Dakshinamurti Stotram (continuation)🔗

Dhyana shloka (Invocatory verse):

vishvam pashyati kaaryakaaranatayaa svasvaamisambandhatah shishyaachaaryatayaa tathaiva pitrputraadyaatmanaa bhedatah svapne jaagrati vaa ya esha purusho maayaaparibhraamitah tasmai shri gurumurtaye nama idam shri dakshinaamurtaye [8]

Those who see the world in terms of cause and effect, perceive in the undivided atman such dualities as I-mine, teacher-taught, father-son, etc. But the One remains undeluded (though seeing these distinctions caused by Maya) even in the states of waking or dream - to that Dakshinamurti, who is embodied in the auspicious Guru, I offer my salutations.

bhurambhaasya’nalo’nilo’mbaram aharnaatho himaanshuh pumaan ityaabhaati charaacharaatmakam idam yasyaiva murtyashtakam naanyatkinchana vidyate vimrishataam yasmaatparasmaadvibhoh tasmai shri gurumurtaye nama idam shri dakshinaamurtaye [9]

It is the one Consciousness whose unmanifest eightfold form shines as the moving and unmoving universe (including the five elements, the sun, the moon and man). By His grace alone, all these manifestation also disappear, and nothing remains to be perceived but the one Divine. To that Dakshinamurti, who is embodied in the auspicious Guru, I offer my salutations.

Dakshinamurti Stotram (continuation)

Dhyana shloka (Invocatory verse):

sarvaatmatvamiti sphutikritamidam yasmaadamushhmin stave tenaasya shravanaat tadarthamananaad dhyaanaachcha sankirtanaat sarvaatmatva mahaavibhuti sahitam syaad ishvaratvam svatah siddhyet tatpunarashtadhaa parinatam chaishvaryam avyaahahritam [10]

The verse points out to the all pervasiveness of the indwelling Spirit, Atman. By the recital, contemplation and meditation of this hymn, the disciple attains the state of oneness with Atman and realizes his unity with the universe, thus becoming the very essence of theeightfold manifestation.

Concluding verse:

vatavitapisamipe bhuumibhaage nishhannam sakalamunijanaanaam gyanadaataaramaaraat tribhuvanagurumisham dakshinaamurtidevam jananamarana duhkha chheda daksham namaami

Salutations to the divine Dakshinamurti, who sits under a banyan tree and bestows knowledge instantly on all the sages (and the devoted disciples); the lord and guru of the three worlds, whose wisdom destroys the sorrows of birth and death.