Dakshina Murthy Stotram

dakṣiṇā mūrti stotram

Śloka 1

śāntipāṭhaḥ

oṃ yo brahmāṇaṃ vidadhāti pūrvaṃ

yo vai vedāṃśca prahiṇoti tasmai |

taṃ ha devamātmabuddhiprakāśaṃ

mumukṣurvai śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye ||

dhyānam

oṃ maunavyākhyā prakaṭita parabrahmatattvaṃ yuvānaṃ

varṣiṣṭhānte vasadṛṣigaṇairāvṛtaṃ brahmaniṣṭhaiḥ |

ācāryendraṃ karakalita cinmudramānandamūrtiṃ

svātmārāmaṃ muditavadanaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 1 ||

vaṭaviṭapisamīpebhūmibhāge niṣaṇṇaṃ

sakalamunijanānāṃ jñānadātāramārāt |

tribhuvanagurumīśaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtidevaṃ

jananamaraṇaduḥkhacchedadakṣaṃ namāmi || 2 ||

citraṃ vaṭatarormūle vṛddhāḥ śiṣyā gururyuvā |

gurostu maunaṃ vyākhyānaṃ śiṣyāstucchinnasaṃśayāḥ || 3 ||

nidhaye sarvavidyānāṃ bhiṣaje bhavarogiṇām |

gurave sarvalokānāṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ || 4 ||

oṃ namaḥ praṇavārthāya śuddhajñānaikamūrtaye |

nirmalāya praśāntāya dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ || 5 ||

cidghanāya maheśāya vaṭamūlanivāsine |

saccidānandarūpāya dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ || 6 ||

īśvaro gururātmeti mūrtibhedavibhāgine |

vyomavadvyāptadehāya dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ || 7 ||

aṅguṣṭhatarjanī yogamudrā vyājenayoginām |

śṛtyarthaṃ brahmajīvaikyaṃ darśayanyogatā śivaḥ || 8 ||

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||

stotram

viśvaṃ darpaṇa-dṛśyamāna-nagarī tulyaṃ nijāntargataṃ

paśyannātmani māyayā bahirivodbhūtaṃ yathā nidrayā |

yassākṣātkurute prabodhasamaye svātmāname vādvayaṃ

tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye || 1 ||

bījasyāntari-vāṅkuro jagaditaṃ prāṅnirvikalpaṃ punaḥ

māyākalpita deśakālakalanā vaicitryacitrīkṛtam |

māyāvīva vijṛmbhayatyapi mahāyogīva yaḥ svecchayā

tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye || 2 ||

yasyaiva sphuraṇaṃ sadātmakamasatkalpārthakaṃ bhāsate

sākṣāttatvamasīti vedavacasā yo bodhayatyāśritān |

yassākṣātkaraṇādbhavenna punarāvṛttirbhavāmbhonidhau

tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye || 3 ||

nānācchidra ghaṭodara sthita mahādīpa prabhābhāsvaraṃ

jñānaṃ yasya tu cakṣurādikaraṇa dvārā bahiḥ spandate |

jānāmīti tameva bhāntamanubhātyetatsamastaṃ jagat

tasmai śrī gurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye || 4 ||

dehaṃ prāṇamapīndriyāṇyapi calāṃ buddhiṃ ca śūnyaṃ viduḥ

strī bālāndha jaḍopamāstvahamiti bhrāntābhṛśaṃ vādinaḥ |

māyāśakti vilāsakalpita mahāvyāmoha saṃhāriṇe

tasmai śrī gurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye || 5 ||

rāhugrasta divākarendu sadṛśo māyā samācchādanāt

sanmātraḥ karaṇopa saṃharaṇato yo'bhūtsuṣuptaḥ pumān |

prāgasvāpsamiti prabhodasamaye yaḥ pratyabhijñāyate

tasmai śrī gurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye || 6 ||

bālyādiṣvapi jāgradādiṣu tathā sarvāsvavasthāsvapi

vyāvṛttā svanu vartamāna mahamityantaḥ sphurantaṃ sadā |

svātmānaṃ prakaṭīkaroti bhajatāṃ yo mudrayā bhadrayā

tasmai śrī gurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye || 7 ||

viśvaṃ paśyati kāryakāraṇatayā svasvāmisambandhataḥ

śiṣyacāryatayā tathaiva pitṛ putrādyātmanā bhedataḥ |

svapne jāgrati vā ya eṣa puruṣo māyā paribhrāmitaḥ

tasmai śrī gurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye || 8 ||

bhūrambhāṃsyanalo'nilombara maharnātho himāṃśuḥ pumān

ityābhāti carācarātmakamidaṃ yasyaiva mūrtyaṣṭakam |

nānyatkiñcana vidyate vimṛśatāṃ yasmātparasmādvibho

tasmai śrī gurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye || 9 ||

sarvātmatvamiti sphuṭīkṛtamidaṃ yasmādamuṣmin stave

tenāsva śravaṇāttadartha mananāddhyānācca saṅkīrtanāt |

sarvātmatva mahāvibhūtisahitaṃ syādīśvaratvaṃ svataḥ

siddhyettatpunaraṣṭadhā pariṇataṃ caiśvarya-mavyāhatam || 10 ||

|| iti śrīmacchaṅkarācāryaviracitaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtistotraṃ sampūrṇam ||