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द䎶烍णाम歖त䌳 䐋तो䋥मDakshinamurthy Stotram

Sri Dakshinamurthy

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Penance of kingBhagiratha atGokarna Descent ofriver Ganga

Valmiki Ramayana(Bala Kanda 35): SriRama hearing aboutdescent of Ganga:While Sri Rama wasgoing fromSiddhashrama to Mithilawith sage Vishwamitraand other sages, Hecamped at the bank ofriver Ganga and heardthe story of the descentof river Ganga fromVishwamitra. Coveringmany earlier incidents,sage Vishwamitra finallycame to the penance ofking Bhagiratha.

Valmiki Ramayana(Bala Kanda 42): Tapasof Bhagiratha forthousands of years andpleasing Brahma:Delegating the kingdomto ministers, king

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7/27/2015 Dakshinamurthy Stotram Vishwam Darpana Drishyamana in sanskrit with meaning

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मौन䐋硦या䏭या 䌄कटत पर䍌䐇匳मत䏜켴䏜켴व यवानवष䌳䏜켴ठात वस툠 ऋषगणः आवत 䍌䐇匳म歖न䏜켴ठः ।आचाय.䌒 करकलत च.म䌒मानदम歖त䐋वा䏜켴माराम मदतवदन द䎶烍णाम歖त䌳मीड ॥१॥MaunaVyaakhyaa Prakattita ParaBrahmaTattvam YuvaanamVarssisstthaamTe Vasad Rssigannaih Aavrtam BrahmaNisstthaih |Aacaarye[aI]ndram KaraKalita CinMudramAanandaMuurtimSva[A]atmaaraamam MuditaVadanam DakssinnaamuurtiMiidde ||1||

Meaning:1: (Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy) Whose Expositionthrough Profound Silence is Awakening the Knowledge of theSupreme Brahman in the Hearts of His Disciples; Who isHimself Youthful ...2: ... but is Sitting Surrounded by Old and Great Sages whoare Devoted to Brahman,3: The Hands of the Supreme Spiritual Teacher is Forming theCinMudra (gesture of the Knowledge of Brahman) and WhoseAppearance is Still and Blissful,4: Who is Rejoicing in His Own Self which is reflected on HisBlissful Face; Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

वटवटपसमीपभमभाग 歖नष-णसकलम歖नजनाना #ानदातारमारात ।䋥भवनग∱मीश द䎶烍णाम歖त䌳दव

Bhagiratha engaged intapas at Gokarna.Raising his hands,sitting amidst the fivefires, taking food onlyonce a month, and withcontrolled senses, hepractised severe tapasfor thousands of years.Then Bhagavan Brahmabecame pleased andarrived there with thedevas to give boon.Knowing about the wishof Bhagiratha to bringGanga to earth, Brahmatold him that Hara(Shiva) needs to beinvolved here as He isthe only one capable ofbearing the descent ofGanga, which the earthcannot endure.

Valmiki Ramayana(Bala Kanda 43): Tapasof Bhagiratha on Shivato bear Ganga: ThenBhagiratha performedtapas on Lord Shiva forone year. Shiva waspleased and toldBhagiratha that he willbear Ganga on his headduring her descent.

Descent of Ganga onthe head of Shiva andgetting locked: ThenGanga assuming a hugeform and unbearablespeed descended on theauspicious head ofShiva. Devi Gangathought that takingShankara with herstreams, she will enterthe patala. Coming toknow about heregotism, Shiva becameangry and restrainedGanga on his head.Ganga tried hard to freeherself but was not ableto do so. She wentround and round thematted hairs of Shiva

7/27/2015 Dakshinamurthy Stotram Vishwam Darpana Drishyamana in sanskrit with meaning

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जननमरणदःख䐆छद द䎶烍 नमाम ॥२॥VattaVittapiSamiipeBhuumiBhaage NissannnnamSakalaMuniJanaanaam JnyaanaDaataaramAaraat |TriBhuvanaGurumIisham DakssinnaamuurtiDevamJananaMarannaDuhkhacCheda Dakssam Namaami ||2||

Meaning:2.1: Sitting on the ground near the Banyan Tree, ...2.2: ... were all Munis (Sages), who were (sitting) near to thebestower of Knowledge, ...2.3: ... who were (sitting) near to the Guru of the ThreeWorlds, the Lord Himself, personified as DakshinamurthyDeva, ...2.4: ... who were (sitting) near to the one, expert in severingthe sorrows resulting from the cycles of Births and Deaths; Ibow to that Dakshinamurthy.

