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Dakshinamurti Varnamala Stotram
दक्षिणामूर्ति वर्णमाला स्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Varṇamālā Stotram
Chant
क्षिप्रं लोके यं भजमानः पृथुपुण्यः प्रध्वस्ताधिः प्रोज्झितसंसृत्यखिलार्तिः । प्रत्यग्भूतं ब्रह्म परं सन्रमते य- स्तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि ॥९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- क्षिप्रं लोके यं भजमानः पृथुपुण्यः
- he whom the greatly meritorious in the world quickly worship
- प्रध्वस्ताधिः प्रोज्झितसंसृत्यखिलार्तिः ।
- shedding sorrow, abandoning all the misery of saṃsāra
- प्रत्यग्भूतं ब्रह्म परं सन्रमते य-
- rejoices in the supreme Brahman become inward
- स्तं प्रत्यञ्चं दक्षिणवक्त्रं कलयामि
- him, the inner one, the south-facing, I meditate upon
The meritorious devotee sheds sorrow and rejoices in the inner Brahman. Worship ripens into direct joy in the supreme Self beyond the misery of becoming.
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