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दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् ५ अथवा मेधादक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् Shri Medha Dakshinamurtistotram

dakṣiṇāmūrtistotram 5 athavā medhādakṣiṇāmūrtistotram

Shri Medha Dakshinamurtistotram (दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् ५ अथवा मेधादक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम्): a stotra to Śiva. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् ५ अथवा मेधादक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम्

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Verse 1

नतखेटनिशाटकिरीटतटी घटितोपलपाटलपीठितलम् ।तडिदाभजटापटलीमकुटं वटमूलकुटीनिलयं कलये ॥ १॥

natakheṭaniśāṭakirīṭataṭī ghaṭitopalapāṭalapīṭhitalam |taḍidābhajaṭāpaṭalīmakuṭaṃ vaṭamūlakuṭīnilayaṃ kalaye || 1||

Verse 2

स्मरणं खलु यच्चरणाम्बुजयोर्भरणाय भवोत्तरणाय भवेत् ।शरणं करुणावरुणावसथं भज बालसुधाकिरणाभरणम् ॥ २॥

smaraṇaṃ khalu yaccaraṇāmbujayorbharaṇāya bhavottaraṇāya bhavet |śaraṇaṃ karuṇāvaruṇāvasathaṃ bhaja bālasudhākiraṇābharaṇam || 2||

Verse 3

परिकीर्णसुवर्णसवर्णजटाभ्रमदभ्रसरिच्छरदभ्ररुचिः ।मकुटोकुटिलं छटयन् शशिनं निटिलेनलदृग्जटिलो जयति ॥ ३॥

parikīrṇasuvarṇasavarṇajaṭābhramadabhrasariccharadabhraruciḥ |makuṭokuṭilaṃ chaṭayan śaśinaṃ niṭilenaladṛgjaṭilo jayati || 3||

Verse 4

वरभूजकुटीघटितस्फटिकोपलकुट्टिमवेदितले विमले ।स्मितफुल्लमुखं चिदुपात्तसुखं पुरवैरिमहः करवै हृदये ॥ ४॥

varabhūjakuṭīghaṭitasphaṭikopalakuṭṭimaveditale vimale |smitaphullamukhaṃ cidupāttasukhaṃ puravairimahaḥ karavai hṛdaye || 4||

Verse 5

अकलङ्कशशाङ्कसहस्रसहोदरदीधितिदीपितदिग्वलयम् ।निगमागमनीरधिनिर्मथनोदितमाकलयाम्यमृतं किमपि ॥ ५॥

akalaṅkaśaśāṅkasahasrasahodaradīdhitidīpitadigvalayam |nigamāgamanīradhinirmathanoditamākalayāmyamṛtaṃ kimapi || 5||

Verse 6

विषभूषमपाकृतदोषचयं मुनिवेषविशेषमशेषगुरुम् ।धृतचिन्मयमुद्रमहं कलये गतनिद्रममुद्रसमाधिविधौ ॥ ६॥

viṣabhūṣamapākṛtadoṣacayaṃ muniveṣaviśeṣamaśeṣagurum |dhṛtacinmayamudramahaṃ kalaye gatanidramamudrasamādhividhau || 6||

Verse 7

दृढयोगरसानुभवोत्कलिकं प्रसरत्पुलकं क्रतुभुक्तिलकम् ।भसितोल्लसितालिकविस्फुरितानलदृक्तिलकं कलयेन्दुशिखम् ॥ ७॥

dṛḍhayogarasānubhavotkalikaṃ prasaratpulakaṃ kratubhuktilakam |bhasitollasitālikavisphuritānaladṛktilakaṃ kalayenduśikham || 7||

Verse 8

वद चित्त किमात्तमभूद्भवता भ्रमता बहुधाखिलदिक्षु मुधा ।निजशर्मकरं कुरु कर्म परं भवमेव भयापहमाकलय ॥ ८॥

vada citta kimāttamabhūdbhavatā bhramatā bahudhākhiladikṣu mudhā |nijaśarmakaraṃ kuru karma paraṃ bhavameva bhayāpahamākalaya || 8||

Verse 9

वरपुस्तकहस्तमपास्ततमः श्रुतिमस्तकशस्तसमस्तगुणम् ।मम निस्तुलवस्तु पुरोऽस्तु वरं प्रणवप्रवणप्रवरावगतम् ॥ ९॥

varapustakahastamapāstatamaḥ śrutimastakaśastasamastaguṇam |mama nistulavastu puro'stu varaṃ praṇavapravaṇapravarāvagatam || 9||

Verse 10

इति श्रीमेधादक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

iti śrīmedhādakṣiṇāmūrtistotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् ५ अथवा मेधादक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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About Shri Medha Dakshinamurtistotram

Shri Medha Dakshinamurtistotram is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् ५ अथवा मेधादक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् (dakṣiṇāmūrtistotram 5 athavā medhādakṣiṇāmūrtistotram)). Source: Stotra.

Shri Medha Dakshinamurtistotram (दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् ५ अथवा मेधादक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम्): a stotra to Śiva. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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