॥ Vyasa Krita Dakshinamurthy Ashtakam English Lyrics ॥
॥ śrī daksinamūrtyastakam (vyasa kr̥tam) ॥
śrīvyasa uvaca –
śrīmadgurō nikhilavēdaśirōnigūdha
brahmatmabōdha sukhasandratanō mahatman ।
śrīkantavakpati mukhakhiladēvasaṅgha
svatmavabōdhaka parēśa namō namastē ॥ 1 ॥
sannidhyamatramupalabhyasamastamēta-
dabhati yasya jagadatra caracaraṁ ca ।
cinmatrataṁ nija karaṅguli mudraya ya-
ssvasyaniśaṁ vadati natha namō namastē ॥ 2 ॥
jīvēśvaradyakhilamatra vikarajataṁ
jataṁ yatassthitamanantasukhē ca yasmin ।
yēnōpasaṁhr̥tamakhandacidēkaśaktya
svabhinnayaiva jagadīśa namō namastē ॥ 3 ॥
yassvamśajīvasukha duḥkha phalōpabhōga-
hētōrvapūmsi vividhani ca bhautikani ।
nirmaya tatra viśata karanaissahantē
jīvēna saksyamata ēva namō namastē ॥ 4 ॥
hr̥tpundarīkagatacinmanimatmarūpaṁ
yasmin samarpayati yōgabalēna vidvan ।
yaḥ pūrnabōdhasukhalaksana ēkarūpa
akaśavadvibhurumēśa namō namastē ॥ 5 ॥
yanmayaya harihara druhina babhūvu-
ssr̥styadikarina imē jagatamadhīśaḥ ।
yadvidyayaiva parayatrahi vaśyamaya
sthairyaṁ gata guruvarēśa namō namastē ॥ 6 ॥
strīpuṁnapuṁsakasamahvaya liṅgahīnō-
:’pyastētriliṅgaka umēśataya ya ēva ।
satyaprabōdha sukharūpataya tvarūpa-
vattvē na ca trijagatīśa namō namastē ॥ 7 ॥
jīvatrayaṁ bhramati vai yadavidyayaiva
saṁsaracakra iha dustaraduḥkha hētau ।
yadvidyayaiva nijabōdharataṁ svavaśya
vidyaṁ ca tadbhavati samba namō namastē ॥ 7 ॥
iti śrīgurujñanavasisthajñanakandasya dvitīyapadē prathamadhyayē śrīvyasakr̥ta daksinamūrtyastakam ।
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Vyasa Krita Dakshinamurthy Ashtakam in Sanskrit – English – Kannada – Telugu – Tamil