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दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् २ Shri Dakshinamurtyashtakam 2

dakṣiṇāmūrtyaṣṭakam 2

Shri Dakshinamurtyashtakam 2 (दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् २): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva, by Sachchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati Swamigal. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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  • Ashtaka

दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् २

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Verse 1

पायय जनमिमममृतं दुर्लभमितरस्य लोकस्य ।नतजनपारनदीक्षित मेधाधीदक्षिणामूर्ते ॥ १॥

pāyaya janamimamamṛtaṃ durlabhamitarasya lokasya |natajanapāranadīkṣita medhādhīdakṣiṇāmūrte || 1||

Verse 2

स्तोतुं वा नेतुं वा जडविषयासक्तहृन्न शक्रोमि ।नैसर्गिकी कुरु कृपां मयि वटतटवास दक्षिणामूर्ते ॥ २॥

stotuṃ vā netuṃ vā jaḍaviṣayāsaktahṛnna śakromi |naisargikī kuru kṛpāṃ mayi vaṭataṭavāsa dakṣiṇāmūrte || 2||

Verse 3

स्फुरतु मम हृदि तनुस्ते पुस्तकमुद्राक्षमालिकाकुम्भान् ।दधती चन्द्रार्धलसच्छीर्षा श्रीदक्षिणामूर्ते ॥ ३॥

sphuratu mama hṛdi tanuste pustakamudrākṣamālikākumbhān |dadhatī candrārdhalasacchīrṣā śrīdakṣiṇāmūrte || 3||

Verse 4

सहमान दक्षिणानन सहमानविहीनमत्कमन्तुततीः ।सहमानत्वं त्यज वा युक्तं कुर्वत्र यद्विभाति तव ॥ ४॥

sahamāna dakṣiṇānana sahamānavihīnamatkamantutatīḥ |sahamānatvaṃ tyaja vā yuktaṃ kurvatra yadvibhāti tava || 4||

Verse 5

मेधाप्रज्ञे जन्ममूकोऽपि लोकः प्राप्नोत्यङ्घ्रिं पूजयन्यस्य लोके ।तं पादाम्भोजातनम्रामरालिं मेधाप्रज्ञादक्षिणामूर्तिमीडे ॥ ५॥

medhāprajñe janmamūko'pi lokaḥ prāpnotyaṅghriṃ pūjayanyasya loke |taṃ pādāmbhojātanamrāmarāliṃ medhāprajñādakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe || 5||

Verse 6

गङ्गानिर्झरिणी हिमाद्रिकुहराद्यद्वत्सुधांशोः प्रभानिर्गच्छत्यतिवेगतः कमपि च त्यक्त्वा प्रयत्नं मुहुः ।तद्वद्यत्पदभक्तवक्त्रकुहराद्वाणी जवान्निसरेत्तं वन्दे मुनिवृन्दवन्द्यचरणं श्रीदक्षिणास्यं मुदा ॥ ६॥

gaṅgānirjhariṇī himādrikuharādyadvatsudhāṃśoḥ prabhānirgacchatyativegataḥ kamapi ca tyaktvā prayatnaṃ muhuḥ |tadvadyatpadabhaktavaktrakuharādvāṇī javānnisarettaṃ vande munivṛndavandyacaraṇaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāsyaṃ mudā || 6||

Verse 7

अप्पित्तार्कशशाङ्कनेत्रमगजासंलिङ्गिताङ्गं कृपावाराशिं विधिविष्णुमुख्यदिविजैः संसेविताङ्घ्रिं मुदा ।नन्दीशप्रमुखैर्गणैः परिवृतं नागास्यषड्वक्त्रयुक्पार्श्वं नीलगलं नमामि वटभूरुण्मूलवासं शिवम् ॥ ७॥

appittārkaśaśāṅkanetramagajāsaṃliṅgitāṅgaṃ kṛpāvārāśiṃ vidhiviṣṇumukhyadivijaiḥ saṃsevitāṅghriṃ mudā |nandīśapramukhairgaṇaiḥ parivṛtaṃ nāgāsyaṣaḍvaktrayukpārśvaṃ nīlagalaṃ namāmi vaṭabhūruṇmūlavāsaṃ śivam || 7||

Verse 8

शीतांशुप्रतिमानकान्तिवपुषं पीताम्बुराश्यादिभिर्मौनीन्द्रैः परिचिन्त्यमानमनिशं मोदाद्धृदम्भोरुहे ।शान्तानङ्गकटाक्षिभासिनिटिलं कान्तार्धकायं विभुंवन्दे चित्रचरित्रमिन्दुमुकुटं न्यग्रोधमूलाश्रयम् ॥ ८॥

śītāṃśupratimānakāntivapuṣaṃ pītāmburāśyādibhirmaunīndraiḥ paricintyamānamaniśaṃ modāddhṛdambhoruhe |śāntānaṅgakaṭākṣibhāsiniṭilaṃ kāntārdhakāyaṃ vibhuṃvande citracaritramindumukuṭaṃ nyagrodhamūlāśrayam || 8||

Verse 9

इति शृङ्गेरि श्रीजगद्गुरु श्रीसच्चिदानन्दशिवाभिनवनृसिंहभारतीस्वामिभिः विरचितं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śṛṅgeri śrījagadguru śrīsaccidānandaśivābhinavanṛsiṃhabhāratīsvāmibhiḥ viracitaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtyaṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् २ सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Dakshinamurtyashtakam 2 is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् २ (dakṣiṇāmūrtyaṣṭakam 2)). Sachchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati Swamigal. Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Dakshinamurtyashtakam 2 (दक्षिणामूर्त्यष्टकम् २): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva, by Sachchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati Swamigal. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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