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Dakshinamurti Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Stotram
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भूरम्भांस्यनलोऽनिलोऽम्बरमहर्नाथो हिमांशुः पुमान् इत्याभाति चराचरात्मकमिदं यस्यैव मूर्त्यष्टकम् । नान्यत्किञ्चन विद्यते विमृशतां यस्मात्परस्माद्विभोः तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥९॥
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- भूरम्भांस्यनलोऽनिलोऽम्बरमहर्नाथो हिमांशुः पुमान्
- Earth, water, fire, wind, sky, sun, moon, and man.
- इत्याभाति चराचरात्मकमिदं यस्यैव मूर्त्यष्टकम्
- Thus appears this universe of moving and unmoving, whose very form is the eightfold elements.
- नान्यत्किञ्चन विद्यते विमृशतां यस्मात्परस्माद्विभोः
- Nothing else exists for the wise, because of that supreme all-pervading Lord.
- तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये ॥९॥
- To that blessed Guru-form, to Sri Dakshinamurti, this salutation.
The eight elements and all moving and unmoving forms are manifestations of the one Lord. For the discriminating sage, nothing apart from that supreme Brahman truly exists.
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