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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
तप्तस्वर्णच्छायजटाजूटकटाह- प्रोद्यद्वीचीवल्लिविराजत्सुरसिन्धुम् । नित्यं सूक्ष्मं नित्यनिरस्ताखिलदोषं तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥१२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- तप्तस्वर्णच्छायजटाजूटकटाह-
- from the bowl of matted locks like heated gold
- प्रोद्यद्वीचीवल्लिविराजत्सुरसिन्धुम् ।
- the divine ocean on whose waves a creeper-wave shines
- नित्यं सूक्ष्मं नित्यनिरस्ताखिलदोषं
- the subtle one, ever free from all defects
- तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
Subtle and flawless, he is the ocean on whose waves the matted crest shines. The eternal, subtle Lord is the unchanging ground of the cosmic waters of manifestation.
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