Guest guest Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Dear Chandrashekarji,Sheevaniji,Lalit.Ramanarayanji,RKDa & Group, I am attaching below a nice translation of the Dakshinamoorthy Stotram It would be superflous for me to comment on the power of this Stotra (when recited with devotion and surrender) Regards, aavesh Dear friends and devotees, Bhakti is eternal. I am reproducing the message received from Sri K.V.Raghava Rao Garu which is useful to every one of us. With love and regards, Sastry. Hymn to Sri DakhinamoortySri Dakshinaamoorty StotramSimple renderingSri Adi Sankara, the founder, propounder and exegete of adwaita siddhanta – monism, composed a prayer paying obeisance to Sri Dakshinaamoorty. This is written in the form of an ashtakam (literally eight verses) but this is prefaced with verses of prayer and contemplation and at the end there could be, phalashruti, fruit of the repetition of the verses, too. The standard eight is not really a limit since there could be a ninth too.The blessed acharya saw Lord Dakshinaamoorty, the form of Lord Shiva. The poet-seer saw Him seated facing south under a banyan tree showing chinmudra, a posture of extreme joy and mood of transmitting jnaana, spiritual wisdom to His disciples. The preceptor was silent but the questions of the disciples were cleared just by His maunam, absolute silence.The stotram, hymn or song of praise, is prefaced with some dhyana slokas, contemplative verses:Om namah pranavaardhaaya shuddha jnanaika moortayeNirmalaya prashaantaya dakshinamoortayenam ahSalutations to You, the one who is the exemplification of the meaning of PRANAVA (OM), the embodiment of all knowledge and wisdom, the purest and the most peaceful one, to Lord Dakshinaamoorty.Gurave sarva lokaanam, bhishajee sarva roginaamNidhaye sarva vidyaanaam, dakshinaamoortayena mahSalutations to You, the preceptor to all the worlds, the medic of all diseases, the treasure of all accomplishments, salutations, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!mauna vyakhyaa prakatitha parabrahma thatwam yuvaanamvarshishtaanthe asadrushiganairavru tam brahmanishtaihacharyendram kara kalita chinmudramaanandaro opamswaatmaraamam muditha vadanam dakshinamoortayeSalutations to You, the one who professes forth with a gesture the essence of the nature of the Supreme Being to the groups of seers and sages committed to know it, to the ever blissful, to the one who is the inner deity, the effulgent faced, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!The following are the slokas:om viswam darpana drushyamaana nagareetulyam nijantargathampasyannatmanimaayay a bahirivodbhutam yadha nidrayaayas saakshatkurute prabodhasamaye swatmana mevadwayamtasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortayeSalutations to you, the one who experiences the whole universe that appears as a reflection in a mirror within Himself, the one who appears to be covered by illusion as in sleep, and the one in the wakeful, professing mood, realizes in Himself the non-duality of the soul and the Supreme Being, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!beejasyantarivaanku ro jagadidam pragnirviklapam punar maaya kalpita desa kala kalanaa vaichityra chitreekrutammaayaaveeva vijrumbhayatyapi mahaa yogeeva yaswechchyaatasmai sree gurumoortaye nama idam sridakshinaamoortay eSalutations to You, to the one who creates with his powers of creating illusion becoming a great seer and sage the wondrous things and the universe again as a little sprout from the seed, to such a one, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!yasyaiva sphuranam sadaaatmakam asat kalpardhakam bhaasatesaakshaat tatwa maseeti veda vachasaa yo bodhayatyaashritaanyas sakshatkaranabhaven na punaraavritti bhavaambhonidhautasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortayeSalutations to You, the one the mere thought of whom makes the world and its affairs shine, the one in whom inheres apparently the Vedic maxim That Thou Art, the one with whose manifestation freedom from the cycle of birth and death is overcome, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!nanaa chchidra ghatodarastitha mahaa deepa prabhaa bhaaswaramjnaanam yasyatu chakshuraadi karanadwaara bahispandatejaanameeti tameva bhaantamanubhaatyan ta spurantham sadaatasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortayeSalutations to You, the one seen as radiance from the lamp in a pot with many holes, the one whose knowledge flashes out through all the sense organs, the one who radiates the effulgence of Supreme Being to the inner mind, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!deham praanamapeendriyaan yapi chalaam budhhincha soonyam viduhstree baalaandhajadopamas thwahamiti bhrantaabhrusam vaadinahmaaya sakti vilaasa kalpita mahaa vyaamoha samharinetasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortayeSalutations to You, the one who destroys the delusion under maaya as in women, children the stupid and the blind that 'I' is the body, life breath, senses, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!raahugrastha diwakarendu sadruso maaya samaachhchadanaathsanmaatrah karanopa samharana to yo bhut sushuptah pumaanpragaswaapsamiti prabhodha samayeh yah pratyabhijnayatetasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortayeSalutations to You, the one who folds up all functions and enters the state of sleep and becomes a veil like maaya, as when the Sun or Moon eclipsed, and the one who waking up realizes it as