗുരുമൂർതയേ നമ ഇദം ശ്രീദക്ഷിണാമൂർതയേ 5
രാഹുഗ്രസ്തദിവാകരേന്ദുസദൃശോ മായാസമാച്ഛാദനാത്
സന്മാത്രഃ കരണോപസംഹരണതോ യോƒ ഭൂത്സുഷുപ്തഃ പുമാൻ
പ്രാഗസ്വാപ്സമിതി പ്രബോധസമയേ യഃ പ്രത്യഭിജ്ഞായതേ
തസ്മൈ ശ്രീഗുരുമൂർതയേ നമ ഇദം ശ്രീദക്ഷിണാമൂർതയേ 6
ബാല്യാദിഷ്വപി ജാഗ്രദാദിഷു തഥാ സർവാസ്വവസ്ഥാസ്വപി
വ്യാവൃത്താസ്വനുവർതമാനമഹമിത്യന്തഃ സ്ഫുരന്തം സദാ
സ്വാത്മാനം പ്രകടീകരോതി ഭജതാം യോ മുദ്രയാ ഭദ്രയാ
തസ്മൈ ശ്രീഗുരുമൂർതയേ നമ ഇദം ശ്രീദക്ഷിണാമൂർതയേ 7
വിശ്വം പശ്യതി കാര്യകാരണതയാ സ്വസ്വാമിസംബന്ധതഃ
ശിഷ്യാചാര്യതയാ തഥൈവ പിതൃപുത്രാദ്യാത്മനാ ഭേദതഃ
സ്വപ്നേ ജാഗ്രതി വാ യ ഏഷ പുരുഷോ മായാപരിഭ്രാമിതഃ
തസ്മൈ ശ്രീഗുരുമൂർതയേ നമ ഇദം ശ്രീദക്ഷിണാമൂർതയേ 8
ഭൂരംഭാംസ്യനലോƒ നിലോƒ ംബരമഹർനാഥോ ഹിമാംശുഃ പുമാൻ
ഇത്യാഭാതി ചരാചരാത്മകമിദം യസ്യൈവ മൂർത്യഷ്ടകം
നാന്യത്കിഞ്ചന വിദ്യതേ വിമൃശതാം യസ്മാത്പരസ്മാദ്വിഭോഃ
തസ്മൈ ശ്രീഗുരുമൂർതയേ നമ ഇദം ശ്രീദക്ഷിണാമൂർതയേ 9
സർവാത്മത്വമിതി സ്ഫുടീകൃതമിദം യസ്മാദമുഷ്മിൻ സ്തവേ
തേനാസ്യ ശ്രവണാത്തദർഥമനനാദ്ധ്യാനാച്ച സങ്കീർതനാത്
സർവാത്മത്വമഹാവിഭൂതിസഹിതം സ്യാദീശ്വരത്വം സ്വതഃ var തതഃ
സിദ്ധ്യേത്തത്പുനരഷ്ടധാ പരിണതം ചൈശ്വര്യമവ്യാഹതം 10
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Dakshinamurthy Stotram
Mouna Vyakhya prakatitha, para, Brahma thathwam yuvanam, Varshishtha anthevasad rishiganai, Ravrutham brahma nishtai, Acharyendram kara kalihtha chin, Mudram ananda roopam, Swathmaramam mudhitha vadanam, Dakshinamurthim eede.
I praise and salute that Dakshinamrthy,
Who faces the south,
Who explains the true nature of the supreme Brahman,
Through his state of silence,
Who is young in looks,
Who is surrounded by disciples who are old Sages,
Whose minds are fixed on Brahman,
Who is the greatest of teachers,
Who shows the Chinmudhra[1] by his hand,
Who is personification of happiness,
Who is in the state of extreme joy within himself,
And who has a smiling face.
Viswam darpana drusyamana nagari,
Thulyam nijantargatham,
Pasyannathmani mayaya bahirivoth,
Bhutham yatha nidraya,
Ya sakshath kuruthe prabodha samaye,
Swathmanameva dwayam,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree Dakshinamurthaye., 2
Similar to the image of a town as seen in the mirror,
When one sees the image of the world within him,
The world appears as if it is outside.
It is similar to his seeing due to illusion,
During the state of sleep,
That the one real fact appears as many different truths,
And he realizes,when he wakes up and sees the reality,
That he is really the one and only one soul.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
The above stanza tells us that the world which is outside us is same as our soul but we see them as different entities due to the veil of ignorance. As soon as we wake up, we realize that the dream is false and even while seeing our image in the mirror, we know that we are not seeing us in the mirror but our image. When we get knowledge from the guru we are in the wakeful state without the veil of ignorance.
Beejasyanthari vankuro jagadhidham,
Prang nirvikalpam puna,
Mayakalpitha desa kala kalanaa,
Vaichithrya chithrikrutham,
Mayaveeva vijrumbhayathyapi maha,
Yogeeva yah swechaya,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 3
Like the germ inside the seed is its part,
But becomes different after development
The many places and time which are before us,
Are drawn by illusion in the board of life in a peculiar manner,
By a great savant or an expert Siddha,
Who can create them as per their will,
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
When the net of illusion is lifted and when we reach the stage of manifestation, we would find that what we think as different is but one and the same.
