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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
मेधावी स्यादिन्दुवतंसं धृतवीणं कर्पूराभं पुस्तकहस्तं कमलाक्षम् । चित्ते ध्यायन्यस्य वपुर्द्राङ्निमिषार्धं तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥१६॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- मेधावी स्यादिन्दुवतंसं धृतवीणं
- the intelligent should meditate on him, moon-crested, holding the vīṇā
- कर्पूराभं पुस्तकहस्तं कमलाक्षम् ।
- camphor-white, book in hand, lotus-eyed
- चित्ते ध्यायन्यस्य वपुर्द्राङ्निमिषार्धं
- in the mind, whose form is seen in half a glance
- तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
Meditate on moon-crested Dakshinamurti with vīṇā and book, seen in half a glance. Silent contemplation of the Guru's form turns the mind inward to the witness beholding all.
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