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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
यैषा रम्यैर्मत्तमयूराभिधवृत्तै- रादौ क्लृप्ता यन्मनुवर्णैर्मुनिभङ्गी । तामेवैतां दक्षिणवक्त्रः कृपयासा- वूरीकुर्याद्देशिकसम्राट् परमात्मा ॥२५॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- यैषा रम्यैर्मत्तमयूराभिधवृत्तै-
- this hymn composed at first in the manner of peacocks intoxicated with delight
- रादौ क्लृप्ता यन्मनुवर्णैर्मुनिभङ्गी ।
- with the letters of the mantra in the sage's style
- तामेवैतां दक्षिणवक्त्रः कृपयासा-
- may the south-facing Lord graciously accept it
- वूरीकुर्याद्देशिकसम्राट् परमात्मा
- the emperor of teachers, the supreme Self
May the supreme teacher accept this hymn composed in the manner of delighted peacocks. The prayer closes by identifying the Guru with paramātman, the Self of all.
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