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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
ह्यम्भोराशौ संसृतिरूपे लुठतां त- त्पारं गन्तुं यत्पदभक्तिर्दृढनौका । सर्वाराध्यं सर्वगमानन्दपयोनिधिं तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥१५॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- ह्यम्भोराशौ संसृतिरूपे लुठतां त-
- for those rolling in the ocean in the form of saṃsāra
- त्पारं गन्तुं यत्पदभक्तिर्दृढनौका ।
- firm devotion to whose feet is the solid boat to cross to the far shore
- सर्वाराध्यं सर्वगमानन्दपयोनिधिं
- worshipped by all, all-pervading ocean of bliss
- तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
Firm devotion to his feet is the boat across the ocean of becoming. The all-pervading Lord of bliss is the far shore discovered as one's own nature.
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