illusion having gone to sleep, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!baalyadishaypi jagradaadishu tadha sarwa swawastswapivyavrutta swanu vartamaanamaham ityantha spurantham sadaaswatmaanam prakateekarothi bhajataam yo mudraya bhadrayaatasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortayeSalutations to You, the one who shows always to all devotees the chinmudra the reassuring gesture of being in everyone in all stages of childhood, youth and age, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!viswam pasyathi kaarya kaarana ya swaswami sambhanditahsishyaacharya tayaa tadhaiva pitruputraadyatmana a bhedatahswapne jagrutivaa ya yesha purusho maaya pari bhraamitahtasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortayeSalutations to You, the one Divine Teacher who sees in himself the world of cause and effect and all diversity as the possessor-possession, father-son, teacher-taught, asleep-and fully awake, Lord Dakshinaamoorty!bhoorambhaasyanilo nalombara maharnaatho himamshuh pumanitya bhaati charaacharaatmakami dam yastyaiva mooryashtakamnaanyatkinchinavidy ate vimrusathaam yasmaat parasmaat vibhotasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortayeSalutations to You, the one whose eight-fold form appearing diversely as the elements, the sun, moon and jeeva, to the one beyond whom there exists nothing for anyone enquiring, Salutations to You Lord Dakshinaamoorty!sarwatma twamiti sphuteekrutamidam yasmaadmushmin stawetenaasya sravanntaat tadardha mananaat dhyanascha sankeertanaathsarwaatmatwa mahaa vibhooti sahitah syadeeswaratwam swatahsiddheth tatpuranashthadha parinatham aishwaryamavyahatamThat THAT THOU ART is described in the hymn. By listening to it, by reflecting and meditating on it, by repeatedly reciting it, one will attain the state of divinity and be endued with the glory of AATMA along with the eight-fold powers of the Divine.(This is the phalashruti, the fruit of listening etc. of the hymn. Usually all hymns and stotras end with a section called phalashruti. ) Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. You are managing the group through Grouply.You to individual emails for this group. | Update your Subscription settings1 messages in this conversation, including this one | Add a commentView this message on Grouply so you can rate, tag, bookmark, and see what others think about it. Y! Messenger All together now Host a free online conference on IM. Special K Group on Join the challenge and lose weight. Moderator Central Get answers to your questions about running Y! Groups. Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. 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Guest guest Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Dear Aavesh, Thank you for sharing this with the list. Chandrashekhar. aavesh t wrote: Dear Chandrashekarji,Sheevaniji,Lalit.Ramanarayanji,RKDa & Group, I am attaching below a nice translation of the Dakshinamoorthy Stotram It would be superflous for me to comment on the power of this Stotra (when recited with devotion and surrender) Regards, aavesh Dear friends and devotees, Bhakti is eternal. I am reproducing the message received from Sri K.V.Raghava Rao Garu which is useful to every one of us. With love and regards, Sastry. Hymn to Sri Dakhinamoorty Sri Dakshinaamoorty Stotram Simple rendering Sri Adi Sankara, the founder, propounder and exegete of adwaita siddhanta – monism, composed a prayer paying obeisance to Sri Dakshinaamoorty. This is written in the form of an ashtakam (literally eight verses) but this is prefaced with verses of prayer and contemplation and at the end there could be, phalashruti, fruit of the repetition of the verses, too. The standard eight is not really a limit since there could be a ninth too. The blessed acharya saw Lord Dakshinaamoorty, the form of Lord Shiva. The poet-seer saw Him seated facing south under a banyan tree showing chinmudra, a posture of extreme joy and mood of transmitting jnaana, spiritual wisdom to His disciples. The preceptor was silent but the questions of the disciples were cleared just by His maunam, absolute silence. The stotram, hymn or song of praise, is prefaced with some dhyana slokas, contemplative verses: Om namah pranavaardhaaya shuddha jnanaika moortaye Nirmalaya prashaantaya dakshinamoortayenam ah Salutations to You, the one who is the exemplification of the meaning of PRANAVA (OM), the embodiment of all knowledge and wisdom, the purest and the most peaceful one, to Lord Dakshinaamoorty. Gurave sarva lokaanam, bhishajee sarva roginaam Nidhaye sarva vidyaanaam, dakshinaamoortayena mah Salutations to You, the preceptor to all the worlds, the medic of all diseases, the treasure of all accomplishments, salutations, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! mauna vyakhyaa prakatitha parabrahma thatwam yuvaanam varshishtaanthe asadrushiganairavru tam brahmanishtaih acharyendram kara kalita chinmudramaanandaro opam swaatmaraamam muditha vadanam dakshinamoortaye Salutations to You, the one who professes forth with a gesture the essence of the nature of the Supreme Being to the groups of seers and sages committed to know it, to the ever blissful, to the one who is the inner deity, the effulgent faced, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! The following are the slokas: om viswam darpana drushyamaana nagareetulyam nijantargatham pasyannatmanimaayay a bahirivodbhutam yadha nidrayaa yas saakshatkurute prabodhasamaye swatmana mevadwayam tasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortaye Salutations to you, the one who experiences the whole universe that appears as a reflection in a mirror within Himself, the one who appears to be covered by illusion as in sleep, and the one in the wakeful, professing mood, realizes in Himself the non-duality of the soul and the Supreme Being, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! beejasyantarivaanku ro jagadidam pragnirviklapam pu nar maaya kalpita desa kala kalanaa vaichityra chitreekrutam maayaaveeva vijrumbhayatyapi mahaa yogeeva yaswechchyaa tasmai sree gurumoortaye nama idam sridakshinaamoortay e Salutations to You, to the one who creates with his powers of creating illusion becoming a great seer and sage the wondrous things and the universe again as a little sprout from the seed, to such a one, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! yasyaiva sphuranam sadaaatmakam asat kalpardhakam bhaasate saakshaat tatwa maseeti veda vachasaa yo bodhayatyaashritaan yas sakshatkaranabhaven na punaraavritti bhavaambhonidhau tasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortaye Salutations to You, the one the mere thought of whom makes the world and its affairs shine, the one in whom inheres apparently the Vedic maxim That Thou Art, the one with whose manifestation freedom from the cycle of birth and death is overcome, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! nanaa chchidra ghatodarastitha mahaa deepa prabhaa bhaaswaram jnaanam yasyatu chakshuraadi karanadwaara bahispandate jaanameeti tameva bhaantamanubhaatyan ta spurantham sadaa tasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortaye Salutations to You, the one seen as radiance from the lamp in a pot with many holes, the one whose knowledge flashes out through all the sense organs, the one who radiates the effulgence of Supreme Being to the inner mind, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! deham praanamapeendriyaan yapi chalaam budhhincha soonyam viduh stree baalaandhajadopamas thwahamiti bhrantaabhrusam vaadinah maaya sakti vilaasa kalpita mahaa vyaamoha samharine tasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortaye Salutations to You, the one who destroys the delusion under maaya as in women, children the stupid and the blind that 'I' is the body, life breath, senses, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! raahugrastha diwakarendu sadruso maaya samaachhchadanaath sanmaatrah karanopa samharana to yo bhut sushuptah pumaan pragaswaapsamiti prabhodha samayeh yah pratyabhijnayate tasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortaye Salutations to You, the one who folds up all functions and enters the state of sleep and becomes a veil like maaya, as when the Sun or Moon eclipsed, and the one who waking up realizes it as illusion having gone to sleep, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! baalyadishaypi jagradaadishu tadha sarwa swawastswapi vyavrutta swanu vartamaanamaham ityantha spurantham sadaa swatmaanam prakateekarothi bhajataam yo mudraya bhadrayaa tasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortaye Salutations to You, the one who shows always to all devotees the chinmudra the reassuring gesture of being in everyone in all stages of childhood, youth and age, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! viswam pasyathi kaarya kaarana ya swaswami sambhanditah sishyaacharya tayaa tadhaiva pitruputraadyatmana a bhedatah swapne jagrutivaa ya yesha purusho maaya pari bhraamitah tasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortaye Salutations to You, the one Divine Teacher who sees in himself the world of cause and effect and all diversity as the possessor- possession, father-son, teacher-taught, asleep-and fully awake, Lord Dakshinaamoorty! bhoorambhaasyanilo nalombara maharnaatho himamshuh puman itya bhaati charaacharaatmakami dam yastyaiva mooryashtakam naanyatkinchinavidy ate vimrusathaam yasmaat parasmaat vibho tasmai sri gurumoortaye nama idam sri dakshinaamoortaye Salutations to You, the one whose eight-fold form appearing diversely as the elements, the sun, moon and jeeva, to the one beyond whom there exists nothing for anyone enquiring, Salutations to You Lord Dakshinaamoorty! sarwatma twamiti sphuteekrutamidam yasmaadmushmin stawe tenaasya sravanntaat tadardha mananaat dhyanascha sankeertanaath sarwaatmatwa mahaa vibhooti sahitah syadeeswaratwam swatah siddheth tatpuranashthadha parinatham aishwaryamavyahatam That THAT THOU ART is described in the hymn. By listening to it, by reflecting and meditating on it, by repeatedly reciting it, one will attain the state of divinity and be endued with the glory of AATMA along with the eight-fold powers of the Divine. (This is the phalashruti, the fruit of listening etc. of the hymn. Usually all hymns and stotras end with a section called phalashruti. ) Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. You are managing the group through Grouply. You to individual emails for this group. | Update your Subscription settings 1 messages in this conversation, including this one | Add a comment View this message on Grouply so you can rate, tag, bookmark, and see what others think about it. Y! Messenger All together now Host a free online conference on IM. Special K Group on Join the challenge and lose weight. Moderator Central Get answers to your questions about running Y! Groups. Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. 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