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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
वक्त्रं धन्याः संसृतिवार्धेरतिमात्रा- द्भीताः सन्तः पूर्णशशाङ्कद्युति यस्य । सेवेन्तेऽध्यासीनमनन्तं वटमूलं तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥६॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- वक्त्रं धन्याः संसृतिवार्धेरतिमात्रा-
- the blessed, fearing the ocean of saṃsāra excessively
- द्भीताः सन्तः पूर्णशशाङ्कद्युति यस्य ।
- serve his face radiant with full-moon light
- सेवेन्तेऽध्यासीनमनन्तं वटमूलं
- seated at the root of the endless banyan
- तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
Those who fear the ocean of becoming serve him at the banyan root. The teacher seated in silence is the witness in whom the terror of saṃsāra dissolves.
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