॥ Dakshinamurthy Ashtakam English Lyrics ॥
॥ śrī daksinamūrtyastakam ॥
viśvaṁ darpanadr̥śyamananagarītulyaṁ nijantargataṁ
paśyannatmani mayaya bahirivōdbhūtaṁ yatha nidraya
yaḥ saksatkurutē prabōdhasamayē svatmanamēvadvayaṁ
tasmai śrīgurumūrtayē nama idaṁ śrīdaksinamūrtayē ॥ 1 ॥
bījasyantarivankurō jagadidaṁ prannirvikalpaṁ punaḥ
mayakalpitadēśakalakalanavaicitryacitrīkr̥tam
mayavīva vijr̥mbhayatyapi mahayōgīva yaḥ svēcchaya
tasmai śrīgurumūrtayē nama idaṁ śrīdaksinamūrtayē ॥ 2 ॥
yasyaiva sphuranaṁ sadatmakamasatkalparthagaṁ bhasatē
saksattattvamasīti vēdavacasa yō bōdhayatyaśritan
yatsaksatkaranadbhavēnna punaravr̥ttirbhavambhōnidhau
tasmai śrīgurumūrtayē nama idaṁ śrīdaksinamūrtayē ॥ 3 ॥
nanacchidraghatōdarasthitamahadīpaprabhabhasvaraṁ
jñanaṁ yasya tu caksuradikaranadvara bahiḥ spandatē
janamīti tamēva bhantamanubhatyētatsamastaṁ jagat
tasmai śrīgurumūrtayē nama idaṁ śrīdaksinamūrtayē ॥ 4 ॥
dēhaṁ pranamapīndriyanyapi calaṁ buddhiṁ ca śūnyaṁ viduḥ
strībalandhajadōpamastvahamiti bhranta bhr̥śaṁ vadinaḥ
mayaśaktivilasakalpitamahavyamōhasaṁharinē
tasmai śrīgurumūrtayē nama idaṁ śrīdaksinamūrtayē ॥ 5 ॥
rahugrastadivakarēndusadr̥śō mayasamacchadanat
sanmatraḥ karanōpasaṁharanatō yō:’bhūtsusuptaḥ puman
pragasvapsamiti prabōdhasamayē yaḥ pratyabhijñayatē
tasmai śrīgurumūrtayē nama idaṁ śrīdaksinamūrtayē ॥ 6 ॥
balyadisvapi jagradadisu tatha sarvasvavasthasvapi
vyavr̥ttasvanuvartamanamahamityantaḥ sphurantaṁ sada
svatmanaṁ prakatīkarōti bhajataṁ yō mudraya bhadraya
tasmai śrīgurumūrtayē nama idaṁ śrīdaksinamūrtayē ॥ 7 ॥
viśvaṁ paśyati karyakaranataya svasvamisambandhataḥ
śisyacaryataya tathaiva pitr̥putradyatmana bhēdataḥ
svapnē jagrati va ya ēsa purusō mayaparibhramitaḥ
tasmai śrīgurumūrtayē nama idaṁ śrīdaksinamūrtayē ॥ 8 ॥
bhūrambhaṁsyanalō:’nilō:’mbaramaharnathō himaṁśuḥ puman
ityabhati caracaratmakamidaṁ yasyaiva mūrtyastakam
nanyatkiñcana vidyatē vimr̥śataṁ yasmatparasmadvibhōḥ
tasmai śrīgurumūrtayē nama idaṁ śrīdaksinamūrtayē ॥ 9 ॥
sarvatmatvamiti sphutīkr̥tamidaṁ yasmadamusmiṁstavē
tēnasya śravanattadarthamananaddhyanacca sankīrtanat
sarvatmatvamahavibhūtisahitaṁ syadīśvaratvaṁ svataḥ
siddhyēttatpunarastadha parinataṁ caiśvaryamavyahatam ॥ 10 ॥
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