च䋥 वटतरोम䌳ल वाः श䏜켴या ग∱य䌳वा ।गरो䐋त मौन 䐋硦या䏭यान श䏜켴या䐋ति䐆छ.नसशयाः ॥३॥Citram VattaTarorMuule Vrddhaah Shissyaa GururYuvaa |GurosTu Maunam Vyaakhyaanam ShissyaasTucChinnaSamshayaah ||3||

Meaning:3.1: It is indeed a strange picture to behold; At the root (i.e.base) of a Banyan Tree are seated old Disciples (i.e. agedDisciples) in front of an Young Guru,3.2: The Guru is Silent, and Silence is His exposition (of theHighest Knowledge); and that (Silence) is severing the doubts(automatically) from the minds of the Disciples.

for many years.

Penance of Bhagirathaon Lord Shiva to freeGanga: Not seeingGanga descending fromthe matted hairs ofShiva, Bhagiratha againsat down for performingaustere penance. Shivabecame pleased andreleased Ganga from hishead.

Seven streams ofGanga emerging: Shivareleased Ganga onBindu Sarovar. Sevenstreams emerged fromher. Hladini, Pavani andNalini are westwardflowing Ganges.Sucakshu, Sita andSindhu are westwardflowing Gangas, and theseventh stream followedBhagiratha who wassitting on a divinechariot.

Jahnu muni drinkingGanga and laterreleasing her: Whilefollowing Bhagiratha,Ganga inundated theyagya sthala of Jahnumuni, who becameangry and drank off allthe waters of Ganga.The devas wereastounded and pleadedthe muni to releaseGanga considering heras his daughter. Themuni was pleased andreleased Ganga from hisears. Therefore Gangawas considered as thedaughter of Jahnu muniand came to be knownas Jahnavi.

Bhagiratha leadingGanga to nether worldand liberatingancestors: Thereafterking Bhagiratha lead

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歖नधय सव䌳व툠याना भषज भवरोगणाम ।गरव सव䌳लोकाना द䎶烍णामत䌳य नमः ॥४॥Nidhaye SarvaVidyaanaam Bhissaje BhavaRoginnaam |Gurave SarvaLokaanaam Dakssinnaamuurtaye Namah ||4||

Meaning:4.1: (Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy) Who is a receptacleto all Knowledge, Who is a Medicine to all the diseases ofWorldly bondage,4.2: Who is a Guru to all the Worlds; Salutations to SriDakshinamurthy.

ॐ नमः 䌄णवाथा䌳य श#ानकमत䌳य ।歖नम䌳लाय 䌄शा.ताय द䎶烍णामत䌳य नमः ॥५॥Om Namah PrannavaArthaaya ShuddhaJnyaanai[aE]kaMuurtaye |Nirmalaaya Prashaantaaya Dakssinnaamuurtaye Namah ||5||

Meaning:5.1: (Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy) Salutations to theembodiment of Pranava (Om), Salutations to thepersonification of the Pure, NonDual Knowledge,5.2: Salutations to the Pure and Stainless, and Salutations tothe Tranquil; Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

Ganga to ocean andthen to the nether worldwhere the ashes of hisancestors were lying.Ganga washed away theashes with her purewater and liberated thesixty thousandancestors of kingBhagiratha from theircurse.

Valmiki Ramayana(Bala Kanda 44): Gangacame to be known asBhagirati: Lord Brahmawas pleased withBhagiratha and told thatdue to his acts Gangawill become renownedin the world asBhagirathi.

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7/27/2015 Dakshinamurthy Stotram Vishwam Darpana Drishyamana in sanskrit with meaning

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च툠घनाय महशाय वटमल歖नवासन ।सि䐆चदान.दمئपाय द䎶烍णामत䌳य नमः ॥६॥CidGhanaaya Mahe[aaIi]shaaya VattaMuulaNivaasine |SacCidAanandaRuupaaya Dakssinnaamuurtaye Namah ||6||

Meaning:6.1: (Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy) Salutations to theone Who is (as if) Consciousness Solidified, Salutations to theMahesha (the Great God), Salutations to the One Who dwell atthe root (i.e. base) of the Banyan Tree,6.2: Salutations to the embodiment of Sacchidananda(Existence, Consciousness, Bliss); Salutations to SriDakshinamurthy.

