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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
मोहध्वस्त्यै वैणिकवैयासिकिमुख्याः संविन्मुद्रापुस्तकवीणाक्षगुणान्यम् । हस्ताम्भोजैर्बिभ्रतमाराधितवन्त- स्तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- मोहध्वस्त्यै वैणिकवैयासिकिमुख्याः
- for the destruction of delusion, Vaiṇika, Vaiyāsika, and other chief sages
- संविन्मुद्रापुस्तकवीणाक्षगुणान्यम् ।
- worshipped him bearing consciousness-mudrā, book, vīṇā, and rosary in lotus hands
- हस्ताम्भोजैर्बिभ्रतमाराधितवन्त-
- having adored him
- स्तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
Sages freed from delusion worship the Lord with chin-mudrā, book, and vīṇā. The emblems of knowledge point to the one consciousness that is both taught and the teacher.
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