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Dakshinamurti Ashtakam
दक्षिणामूर्ति अष्टकम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Aṣṭakam
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नानाच्छिद्रघटोदरस्थितमहादीपप्रभाभास्वरं ज्ञानं यस्य तु चक्षुरादिकरणद्वारा बहिः स्पन्दते । जानामीति तमेव भान्तमनुभात्येतत्समस्तं जगत् तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥४॥
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- नानाच्छिद्रघटोदरस्थितमहादीपप्रभाभास्वरं
- Knowledge shining like a great lamp placed inside a pot with many holes.
- ज्ञानं यस्य तु चक्षुरादिकरणद्वारा बहिः स्पन्दते ।
- Whose knowledge moves outward through the doors of the eye and other senses.
- जानामीति तमेव भान्तमनुभात्येतत्समस्तं जगत्
- The whole world is illumined by that alone which shines as 'I know.'
- तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥४॥
- To that blessed Guru-form, to Sri Dakshinamurti, this salutation.
Consciousness shines through the senses like light through holes in a pot, yet itself is not confined. The 'I know' that illumines all experience is the Self the Guru reveals.
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