Sridakshinamurti

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namaste Advaityin group memebers.

 

I am presenting Swami dayananda Sarasvati's composition on Lord

DakshinAmurti and the interpretation he has given for the same. The

book "Prayer Guide' by Swami Dayananda Sarasvati

 

dakshiNAmurte Amurte

 

sanakAdimunijanahrinmurte

 

dakshiNAmurte amurte

 

AgamasAra paripUrNa AtmA

 

jijnAsu manogata murte. dkshiNA murte amUrte

 

prasIda hrdIsha adhIhi brahma

 

tyaktta sarvam yukttAtmAnam

 

tvaccaranAgatam mam. dakshiNA murte amurte

 

meaning:

 

Oh Lord DakshinAmurti. One who has no form(essentially), the one who

filled the hearst of sages like Sanaka, Oh Lord DakshinAmurti.

 

Oh Lord the one who abides in the seekers of knowledge of the

limitless Atma which is the essence of all the Vedas, Oh Lord

DkashiNamurti. Please bless me, teach me about Brahman,(I am) the one

who has given up every other pursuits, the one who is steady and pure

of mind, the one who has come to your feet. Oh Lord DkashiNAmurti.

 

Lord DakshinAmurti is presented as a teacher. He is sitting under the

prapanca tree and the SanakAdi students are seated around him.

 

He is called DakshiNA murte amurte, the one who is free from all

forms, and yet, is all forms.

 

SanakAdimunijana hrinmurte. In the original it is hrtpurte. it means

the one who fills the hearts of sankAdimunijana, the sages beginning

with sanaka. He is the one who made the jivas discover their own

pUrNatvam, completeness. These two compounds are in vocative case,

addressing Lord DakshiNamurti. If we take it as being hrnmurte, it

can mean the one whose form is in the hearts of the sages beginning

with Sanaka.

 

Further he is addressed as jignAsumanogatamurte, the one who obtains

in the heart of a jijnAsu. A jijnAsu is one who constantly invokes

the grace of Lord DakshiNamurti in order to know. What does he want

to know? He is Atma jijnAsu, one who wants to know the self ,AtmA.

Which AtmA? the limitless self paripUrNa AtmA. Where can I find it?

That is the essence of VedAnta, the AgamasAra , the VedAntasAra.

 

prsIda, please bless me.

 

hrdIsha, he is not outside: he is everywhere, as well as within my

own heart. I recognise Him as the one who obtains in my heart, and

the one who is the Lord of every heart.

 

adhIhi brahma, please teach me about brahman. Varuna, the father of

Brghu, was approached by Brghu for this purpose, "what is Brahman?

plsease teach me." this word adhIhi refers to that.

 

brgurvai vAruNih. varuNam pitaram upasasAra. adhIhi bhagavo brahmeti

Taitt.upanishad 3-1-1.

 

tyaktasarvam is the one who gives up everything. This knowledge is at

the top of the list of priorities. everything else has gone down.

This is well ascertained understanding, the vyvasAyAtmikA buddhih -

B.Gita 2.41,44 for whom is it so.

 

yuktAttmAnam. you must be qualified, an adhikAri, to gain self

knowledge. He is the one who is clear headed, and in possession of

his faculties, yuktah AtmA antahkaraNam yasya, the one whose mind is

fit. Lod Krishna is very fond of this word. BGita 7 -18.

 

tvatccaraNAgatam mAm, I am the one who has come to your feet, tvat

caraNe Agatam mAm. I have sought your feet. Please teach me.

 

We ask DakshiNAmurti to bless us with this knowledge. It is he who

provides the teacher. We need his grace for his teaching to become

real.

 

om namo narayanaya

 

Lakshmi Muthuswamy