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Dakshinamurti Ashtakam
दक्षिणामूर्ति अष्टकम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Aṣṭakam
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देहं प्राणमपीन्द्रियाण्यपि चलां बुद्धिं च शून्यं विदुः स्त्रीबालान्धजडोपमास्त्वहमिति भ्रान्ता भृशं वादिनः । मायाशक्तिविलासकल्पितमहाव्यामोहसंहारिणे तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥५॥
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- देहं प्राणमपीन्द्रियाण्यपि चलां बुद्धिं च शून्यं विदुः
- Some take the body, breath, senses, restless intellect, or void as the Self.
- स्त्रीबालान्धजडोपमास्त्वहमिति भ्रान्ता भृशं वादिनः ।
- Greatly deluded disputants, like women, children, the blind, and the dull, say 'I' of these.
- मायाशक्तिविलासकल्पितमहाव्यामोहसंहारिणे
- To the destroyer of the great delusion fashioned by the play of maya's power.
- तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥५॥
- To that blessed Guru-form, to Sri Dakshinamurti, this salutation.
Those who mistake body, breath, mind, or void for the Self remain caught in maya's great delusion. The Guru cuts that confusion and points to the witness untouched by every object.
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