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Dakshinamurti Ashtakam
दक्षिणामूर्ति अष्टकम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Aṣṭakam
Chant
बाल्यादिष्वपि जाग्रदादिषु तथा सर्वास्ववस्थास्वपि व्यावृत्तास्वनुवर्तमानमहमित्यन्तः स्फुरन्तं सदा । स्वात्मानं प्रकटीकरोति भजतां यो मुद्रया भद्रया तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- बाल्यादिष्वपि जाग्रदादिषु तथा सर्वास्ववस्थास्वपि
- In childhood and the rest, in waking and the rest, in all states alike.
- व्यावृत्तास्वनुवर्तमानमहमित्यन्तः स्फुरन्तं सदा ।
- Though they change, the 'I' within ever shines, continuing unchanged.
- स्वात्मानं प्रकटीकरोति भजतां यो मुद्रया भद्रया
- Who reveals the Self to worshippers through the auspicious mudra.
- तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥७॥
- To that blessed Guru-form, to Sri Dakshinamurti, this salutation.
The inner 'I' persists unchanged through childhood, waking, dream, and sleep. The Guru's jnana mudra makes manifest the Self that was never absent in any state.
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