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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
धाम्नां धाम प्रौढरुचीनां परमं य- त्सूर्यादीनां यस्य स हेतुर्जगदादेः । एतावान्यो यस्य न सर्वेश्वरमीड्यं तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥१७॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- धाम्नां धाम प्रौढरुचीनां परमं य-
- the supreme splendour of splendours, of mature beauty
- त्सूर्यादीनां यस्य स हेतुर्जगदादेः ।
- he who is the cause of sun and moon and of the world's origin
- एतावान्यो यस्य न सर्वेश्वरमीड्यं
- than whom there is no other, the Lord of all, worthy of praise
- तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
He is the supreme light, cause of sun and moon and of the world's origin. As Lord of all, he is the one consciousness from which every light derives its shining.
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