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Dakshinamurthy Stotram

దక్షిణామూర్తిస్తోత్రమ్

Dakshinamurthy Stotram is a traditional Dakshinamurthy devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

viśvaṃ darpaṇadṛśyamānanagarītulyaṃ nijāntargatam, paśyannātmani māyayā bahirivodbhūtaṃ yadā nidrayā| yaḥ sākṣātkurute prabodhasamaye svātmānamevādvayam, tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||1|| bījasyāntarivānkuro jagadidaṃ prāṅanirvikalpaṃ puna- rmāyākalpitadeśakālakalanāvaicitryacitrīkṛtam| māyāvīva vijṝmbhayatyapi mahāyogova yaḥ svecchayā tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||2|| yasyaiva sphuraṇaṃ sadātmakamasatkalpārthakaṃ bhāsate sākṣāttattvamasīti vedavacasā yo bodhayatyāśritān| yatsākṣātkaraṇādbhavenna punarāvṛttirbhavāmbhonidhau tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||3|| nānācchidraghaṭodarastithamahādīpaprabhābhāsvaraṃ jñānaṃ yasya tu cakṣurādikaraṇadvārā bahiḥ spandate| jānāmīti tameva bhāṃtamanubhātyetatsamastaṃ jagat tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||4|| dehaṃ prāṇamapīndriyāṇyapi calāṃ buddhiṃ ca śūnyaṃ viduḥ strībālāṃdhajaḍa़opamāstvahamiti bhrāntā bhṛśaṃ vādinaḥ| māyāśaktivilāsakalpitamahāvyāmohasaṃhāriṇa॓ tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||5|| rāhugrastadivākareṃdusadṛśo māyāsamācchādanāt saṃmātraḥ karaṇopasaṃharaṇato yo'bhūtsuṣuptaḥ pumān| prāgasvāpsamiti prabodhasamaye yaḥ pratyabhijñāyate tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||6|| bālyādiṣvapi jāgradādiṣu tathā sarvāsvavasthāsvapi vyāvṛttāsvanuvartamānamahamityantaḥ sphurantaṃ sadā| svātmānaṃ prakaṭīkaroti bhajatāṃ yo mudrayā bhadrayā tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||7|| viśvaṃ paśyati kāryakāraṇatayā svasvāmisambandhataḥ śiṣyācāryatayā tathaiva pitṛputrādyātmanā bhedataḥ| svapne jāgrati vā ya eṣa puruṣo māyāparibhrāmitaḥ tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||8|| bhūrambhāṃsyanalo'nilo'mbaramaharnātho himāṃśuḥ pumān ityābhāti carācarātmakamidaṃ yasyaiva mūrtyaṣṭakam| nānyatkiñcana vidyate vimṛśatāṃ yasmātparasmādvibho -stasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||9|| sarvātmatvamiti sphuṭikṛtamidaṃ yasmādamuṣmin stave tenāsya śravaṇāttadarthamananāddhayānācca saṃkīrtanāt| sarvātmatvamahāvibhūtisahitaṃ syādīśvaratvaṃ svataḥ siddhyettatpunaraṣṭadhā pariṇatam caiśvaryamavyāhatam||10||

Reading & reflection

This hymn addresses Dakshinamurthy through devotional names and imagery. Begin with a quiet breath, read one verse at a time, and leave a short pause between stanzas.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 31234, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.