ई0वरो ग∱रा䏜켴म歖त म歖त䌳भदवभागन ।䐋硦योमव툠 䐋硦या䏜켴तदहाय द䎶烍णामत䌳य नमः ॥७॥Iishvaro GururAatme[aI]ti MuurtiBhedaVibhaagine |VyomaVad VyaaptaDehaaya Dakssinnaamuurtaye Namah||7||

Meaning:7.1: "Ishwara Guru Atman"; (Underlying) these differentforms of (apparent) separation, ...7.2: ... like a Sky (i.e. Spiritual Sky or Chidakasha) Whopervades, Salutations to that Dakshinamurthy.

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䐋तो䋥म

व0व दप䌳ण괚⁄0यमाननगरत䐇य 歖नजा.तग䌳तप0य.ना䏜켴म歖न मायया बहरवो䑼䀀त यथा 歖न䌒या ।यः सा䎶烍ा䏜켴क∱त 䌄बोधसमय 䐋वा䏜켴मानमवा툠वयत䐋म 䌳ीग∱मत䌳य नम इद 䌳ीद䎶烍णामत䌳य ॥१॥Vishvam DarpannaDrshyamaanaNagariiTulyam NijaAntargatamPashyannAatmani Maayayaa BahirIvo[aU]dbhuutam YathaaNidrayaa |Yah SaakssaatKurute PrabodhaSamaye Sva[A]atmaanamEvaAdvayamTasmai ShriiGuruMuurtaye Nama Idam ShriiDakssinnaamuurtaye ||1||

Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)1.1: The Entire World is Like a City Seen within a Mirror, theSeeing happening within One's Own Being,1.2: It is a Witnessing happening within the Atman, (theWitnessing) of the Externally Projected World; Projected by thePower of Maya; As if a Dream in Sleep,1.3: One Experiences this Directly (this Play of Maya) duringSpiritual Awakening within the NonDual Expanse of One's OwnAtman,1.4: Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner GuruWho Awakens This Knowledge through His Profound Silence;Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

(Mirror Dream)

7/27/2015 Dakshinamurthy Stotram Vishwam Darpana Drishyamana in sanskrit with meaning

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बीज䐋याऽ.तरवा툠करो जगदद 䌄ा툠ग歖नव䌳क䐇प पनःमायाकि䐇पतदशकालकलना वच䋘यच䋥ीकतम ।मायावीव वजभय䏜켴यप महायोगीव यः 䐋व䐆छयात䐋म 䌳ीग∱मत䌳य नम इद 䌳ीद䎶烍णामत䌳य ॥२॥BiijasyaAntarIvaAngkuro Jagad[t]Idam PraanggaNirvikalpam PunahMaayaaKalpitaDeshaKaalaKalanaa VaicitryaCitriiKrtam |MaayaaviIva VijrmbhayatyApi MahaaYogiIva Yah Sve[aI]cchayaaTasmai ShriiGuruMuurtaye Nama Idam ShriiDakssinnaamuurtaye ||2||

Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)2.1: This World is Like a Sprout of a Seed Within whichtransforms what is Changeless state Before, appear Again ...2.2: ... as Space and Time, and endless Varieties of Picturesover it; all due to the Creation of Maya,2.3: This Unfolding of the World (from the Seed) which is Likea Play of a Magician, happens to one Who is Like a Mahayogiout of His Own Free Will (i.e. a Mahayogi can enter the stateof Samadhi out of his own free will and witness the unfoldingof the world when He comes out of Samadhi),2.4: Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner GuruWho Awakens This Knowledge through His Profound Silence;Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

(Seed Magician)

7/27/2015 Dakshinamurthy Stotram Vishwam Darpana Drishyamana in sanskrit with meaning

