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    This hymn praises Dakshinamurti, an aspect of Shiva who taught through silence. It describes Dakshinamurti as a youthful guru surrounded by devoted disciples, radiating inner bliss and wisdom. The hymn contains verses that praise Dakshinamurti for revealing the true nature of Brahman/Self through silent teaching, for perceiving the universe as an illusion yet remaining unaffected, and for destroying the delusion of ignorance through instructing devotees in the truth of "Thou Art That".

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    This hymn praises Dakshinamurti, an aspect of Shiva who taught through silence. It describes Dakshinamurti as a youthful guru surrounded by devoted disciples, radiating inner bliss and wisdom. The hymn contains verses that praise Dakshinamurti for revealing the true nature of Brahman/Self through silent teaching, for perceiving the universe as an illusion yet remaining unaffected, and for destroying the delusion of ignorance through instructing devotees in the truth of "Thou Art That".

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    This hymn praises Dakshinamurti, an aspect of Shiva who taught through silence. It describes Dakshinamurti as a youthful guru surrounded by devoted disciples, radiating inner bliss and wisdom. The hymn contains verses that praise Dakshinamurti for revealing the true nature of Brahman/Self through silent teaching, for perceiving the universe as an illusion yet remaining unaffected, and for destroying the delusion of ignorance through instructing devotees in the truth of "Thou Art That".

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    The hymn is a prayer to Dakshinamurti, who is described as a youth and the most eminent guru. It mentions his qualities like being of the nature of bliss and having a benign countenance.

    The hymn is a prayer and description of Dakshinamurti, who taught through silence to reveal the true nature of the Self.

    Dakshinamurti is described as a youth, the most eminent guru, having the hand-pose indicating illumination, being of the nature of bliss, reveling in himself, and having a benign countenance.

    HYMN TO SRI DAKSHINAMURTI

    Invocation
    Sankara who appeared as Dakshinamurti to grant peace
    to the great ascetics,1 who revealed His true state of silence, and
    who expressed the nature of the Self in this hymn,
    abides in me.
    Text
    1. He who teaches through silence the nature of the Supreme
    Brahman, who is a youth, who is the most eminent guru
    surrounded by the most competent disciples that remain steadfast
    in Brahman, who has the hand-pose indicating illumination, who
    is of the nature of bliss, who revels in himself, who has a benign
    countenance — that Father who has a south-facing form, we adore.

    2. To him who by maya, as by a dream, sees within himself the


    universe which is inside him, like a city that appears in a mirror,
    (but) which is manifested as if external to him, who apprehends,
    at the time of awakening, his own single Self — to him, the
    primal guru, Dakshinamurti, may this obeisance be!

    1
    Brahma’s four sons.
    SRI DAKSHINAMURTI
    STOTRA

    Mangalam
    MannumÅ munivarar ±anti mannavÉ
    Tenmuka mârt-tiyÅyt tigazhndu mánamÅn
    Tannilai tigazhti-ith-thudiyiŸ tanmayam
    Chonnavach SaÙkaran tunnum ennu¿É.
    Nul*
    1. MounamÅ murai-yÅŸ kÅÊÊu mÅbbrama vastu vÅlan
    Siva-nilait tavar char-ch≠dar cheŸi-guru varan chiŸ-kaiyan
    Uvagai-yár uruvan tannu¿ uvap-pavan ka¿i-mu gat-tan
    Avanai-yÅn tenpÅl mârtti appanai yÉttu-vámÉ.

    2. Ulagu kaœœÅØi yârnÉr uŸat-tanu¿ añjñÅ nattÅl


    Ve¿iyi-niŸ tuyiŸ kanÅppál vi¿an-giØak kaœØu jñÅna
    NilaiyuŸu nÉran tannai oruvanÅ evanÉr kÅœban
    Talai-yuŸu guru-vÅm anda dak„hiœÅ mârtti páÊÊŸi.

    *Six-word viruttam metre.


    212 PART V: FRIDAY
    3. To him who like a magician2 or even like a great yogi, displays
    by his own power this universe, which at the beginning is
    undifferentiated like the sprout in the seed, but which is made
    differentiated under the varied conditions of space, time, and
    karma and posited by maya — to him, the guru
    Dakshinamurti, may this obeisance be!

    4. To him whose luminosity alone, which is of the nature of


    existence, shines forth, entering the objective world which is
    like the nonexistent; to him who instructs those who resort to
    him through the text ‘That thou art’; to him by realizing whom
    there will be no more falling into the ocean of birth — to him
    who is the refuge of the ascetics, the guru Dakshinamurti, may
    this obeisance be!

    5. To him who is luminous like the light of a lamp set in a pot


    with many holes; to him whose knowledge moves outward
    through the eye and other sense organs; to him who is effulgent
    as ‘I know’, and the entire universe shines after him — to him,
    the unmoving guru Dakshinamurti, may this obeisance be!

