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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
ॐमित्येतद्यस्य बुधैर्नाम गृहीतं यद्भासेदं भाति समस्तं वियदादि । यस्याज्ञातः स्वस्वपदस्था विधिमुख्या- स्तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- ॐमित्येतद्यस्य बुधैर्नाम गृहीतं
- Om - thus is the name held by the wise for him
- यद्भासेदं भाति समस्तं वियदादि ।
- by whose shining all this shines, sky and the rest
- यस्याज्ञातः स्वस्वपदस्था विधिमुख्या-
- by knowing whom Brahma and the rest stand each in their own place
- स्तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
Om, whose name the wise hold, is the light in which sky and world appear. Meditation on the south-facing Lord is turning the mind to the inner Self in which all gods and creation have their ground.
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