Yasyaiva sphuranam sadathmakamasath,
Kalparthagam bhasathe,
Sakshaath thathwamaseethi veda vachasa,
Yobodhyathyasrithhan,
Yath saksht karanath bhavenna punara,
Aavrithir bhavambhonidhow,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 4
He who exists as the real light of truth,
And shines in the false world of appearance,
And He who teaches disciples the great saying,
“Thou art that”[2] after realizing its import,
Gets away from this cycle of life and death.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
Nanachidhra ghato dhara sthitha maha,
Deepa prabha bhaswaram,
Jnanam yasya thu chakshuradhi karana,
Dwara bahi spandathe,
Jaanameethi tham eva baandham anubathi,
Yethath samastham jagat,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 5
Like the light emanating from a lamp,
Kept in a pot with many holes,
Goes out in all directions,
In the person in whom the wisdom goes out
Through the openings of ear, eye , mouth and thought,
And when that person realizes that ‘I know myself”,
This whole universe shines after Him alone,
Who shines in the consciousness as the knower.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
Our body prevents us from seeing the truth(the light from outside) that we are the Brahman and lets out light though the sensory organs and makes us deceive ourselves by feeling that we are happy. This simile of a pot with holes for the body occurs in many places in Indian philosophy.
Deham pranam api indryanyapi chalaam,
Budhim cha soonyam vidhu,
Stree balandha jadopamasthvaha mithi,
Brandha brusam vadhina,
Maya sakthi vilasa kalpitha maha,
Vyamoha samharine,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 6
Those great philosophers , who think that,
The body, the soul and the fickle intellect,
The concept of emptiness and all other nothingness,
Are nothing but themselves,
Are similar to the women children , blind and the ignorant.
It is only He who can destroy, this veil of ignorance,
And wake us up from this state of deceit.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
This is a sample of the approach of negation in identifying the truth about the concept of self. Senses, the body etc cannot be the absolute truth as they are transient.
Rahu grastha divakarendu sadrusho,
Maya samachadanath,
Sanamthra karanopa samharanatho,
Yo abhoot sushuptha pumaan,
Pragaswapsaamithi prabodha samaye,
Yaa prathyabignayathe,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 7
Similar to the Sun when being masked by the serpent Rahu,
Knows that it was existing, once the eclipse is over
That man whose senses are suppressed
When he is asleep,
Because of the veil of illusion,
Realizes that he was in the state of sleep,
When he wakes up.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
Similar the sun existing even when there is eclipse, we exist when we are sleeping. This is denial of the Buddhist theory that, when we are asleep there is nothingness.
Balyadishwapi jagaradhadishu thadha,
Sarva sva avasthasthaswapi,
Vyavrutha swanuvarthamanamaha,
Mithyanth sphurantham sada,
Svathmaanam pragatikarothi bajatham,
Yo mudraya bhadraya,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 8
Salutations to him who shines and exhibits,
Himself by the beatific Chinmudhra of the hand,
That he exists within the humans as self,
Forever and non changing,
Even during the changing states of childhood, youth and old age
And even during the states of sleep, dream and wakefulness.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
The truth as represented by the concept of Brahman, exists always.
Viswam pasyathi karya karana thaya,
Swa swami sambandatha,
Sishyacharya thaya thadaiva pithru,
Puthradhyathmana bedatha,
Swapne Jagrathi va ya esha purusho,
Maya Paribramitha,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 9
The world sees as cause and effect,
The differences between us and our lord,
The distinction between teacher and the taught,
The distinction between father and son,
And so the man is confused by illusion,
And believes in these differences,
During the times of dream and wakefulness.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
The ignorance of the truth because of the veil of ignorance Maya is reemphasized.
Bhoorambaamsya anilo ambhara,
Maharnadho himamasu puman,
Ithyabhathi characharathmakamidham,
Yasyaiva murthyashtakam,
Nanyath kinchana vidhyathe vimrusathaam,
Yasmath parasmath vibho,
Thasmai sri guru murthaye nama idham,
Sree dakshinamurthaye., 10
To the sake of which supreme Brahman,
The universe is shining as self,
Which is Movable and immovable, with its aspects?
Of water, fire, air, space,
The sun, moon and the individual soul,
And also to those who examine the truth behind,
The meaning of this universe and find,
That it Consists of nothing but,
The God who is every where.
Salutation to the God facing the south,
Who is the greatest teacher.
Sarvathmathvamithi sphutikruthamitham,
Yasmadamushamin sthave,
Thenasya sravanath thadartha mananath,
Dyanascha Sankeerthanath,
Sarvathmathva maha vibhuthi sahitham,
Syadheeswarasthvam svatha,
Siddhyeth thath punarashtadha parinatham,
Chaisvaryamvayhatham., 11
The concept of the Athma,
Which is explained in this poem of praise,
Hearing which, understanding which,
Meditating which and singing which,
One would attain the state of the godliness,
And the great state of self realization,
And also you would get the eight powers of occult,
Without any problems in between.
Appendix
The following three stanzas as well as the first stanza are chanted after the main stotra:-
Chitram Vata tharor mole vruddha,
Sishya, Guror Yuva,
Gurostu mounam vykhyanam,
Sishyasthu china samsaya
It is strange to see,
The very old disciples,
And the very young teacher,
Who sit under a banyan tree,
With the teacher always observing silence,
And the students getting all the doubts cleared.
Om nama pranavarthaya,
Suddha jnanaika moorthaye nama,
Nirmalaya prasanthaya,
Sri Dakshinamurthaye nama.
Salutations to that Dakshinamurthy,
Who is the meaning of the pranava, “om”,
Who is the personification of unalloyed wisdom,
Who is crystal clear in his thought,
And who is the epitome of peace.
Gurave sara lokaanam,
Bishaje bhava roginaam,
Nidhaye sarva vidhyanam,
Sri Dakshinamurthaye nama.
Salutations to that Dakshinamurthy,
Who is the teacher of the entire world,
Who is the doctor to those,
Afflicted by the disease of birth and death,
And who is the treasure hose of all knowledge
