Dakshinamurthy Stotram

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Dear All, I am posting below the translation of Dakshinamurthy Stotram I got from a web blog.Regards,Sreenadh==================================

Dakshinamurthy Stotram

(Source: http://hyperrealvivaglamuberchicsalsabelle.blogspot.com/2009/05/dakshinamurthy.html)

 

The Dakshinamurthy stotram (Hymn eulogizing

Dakshinamurthy, viewed as a form of Shiva is a stotra form of the theory or

philosophy of Advaita vedanta. Its specialty is that unlike most of the stotras

of Hindu gods, which are in the form of description of anthropomorphic forms,

or mythological deeds of those gods, this is in the form of conceptual and

philosophical statements. Repeated chanting and/or meditating on the meaning of

these verses is expected to help a spiritual practitioner of Advaita vedanta

get thoroughly established in an Advaitic experience. The Dakshinamurthy

stotram is arguably the most important small verse to be attributed to Adi

Shankara. The specialty of the following verse is that in a compilation of ten

stanzas there is a concise and vivid description of the philosophical

significance of the form of Siva that is the very essence of the Indian idea of

epistemology. It differs from every other attempt in a very basic sense, in

that it is holistic rather than purely reductionist.

 

 

1. Mauna Vyaakhyaa Prakatita Para Brahma Tattvam Yuvaanam

Varshishthaantevasad Rishi Ganaih Aavritam Brahma Nishthaih

Aachaaryendram Karakalita Chinmudram Aananda Roopam

Svaatmaaraamam Mudita Vadanam Dakshinaamoortim Eede

 

[i worship Dakshinaamoorti of joyful countenance, who revels in his Self, who

is the best of teachers, who bears the Chinmudra sign, who is happiness

incarnate, who is youthful, who reveals the essence of the Absolute Self

through silent discourse, and who is surrounded a group aged sage-disciples who

are themselves established in the (knowledge of the) Self.]

 

2. Vatavitapi Sameepe Bhoomi Bhaage Nishannam

Sakala Muni Janaanaam Jnaana Daataaram Aaraat

Tribhuvana Gurum Eesham Dakshanaamoorti Devam

Janana Marana Duhkha Chheda Daksham Namaami

 

[i salute Lord Dakshinaamoorti, teacher of the three

worlds, who is capable of destroying the sorrows of birth and death, who,

seated on a piece of land near the forest of Banyan trees, imparts Self

knowledge instantly to all sages]

 

3. Chitram Vatataror Moole

Vriddhaa Shishyaa Gurur Yuvaa

Gurostu Maunam Vyaakhyaanam

Shishyaastu Chhinna Samshayaah

 

[Near the roots of the colorful banyan tree are the aged disciples and the

young teacher. The teacher is eloquently silent, and the disciples are free

from doubt]

 

4. Nidhaye Sarva Vidyaanaam

Bhishaje Bhava Rooginaam

Gurave Sarva Lokaanaam

Dakshinaamoortaye Namah

 

[salutations unto Dakshinaamoorti, the teacher of the

entire world, who is the treasury of all knowledge, and who is the physician

for the sickness of transmigration]

 

5. Om Namah Pranavaarthaaya

Shuddha Jnaanaika Moortaye

Nirmalaaya Prashaantaaya

Dakshinaamoortaye Namah

 

[salutations to Dakshinaamoorti, who is tranquil and pure. Salutations unto the

one who is revealed by the word "OM", and is Pure Knowledge

incarnate]

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