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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
नम्राङ्गाणां भक्तिमतां यः पुरुषार्था- न्दत्वा क्षिप्रं हन्ति च तत्सर्वविपत्तीः । पादाम्भोजाधस्तनितापस्मृतिमीशं तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥२॥
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Word breakdown
- नम्राङ्गाणां भक्तिमतां यः पुरुषार्था-
- who swiftly grants the puruṣārthas to humble-bodied devotees
- न्दत्वा क्षिप्रं हन्ति च तत्सर्वविपत्तीः ।
- and destroys all their misfortunes
- पादाम्भोजाधस्तनितापस्मृतिमीशं
- the Lord remembered beneath the lotus feet
- तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
The Lord beneath the lotus feet grants life's aims and removes misfortune for the humble devotee. True puruṣārtha is fulfilled when the mind rests in the feet of the Guru, who is the Self.
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