dakshinamurthy stotra

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Dear devotees of Ambaal,

 

This is the dakshinamurthy stotra was given by a siddha purusha of Srisailam

to the father of my paramaguru Sri Srinivasa Sastry. The father of Srinivasa

Sastry, was a great scholar of tarka, vyakarana, mimamsa. Apart from these, he

was a great upasaka of Bhavani Sankara. His daily chores of activities include

Trikala Sandhya, Nityagni Hotra, Vaisvadeva and Veda Adhyayana. He was an

ahitaagni. He used to perform Mahaanyaasa Purvaka Ekadasa Rudra to his Sphatika

Linga and then used to have his lunch in the afternoon. His wife was also a

maha saadhvi and pathivrata. They were made for each other. But, inspite of

their vedic rites and upasana, they were not blessed with children for many

years after their marriage. These couple used to perform several anushtanas and

parayanas for a suputra (a son of right conduct).

 

One fine morning, a siddhapurusha from Srisailam who was a Dakshinamurthy

Mantra Siddha and Upasaka arrived at their house for bhiksha. The couple served

this mahapurusha with sumptuous food. Satisfied with the grihasthasrama dharma

of this divine couple, the siddha purusha initiated the father of my paramaguru

with Medha Dakshinamurthy Mantra and its upasana secrets. He had handed over

the Dakshinamurthy Kalpa and the Yantra of Dakshinamurthy and blessed the couple

saying that a wonderful son would be born with the aspect of Dakshinamurthy Kala

would be a great scholar. The same night his wife got a dream in which Lord

Venkateswara appeared asked them to put the His Name (Lord Srinivasa) during the

namakarana ceremony. Accordingly, a chubby boy was born and was named

“Srinivasa Sastry”. This boy grew up and mastered entire Rig and Yajur Veda

Krama and Jata Patha. Mastered Tarka, Vyakarana and Mimamsa. Met his guru Sri

Gollapinni Mallikarjuna Sastry of Gadwal

Samsthan at Mahaboobnagar District of Andhra Pradesh.

 

Wonderstruck by the sharp intelligence and upasana, Sri Mallikarjuna Sastrigal

gave away his daughter to Sri Srinivasa Sastry. Then after marriage, Sri

Srinivasa Sastry further studied the secrets of Srividya Upasana, Dahara Vidya,

Akshi Purusha Vidya, Madhu Vidya and Prana Vidya from sri Mallikarjuna Sastry.

Sri Mallikarjuna Sastry, himself, a great Srividyopasaka from Sri Nrisimha

Bharati Swamigal of Sringeri, used to go into ecstasy and antarmukha avastha

like chankrasekhara bharati swamigal. He was initiated into Siva Panchakshari,

Hamsa Vidya, Akshi Purusha vidya directly from Lord Virupaksha of Hampi. Sri

Mallikarjuna Sastry was not able to perform his nitya anushtana and chakra

archana because of his occasional antarmukha state. Then one fine day, Sri

Mallikarjuna Sastry handed over his entire panchayatana to Sri Srinivasa Sastry

asked him to manage the whole affair of nitya puja. Saying so, left the house.

Took aatura sanyasa, uttering pranava mantra 3

times, shed his mortal coil in the Tunga Bhadra River.

 

Since then Sri Srinivas Sastry continued his daily chores of activities,

Srichakra Upasana, Nitya Agni Hotra, Brahma Yagna, Vaisvadeva and used to teach

the disciples Veda, Vedanta, Purana, Tarka, Vyakarana. It was during this time,

that my Guru Sri Sitaramanjaneya Sastry incidentally met. It was the good

fortune of my gurunatha that Sri Srinivasa Sastry taught the intricacies of

Dahara Vidya, Akshi Purusha Vidya. He also taught the Shat Chakra Bhedana

Paddhati, Manolaya Yoga and Triputi Bhedana.

This Dakshinamurthy Stotra is chanted by my parampara which gives tremendous

mental peace and purity. It also results in good memory and sharp intellect.

It is a good fortune of mine that I am associated with this illustrious guru

parampara.

 

Srishankaracharaya krita - sthavoktha mahimabdaye

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….1

 

Brahmavarthastha bhandira – vatamula nivasine

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….2

 

Bhasmodhulita sarvaanga – sundaraaya mahatmane

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….3

 

Sarvaloka samaaraadhya – charanaamburuhaaya cha

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….4

 

Phanibhushaaya chandraardha – dharine krutthi vasine

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….5

 

Vinaakshamaala chinmudra – pustakaadhyakaraya cha

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….6

 

Yogapattabhiraamaaya – vyaghracharmaasanaaya cha

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….7

 

Prasannashantha gambhira – mukhaayaananda rochishe

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….8

 

Atmaananda mahasindhu – nimagnodara chetase

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….9

 

Jigynasu vruddhasishyaali - samaavrutha yuvaathmane

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….10

 

 

Mounavykhyasuprakasit – atma tattvanubhutaye

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….11

 

 

Medhaatmane krupapurna – shishya hridgrandhi bhedine

Dakshinamurthaye tubhyam - namah sri gurumurthaye …….12

 

 

Gurumurthy sthavam idam – yah padeth susamahitah

Sabhaktha praapnuyaat seeghram – vidyaam medham balam sriyam…13

 

 

With regards,

Sriram

 

 

 

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