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dakshhiNaa moorti stotram

shaaMtipaaThaH
oM yo brahmaaNaM vidadhaati poorvaM
yo vai vedaaMshcha prahiNoti tasmai |
taMhadevamaatma buddhiprakaashaM
mumukshhurvai sharaNamahaM prapadye ‖

dhyaanam
oM maunavyaakhyaa prakaTitaparabrahmatatvaMyuvaanaM
varshishhThaaMtevasadRRishhigaNairaavRRitaM brahmanishhThaiH |
aacaaryeMdraM karakalita chinmudramaanaMdamoortiM
svaatmaraamaM muditavadanaM dakshhiNaamoortimeeDe ‖

vaTaviTapisameepe bhoomibhaage nishhaNNaM
sakalamunijanaanaaM gnyaanadaataaramaaraat |
tribhuvanagurumeeshaM dakshhiNaamoortidevaM
jananamaraNaduHkhacCheda dakshhaM namaami ‖

citraM vaTatarormoole vRRiddhaaH shishhyaaH gururyuvaa |
gurostu maunavyaakhyaanaM shishhyaastucChinnasaMshayaaH ‖

oM namaH praNavaarthaaya shuddhagnyaanaikamoortaye |
nirmalaaya prashaaMtaaya dakshhiNaamoortaye namaH ‖

gururbrahmaa gururvishhNuH gururdevo maheshvaraH |
gurussaakshhaat paraM brahmaa tasmai shree gurave namaH ‖

nidhaye sarvavidyaanaaM bhishhaje bhavarogiNaam |
gurave sarvalokaanaaM dakshhiNaamoortaye namaH ‖

chidoghanaaya maheshaaya vaTamoolanivaasine |
saccidaanaMda roopaaya dakshhiNaamoortaye namaH ‖

eeshvaro gururaatmeti mootribheda vibhaagine |
vyomavad vyaaptadehaaya dakshhiNaamoortaye namaH ‖

aMgushhthatarjaneeyogamudraa vyaajenayoginaam |
shRRityarthaM brahmajeevaikyaM darshayanyogataa shivaH ‖

oM shaaMtiH shaaMtiH shaaMtiH ‖

vishvaMdarpaNa dRRishyamaana nagaree tulyaM nijaaMtargataM
pashyannaatmani maayayaa bahirivodbhootaM yathaanidrayaa |
yassaakshhaatkurute prabhodhasamaye svaatmaaname vaadvayaM
tasmai shreegurumoortaye nama idaM shree dakshhiNaamoortaye ‖ 1 ‖

beejasyaaMtati vaaMkuro jagaditaM praannarvikalpaM punaH
maayaakalpita deshakaalakalanaa vaichitryachitreekRRitaM |
maayaaveeva vijRRiMbhayatyapi mahaayogeeva yaH svechChayaa
tasmai shreegurumoortaye nama idaM shree dakshhiNaamoortaye ‖ 2 ‖

yasyaiva sphuraNaM sadaatmakamasatkalpaarthakaM bhaasate
saakshhaattatvamaseeti vedavachasaa yo bodhayatyaashritaan |
yassaakshhaatkaraNaadbhavenna puranaavRRittirbhavaaMbhonidhau
tasmai shreegurumoortaye nama idaM shree dakshhiNaamoortaye ‖ 3 ‖

naanaachChidra ghaTodara sthita mahaadeepa prabhaabhaasvaraM
gnyaanaM yasya tu chakshhuraadikaraNa dvaaraa bahiH spaMdate |
jaanaameeti tameva bhaaMtamanubhaatyetatsamastaM jagat
tasmai shree gurumoortaye nama idaM shree dakshhiNaamoortaye ‖ 4 ‖

dehaM praaNamapeeMdriyaaNyapi chalaaM buddhiM cha shoonyaM viduH
stree baalaaMdha jaDopamaastvahamiti bhraaMtaabhRRishaM vaadinaH |
maayaashakti vilaasakalpita mahaavyaamoha saMhaariNe
tasmai shree gurumoortaye nama idaM shree dakshhiNaamoortaye ‖ 5 ‖

raahugrasta divaakareMdu sadRRisho maayaa samaachChaadanaat
sanmaatraH karaNopa saMharaNato yo.abhootsushhuptaH pumaan |
praagasvaapsamiti prabhodasamaye yaH pratyabhignyaayate
tasmai shree gurumoortaye nama idaM shree dakshhiNaamoortaye ‖ 6 ‖

baalyaadishhvapi jaagradaadishhu tathaa sarvaasvavasthaasvapi
vyaavRRittaa svanu vartamaana mahamityaMtaH sphuraMtaM sadaa |
svaatmaanaM prakaTeekaroti bhajataaM yo mudrayaa bhadrayaa
tasmai shree gurumoortaye nama idaM shree dakshhiNaamoortaye ‖ 7 ‖

vishvaM pashyati kaaryakaaraNatayaa svasvaamisaMbaMdhataH
shishhyachaaryatayaa tathaiva pitRRi putraadyaatmanaa bhedataH |
svapne jaagrati vaa ya eshha purushho maayaa paribhraamitaH
tasmai shree gurumoortaye nama idaM shree dakshhiNaamoortaye ‖ 8 ‖

bhooraMbhaaMsyanalo.anilo.aMbara maharnaatho himaaMshuH pumaan
ityaabhaati charaacharaatmakamidaM yasyaiva moortyashhTakam |
naanyatkiMchana vidyate vimRRishataaM yasmaatparasmaadvibho
tasmai gurumoortaye nama idaM shree dakshhiNaamoortaye ‖ 9 ‖

sarvaatmatvamiti sphuTeekRRitamidaM yasmaadamushhmin stave
tenaasva shravaNaattadartha mananaaddhyaanaaccha saMkeertanaat |
sarvaatmatvamahaavibhooti sahitaM syaadeeshvaratvaM svataH
siddhyettatpunarashhTadhaa pariNataM chaishvarya mavyaahatam ‖ 10 ‖


‖ iti shreemacChaMkaraacaaryaviracitaM dakshhiNaamurtistotraM saMpoorNam ‖