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य䐋यव 䐋फरण सदा䏜켴मकमस䏜켴क䐇पाथ䌳क भासतसा䎶烍ा䏜켴त䏜켴䏜켴वमसी歖त वदवचसा यो बोधय䏜켴या䌳तान ।य䏜켴सा䎶烍ा䏜켴करणा䑼䀀व.न पनरावि䏜켴तभ䌳वाभो歖नधौत䐋म 䌳ीग∱मत䌳य नम इद 䌳ीद䎶烍णामत䌳य ॥३॥YasyaEva Sphurannam Sada[aA]atmakamAsatKalpaArthakam BhaasateSaakssaatTatTvamAsiIti VedaVacasaa Yo BodhayatyAashritaan |YatSaakssaatKarannaadBhavenNa PunaraavrttirBhavaamBhoNidhauTasmai ShriiGuruMuurtaye Nama Idam ShriiDakssinnaamuurtaye ||3||

Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)3.1: By This Throb Alone which is of the Nature of EternalUnderlying Awareness, the Unreal Forms get their Meaningsand Appear over the Mind,3.2: This Knowledge of the Atman Spoken of in the Vedas as"TatTvamAsi" is Imparted by Our Inner Guru as a DirectExperience when we Surrender WholeHeartedly to Him,3.3: By Direct Experience of this Knowledge, the Delusion ofbeing tossed within an unending Ocean of Worldly Existencewill Not Appear Again,3.4: Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner GuruWho Awakens This Knowledge through His Profound Silence;Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

(Throb TatTvamAsi)

नानाि䐆छ䌒घटोदरि䐋थतमहादप䌄भा भा䐋वर#ान य䐋य त च䎶烍रादकरण툠वारा वहः 䐋प.दत ।जानामी歖त तमव भा.तमनभा䏜켴यत䏜켴सम䐋त जगत

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त䐋म 䌳ीग∱मत䌳य नम इद 䌳ीद䎶烍णामत䌳य ॥४॥NaanaacChidraGhatto[aU]daraSthitaMahaaDiipaPrabhaaBhaasvaramJnyaanam Yasya Tu CakssurAadiKarannaDvaaraa VahihSpandate |JaanaamIiti TamEva BhaantamAnubhaatyEtatSamastamJagatTasmai ShriiGuruMuurtaye Nama Idam ShriiDakssinnaamuurtaye ||4||

Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)4.1: As the Light of a Great Lamp Situated Inside a Pitcherhaving Many Holes, Shine Outwards, ...4.2: ... similarly, the Knowledge of That Only (i.e. Atman)Throb Outwards through our Eyes and Other Sense Organs,4.3: "I Know", He Alone Shining (i.e Atman), This Entire WorldShines ...4.4: Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner GuruWho Awakens This Knowledge through His Profound Silence;Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

(Lamp)

दह 䌄ाणमपीि.䌒या-यप चला ब च श.य वदः䐋䋥ीबाला.धजडोपमा䐋䏜켴वहम歖त 䋝쬀ा.ता भश वादनः ।मायाशि䏣搀तवलासकि䐇पतमहा䐋硦यामोहसहारणत䐋म 䌳ीग∱मत䌳य नम इद 䌳ीद䎶烍णामत䌳य ॥५॥Deham PraannamApiIndriyaannyApi Calaam Buddhim CaShuunyam ViduhStriiBaalaAndhaJaddo(aU)pamaastv[u]AhamIti BhraantaaBhrsham Vaadinah |MaayaaShaktiVilaasaKalpitaMahaaVyaamohaSamhaarinneTasmai ShriiGuruMuurtaye Nama Idam ShriiDakssinnaamuurtaye ||5||

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Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)5.1: Those who Consider the Body or Prana (Vital Force) orSense Organs or the Changing Mind or the Void (Total NonExistence) ...5.2: ... as the "I", are Like a Naive Innocent Girl Child, or aBlind, or a DullHeaded; they are Deluded but theyVehemently Assert their Points,5.3: The Inner Guru Destroys this Great Delusion Created bythe Play of the Power of Maya,5.4: Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner GuruWho Awakens This Knowledge through His Profound Silence;Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

