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दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् ३ Shri Dakshinamurti Ashtakam (2)

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Shri Dakshinamurti Ashtakam (2) (दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् ३): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् ३

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Verse 1

श्रीव्यास उवाचः ।श्रीमद्गुरो निखिलवेदशिरोनिगूढब्रह्मात्मबोध सुखसान्द्रतनो महात्मन् ।श्रीकान्तवाक्पति मुखाखिलदेवसङ्घस्वात्मावबोधकपरेश नमो नमस्ते ॥ १॥

śrīvyāsa uvācaḥ |śrīmadguro nikhilavedaśironigūḍhabrahmātmabodha sukhasāndratano mahātman |śrīkāntavākpati mukhākhiladevasaṅghasvātmāvabodhakapareśa namo namaste || 1||

Verse 2

सान्निध्यमात्रमुपलभ्यसमस्तमेतदाभाति यस्य जगदत्र चराचरं च ।चिन्मात्रतां निज कराङ्गुलि मुद्रयायस्स्वस्यानिशं वदति नाथ नमो नमस्ते ॥ २॥

sānnidhyamātramupalabhyasamastametadābhāti yasya jagadatra carācaraṃ ca |cinmātratāṃ nija karāṅguli mudrayāyassvasyāniśaṃ vadati nātha namo namaste || 2||

Verse 3

जीवेश्वराद्यखिलमत्र विकारजातंजातं यतस्स्थतमनन्तसुखे च यस्मिन् ।येनोपसंहृतमखण्डचिदेकशक्त्यास्वाभिन्नयैव जगदीश नमो नमस्ते ॥ ३॥

jīveśvarādyakhilamatra vikārajātaṃjātaṃ yatassthatamanantasukhe ca yasmin |yenopasaṃhṛtamakhaṇḍacidekaśaktyāsvābhinnayaiva jagadīśa namo namaste || 3||

Verse 4

यस्स्वांशजीवसुखदुःखफलोपभोगहेतोर्वपूंषि विविधानि च भौतिकानि ।निर्माय तत्र विशता करणैस्सहन्तेजीवेन साक्ष्यमत एव नमो नमस्ते ॥ ४॥

yassvāṃśajīvasukhaduḥkhaphalopabhogahetorvapūṃṣi vividhāni ca bhautikāni |nirmāya tatra viśatā karaṇaissahantejīvena sākṣyamata eva namo namaste || 4||

Verse 5

हृत्पुण्डरीकगतचिन्मणिमात्मरूपम्यस्मिन् समर्पयति योगबलेन विद्वान् ।यः पूर्णबोधसुखलक्षण एकरूपआकाशवद्विभुरुमेश नमो नमस्ते ॥ ५॥

hṛtpuṇḍarīkagatacinmaṇimātmarūpamyasmin samarpayati yogabalena vidvān |yaḥ pūrṇabodhasukhalakṣaṇa ekarūpaākāśavadvibhurumeśa namo namaste || 5||

Verse 6

यन्मायया हरिहर द्रुहिणा बभूवुस्सृष्ट्यादिकारिण इमे जगतामधीशाः ।यद्विद्ययैव परयात्रहि वश्यमायास्थैर्यं गता गुरुवरेश नमो नमस्ते ॥ ६॥

yanmāyayā harihara druhiṇā babhūvussṛṣṭyādikāriṇa ime jagatāmadhīśāḥ |yadvidyayaiva parayātrahi vaśyamāyāsthairyaṃ gatā guruvareśa namo namaste || 6||

Verse 7

स्त्रीपुंनपुंसकसमाह्वयलिङ्गहीनोऽप्यास्तेत्रिलिङ्गक उमेशतया य एव ।सत्यप्रबोध सुखरूपतया त्वरूपवत्त्वेन च त्रिजगदीश नमो नमस्ते ॥ ७॥

strīpuṃnapuṃsakasamāhvayaliṅgahīno'pyāstetriliṅgaka umeśatayā ya eva |satyaprabodha sukharūpatayā tvarūpavattvena ca trijagadīśa namo namaste || 7||

Verse 8

जीवत्रयं भ्रमति वै यदविद्ययैवसंसारचक्र इह दुस्तर दुःखहेतौ ।यद्विद्ययैव निजबोधरतं स्ववश्याविद्यञ्च तद्भवति साम्ब नमो नमस्ते ॥ ८॥

jīvatrayaṃ bhramati vai yadavidyayaivasaṃsāracakra iha dustara duḥkhahetau |yadvidyayaiva nijabodharataṃ svavaśyāvidyañca tadbhavati sāmba namo namaste || 8||

Verse 9

इति श्रीगुरुज्ञानवासिष्ठज्ञानकाण्डस्य द्वितीयपादे प्रथमाध्यायेश्रीव्यासकृतं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīgurujñānavāsiṣṭhajñānakāṇḍasya dvitīyapāde prathamādhyāyeśrīvyāsakṛtaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtyaṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् ३ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Dakshinamurti Ashtakam (2) is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् ३ (dakṣiṇāmūrtyaṣṭakam 3)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Dakshinamurti Ashtakam (2) (दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् ३): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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