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Dakshinamurti Stotram

दक्षिणामूर्ति स्तोत्रम्

Dakṣiṇāmūrti Stotram

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विश्वं दर्पणदृश्यमाननगरीतुल्यं निजान्तर्गतं पश्यन्नात्मनि मायया बहिरिवोद्भूतं यथा निद्रया । यः साक्षात्कुरुते प्रबोधसमये स्वात्मानमेवाद्वयं तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥१॥

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विश्वं दर्पणदृश्यमाननगरीतुल्यं निजान्तर्गतं: The universe, like a city seen in a mirror, is within one's own self.
पश्यन्नात्मनि मायया बहिरिवोद्भूतं यथा निद्रया: Seeing it in the Self as though arisen outside by maya, as in sleep.
यः साक्षात्कुरुते प्रबोधसमये स्वात्मानमेवाद्वयं: Who realizes directly at awakening one's own Self alone as non-dual.
तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥१॥: To that blessed Guru-form, to Sri Dakshinamurti, this salutation.

The world appears outside through maya yet abides within like a reflection in a mirror. Awakening is the direct recognition that the non-dual Self alone is real.

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