राह䋝쬀䐋तदवाकर.दस괚⁄शो मायासमा䐆छादनातस.मा䋥ः करणोपसहरणतो योऽभ䏜켴सष䏜켴तः पमान ।䌄ाग䐋वा䏜켴सम歖त 䌄बोधसमय यः 䌄䏜켴यभ#ायतत䐋म 䌳ीग∱मत䌳य नम इद 䌳ीद䎶烍णामत䌳य ॥६॥RaahuGrastaDivaakare[aI]nduSadrsho MaayaaSama[A]acchaadanaatSanMaatrah Karanno[aU]pasangharannato Yo(aA]bhuutSussuptah Pumaan |PraagAsvaapsamIti PrabodhaSamaye YahPratyabhijnyaayateTasmai ShriiGuruMuurtaye Nama Idam ShriiDakssinnaamuurtaye ||6||

Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)6.1: Just Like the Sun and the Moon are Eclipsed by Rahu, thePure Consciousness is Eclipsed by Maya (for a spirituallyignorant person),6.2: A Spiritually Elevated Soul can enter that state of UnbornDeep Sleep (i.e. Pure Consciousness) by Withdrawing HisSense Organs to such an extent that Only the Real Essenceremains,6.3: That state (i.e. Pure Consciousness) is experienced during

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Spiritual Awakening whereby one clearly Perceives that "BeforeI was Sleeping" (by being eclipsed by Maya),6.4: Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner GuruWho Awakens This Knowledge through His Profound Silence;Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

(Maya)

बा䐇याद䏜켴वप जा䋝쬀दादष तथा सवा䌳䐋वव䐋था䐋वप䐋硦याव䏜켴ता䐋वनवत䌳मानमहम䏜켴य.तः 䐋फर.त सदा ।䐋वा䏜켴मान 䌄कटकरो歖त भजता यो म䌒याभ䌒यात䐋म 䌳ीग∱मत䌳य नम इद 䌳ीद䎶烍णामत䌳य ॥७॥BaalyaAdissv(u)Api JaagradAadissu Tathaa Sarvaasv[u]Avasthaasv[u]ApiVyaavrttaasv[u]AnuVartamaanamAhamIty[i]AntahSphurantam Sadaa |Sva[A]atmaanam PrakattiiKaroti Bhajataam Yo MudrayaaBhadrayaaTasmai ShriiGuruMuurtaye Nama Idam ShriiDakssinnaamuurtaye ||7||

Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)7.1: During Boyhood and Other stages of Life (Youth, Old ageetc), during Waking and Other states (Dreaming, Deep Sleep,Turiya etc) and Similarly in All Conditions ...7.2: ... the Atman Always Shines as the "I" Within, Free fromAll Conditions but at the same time Present in All Conditions,7.3: The Inner Guru Awakens this Knowledge of One's OwnAtman to those who Surrender to Him; this Knowledge which isrepresented by the Auspicious CinMudra,7.4: Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner GuruWho Awakens This Knowledge through His Profound Silence;Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

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व0व प0य歖त काय䌳कारणतया 䐋व䐋वामसब.धतःश䏜켴याचाय䌳तया तथव पतप䋥ा툠या䏜켴मना भदतः ।䐋व䏜켴न जा䋝쬀歖त वा य एष प∱षो मायापर䋝쬀ामतःत䐋म 䌳ीग∱मत䌳य नम इद 䌳ीद䎶烍णामत䌳य ॥८॥Vishvam Pashyati KaaryaKaarannaTayaa SvasvaamiSambandhatahShissya[A]acaaryaTayaa TathaEva PitrPutraady[i]Aatmanaa Bhedatah |Svapne Jaagrati Vaa Ya Essa Purusso MaayaaParibhraamitahTasmai ShriiGuruMuurtaye Nama Idam ShriiDakssinnaamuurtaye ||8||

Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)8.1: The Differentiations that we See in the World as Causeand Effect, as PossessorPossession Relations, ...8.2: ... as the DiscipleTeacher, and Also as FatherSonRelations etc, are all Differentiations within the One Atman,8.3: In Dream or Waking state, He, the One Purusha is alwayspresent, and (as if) Maya Wanders over Him and gives rise toall these Differentiations,8.4: Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner GuruWho Awakens This Knowledge through His Profound Silence;Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

7/27/2015 Dakshinamurthy Stotram Vishwam Darpana Drishyamana in sanskrit with meaning