    6. They who know the ‘I’ as body, breath, senses, intellect, or the
    void, are deluded like women3 and children, and the blind and
    the stupid, and talk much. To him who destroys the great delusion
    produced by ignorance — to him who removes the obstacles to
    knowledge, the guru Dakshinamurti, may this obeisance be!

    7. To him, who sleeps when the manifested mind gets resolved,


    on account of the veiling by maya, like the sun or the moon
    in eclipse, and on waking recognizes self-existence in the form

    2
    Mayavi: magician. The Lord himself, unaffected by his own magic (while
    others consider the illusion real,) is not entangled in his own creation.
    3
    It should be borne in mind that in ancient times, women were not formally
    educated.
    Sri Dakshinamurti Stotra 213

    3. Vittu¿É mu¿aipál munnam vikalpa-mil ichja gampin


    KaŸpita mÅyÅ dÉya kÅla-kar mattÅŸ paŸpal
    Chit-tiram virippan yÅvan siddanu mÅyi ganpáŸ
    SattiyÅŸ guru-vÅm anda dak„hiœÅ mârtti páÊÊŸi.

    4. Evano¿i uœmai yinmai iyai-poru¿ ilaÙgu nÉrÉ


    Evanadu n≠yÅnÅ yen ØŸisait-tuœart tuvan-sÉrn dárai
    Evanai-nÉr kaœin m≠œØum ibbavak kaØalv≠zh villai
    Tava-ruŸu guru-vÅm anda dak„hiœÅ mârtti páÊÊŸi.

    5. Pala-tu¿aik kuØattu¿ d≠pap pÅi-katir pályÅr jñÅnam


    VizhimudaŸ poŸi-vÅip pÅindu ve¿i-sarit taŸindÉ nenna
    Vi¿aÙ-giØum evanaich sÅrndu vi¿angu-miv avani yÅvuñ
    ChalamaŸu guru-vÅm anda dak„hiœÅ mârtti páÊÊŸi.

    6. UØaluyir poŸiga¿ pundi onØŸupÅzh agamÅt tÉrvar


    MaØan-daiyar bÅlar andar maØaiarÉi mâØa vÅdi
    MaØa-maiyÅl vi¿ai-yum ammÅ mayak-kamÉ mÅykku jñÅnat
    TaØai-yaŸu guru-vÅm anda dak„hiœÅ mârtti páÊÊŸi.

    7. IrÅgu-paÊ ÊŸi-ravi tiÙga¿ ena-vu¿an mÅyai mâØap


    ParÅ-vu¿a moØuÙ-gat tângip paraviØa uœaruÙ kÅlam
    214 PART V: FRIDAY
    ‘I have slept till now’ — to him, the guru of all that moves and
    moves not, Dakshinamurti, may this obeisance be!

    8. To him who, by means of the hand pose indicating illumination,


    manifests to his devotees his own Self that forever shines within
    as ‘I’, constantly, in all the inconstant states such as infancy and
    waking — to him whose eye is of the form of the fire of
    knowledge, the guru Dakshinamurti, may this obeisance be!

    9. To the self who, deluded by maya, sees, in dreaming and waking,


    the universe in its distinctions such as cause and effect, master
    and servant, disciple and teacher, and father and son — to him,
    the guru of the world, Dakshinamurti, may this obeisance be!

    10. To him whose eightfold form is all this moving and unmoving
    universe, appearing as earth, water, fire, air, ether, the sun, the
    moon, and soul; beyond whom, supreme and all-pervading,
    there exists naught else for those who enquire — to him the
    gracious guru Dakshinamurti, may this obeisance be!

    11. In this hymn, Selfhood has been explained. By listening to it,


    reflecting on its meaning, meditating on it, and reciting it,
    there will come about mastery together with the supreme
    splendour consisting in Selfhood; thence will be achieved the
    unimpeded supernatural power presenting itself in eight
    forms.4

    4
    Eight forms of wealth, which include worldly benefits.
    Sri Dakshinamurti Stotra 215

    PurÅ-vuŸaÙ ginanÅ nenØŸu bádanÅm evanpu mÅnÅyach


    CharÅ-chara guru-vÅm anda dak„hiœÅ mârtti páÊÊŸti.

    8. Kuzhavi-mun nanavu munnÅk kâŸu-pal avastai-yellÅñ


    Chuzha-linuÙ kalan dirundÉ jolikku-mu¿ agamÅ nÅ¿uÙ
    Kazhal-vizhu várkkÅr tannaik kÅÊÊuvan chiŸ kuŸippÅl
    Tazhal-vizhik guru-vÅm anda dak„hiœÅ mârtti páÊÊŸi.

    9. UlagaiyÅ rippu mÅnák kuŸum-pala nanÅk kanÅviŸ


    KalaÙgiyÉ mÅyai yÅlÉ kÅriya kÅra œampin
    Talai-vanun dÅsan s≠Øan guru-magan tandai yÅdi
    Tala-muru guru-vÅm anda dak„hiœÅ mârtti páÊÊŸi.

    10. Maœpunal anal-kