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दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् १ Shri Dakshinamurti Ashtakam

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Shri Dakshinamurti Ashtakam (दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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  • Śiva
  • Ashtaka

दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् १

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Verse 1

अगणितगुणगणमप्रमेमाद्यंसकलजगत्स्थितिसम्यमादिहेतुम् ।उपरतमनोयोगिहृन्मन्दिरम्तंसततमहं दक्षिणामूर्तिमीडे ॥ १॥

agaṇitaguṇagaṇamapramemādyaṃsakalajagatsthitisamyamādihetum |uparatamanoyogihṛnmandiramtaṃsatatamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 1||

Verse 2

निरवधिसुखमिष्टदातारमीड्यंनतजनमनस्तापभेदैकदक्षम् ।भवविपिनदवाग्निनामधेयंसततमहं दक्षिणामूर्तिमीडे ॥ २॥

niravadhisukhamiṣṭadātāramīḍyaṃnatajanamanastāpabhedaikadakṣam |bhavavipinadavāgnināmadheyaṃsatatamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 2||

Verse 3

त्रिभुवनगुरुमागमैकप्रमाणंत्रिजगत्कारणसूत्रयोगमायम् ।रविशतभास्वरमीहितप्रधानंसततमहं दक्षिणामूर्तिमीडे ॥ ३॥

tribhuvanagurumāgamaikapramāṇaṃtrijagatkāraṇasūtrayogamāyam |raviśatabhāsvaramīhitapradhānaṃsatatamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 3||

Verse 4

अविरतभवभावनादिदूरंपदपद्मद्वयभाविनामदूरम् ।भवजलधिसुतारणमङ्घ्रिपोतंसततमहं दक्षिणामूर्तिमीडे ॥ ४॥

aviratabhavabhāvanādidūraṃpadapadmadvayabhāvināmadūram |bhavajaladhisutāraṇamaṅghripotaṃsatatamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 4||

Verse 5

कृतनिलयमनिशं वटाकमूलेनिगमशिखाव्रातबोधितैकरूपम् ।धृतमुद्राङ्गुळिगम्यचारुरूपंसततमहं दक्षिणामूर्तिमीडे ॥ ५॥

kṛtanilayamaniśaṃ vaṭākamūlenigamaśikhāvrātabodhitaikarūpam |dhṛtamudrāṅguḷigamyacārurūpaṃsatatamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 5||

Verse 6

द्रुहिणसुतपूजिताङ्घ्रिपद्मंपदपद्मानतमोक्षदानदक्षम् ।कृतगुरुकुलवासयोगिमित्रंसततमहं दक्षिणामूर्तिमीडे ॥ ६॥

druhiṇasutapūjitāṅghripadmaṃpadapadmānatamokṣadānadakṣam |kṛtagurukulavāsayogimitraṃsatatamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 6||

Verse 7

यतिवरहृदये सदा विभान्तंरतिपतिशतकोटिसुन्दराङ्गमाद्यम् ।परहितनिरतात्मनं सुसेव्यंसततमहं दक्षिणामूर्तिमीडे ॥ ७॥

yativarahṛdaye sadā vibhāntaṃratipatiśatakoṭisundarāṅgamādyam |parahitaniratātmanaṃ susevyaṃsatatamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 7||

Verse 8

स्मितधवळविकासिताननाब्जंश्रुतिसुलभं वृषभाधिरूढगात्रम् ।सितजलजसुशोभिदेहकान्तिंसततमहं दक्षिणामूर्तिमीडे ॥ ८॥

smitadhavaḷavikāsitānanābjaṃśrutisulabhaṃ vṛṣabhādhirūḍhagātram |sitajalajasuśobhidehakāntiṃsatatamahaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 8||

Verse 9

वृषभकृतमिदमिष्टसिद्धिदंगुरुवरदेवसन्निधौ पठेद्यः ।सकलदुरितदुःखवर्गहानिंव्रजति चिरं ज्ञानवान् शम्भुलोकम् ॥ ९॥

vṛṣabhakṛtamidamiṣṭasiddhidaṃguruvaradevasannidhau paṭhedyaḥ |sakaladuritaduḥkhavargahāniṃvrajati ciraṃ jñānavān śambhulokam || 9||

Verse 10

इति श्रीव्ऱ्^षभदेवविरचितं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīvr^ṣabhadevaviracitaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtyaṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् १ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Dakshinamurti Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् १ (dakṣiṇāmūrtyaṣṭakam 1)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Dakshinamurti Ashtakam (दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् १): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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