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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
छन्नेऽविद्यारूपपटेनैव च विश्वं यत्राध्यस्तं जीवपरेशत्वमपीदम् । भानोर्भानुष्वम्बुवदस्ताखिलभेदं तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥२२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- छन्नेऽविद्यारूपपटेनैव च विश्वं
- the world covered only by the veil of ignorance
- यत्राध्यस्तं जीवपरेशत्वमपीदम् ।
- whereupon are superimposed jīva-hood and lordship as well
- भानोर्भानुष्वम्बुवदस्ताखिलभेदं
- like water on the sun, all difference in sun and sunbeams
- तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
World and jīva-lordship are superimposed through avidyā's veil like water on the sun. Seeing through the veil, all difference collapses in the one light of consciousness.
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