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भरभा䐋यनलोऽ歖नलोऽबरमहना䌳थो हमाश पमानइ䏜켴याभा歖त चराचरा䏜켴मकमद य䐋यव म䏜켴य䌳䏜켴टकमना.यत क,चन व툠यत वमशताय䐋मा䏜켴पर䐋मा툠वभोःत䐋म 䌳ीग∱मत䌳य नम इद 䌳ीद䎶烍णामत䌳य ॥९॥BhuurAmbhaamsyAnalo[A]nilo[A]mbaramAharnaathoHimaamshu PumaanIty[i]Aabhaati CaraAcara[A]atmakamIdam YasyaEvaMuurty[i]AssttakamNaanyat Kin.cana Vidyate Vimrshataam YasmaatParasmaadVibhohTasmai ShriiGuruMuurtaye Nama Idam ShriiDakssinnaamuurtaye ||9||

Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)9.1: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space, Sun, Moon and Jiva, ...9.2: ... are Verily His (i.e. Atman's) Eight ManifestationsShining within the Moving and the NonMoving forms,9.3: Apart from Him (i.e. Atman) there Cannot Exist anything;The Yogis who Reflect (i.e. Meditate) within Discover Him asthe Essence From Which Everything Originates, ... DiscoverHim as Existing Beyond Everything as the Eternal Essence,9.4: Salutations to Him, the Personification of Our Inner GuruWho Awakens This Knowledge through His Profound Silence;Salutation to Sri Dakshinamurthy.

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7/27/2015 Dakshinamurthy Stotram Vishwam Darpana Drishyamana in sanskrit with meaning

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१०॥Sarva[A]atmatvamIti SphuttiiKrtamIdam YasmaadAmussmin StaveTenaAsya ShravannaatTadarthaMananaadDhyaanaacCaSangkiirtanaat |Sarva(A)atmatvaMahaaVibhuutiSahitam SyaadIishvaratvam SvatahSiddhyetTatPunarAssttadhaa Parinnatam Ca[A]ishvaryamAvyaahatam ||10||

Meaning:(Salutations to Sri Dakshinamurthy Who Awakens the Glory ofthe Atman within us through His Profound Silence)10.1: Since the Divine Essence in All is Made Clear in thisHymn,10.2: Hence by Listening to It, Contemplating on its Meaning,Meditating on It, and Glorifying it,10.3: One becomes Endowed with the Greatness of theKnowledge of the Divine Essence ( present in All ); Perhapsthe Divine Essence by Itself ...10.4: ... will Awaken within him after that Again, the EightfoldManifestations of Divine Powers (Siddhis) Unimpeded.

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Stotras by Sri Adi Shankaracharya in thissite:

01. Achyutashtakam02. Annapoorna Stotram03. Bhavani Ashtakam04. Devi Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram05. Dakshinamurthy Stotram06. Ganesha Pancharatnam

07. Ganga Stotram08. Kalabhairava Ashtakam09. Kalika Ashtakam10. Kamakshi Stotram11. Kanakadhara Stotram12. Lakshmi Nrisimha Karavalambam13. Lalita Panchakam14. Meenakshi Pancharatnam15. Narmadashtakam16. Nirvana Shatakam17. Pratah Smarami18. Shiva Manasa Puja19. Shiva Panchakshara Stotram20. Shiva Pratah Smaran Stotram

7/27/2015 Dakshinamurthy Stotram Vishwam Darpana Drishyamana in sanskrit with meaning

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21. Shivashtakam22. Subramanya Bhujangam23. Vishwanathashtakam24. Yamunashtakam

Bharatavarsha The Land of Gods and Sages:

1. Stotras by Deity:Initial: Vedas Gayatri Gurudeva Ganesha Hanuman Tridevas: Brahma (Vishnu Narasimha Rama Krishna) Shiva Tridevis: Saraswati Lakshmi Parvati Others: Murugan Surya Bhumi Ganga Yamuna Narmada Tulasi Others Final: Brahman

2. Vedic Civilization: Vedic Civilization

3. Hermitages: Hermitages

4. Penances: Penances

5. Puranic Events: Rama Krishna

6. Sacred Geography: Forests Lakes Mountains Rivers River Sangams Consolidated

7. Pilgrimages:Ganesha Devi Vishnu Rama Krishna Shiva MuruganParikramas By States By Districts Haridwar to Kedarnath Temples of Chennai

8. Saints: Saints

9. Festivals: Festivals

10. Others: Poems of Tagore

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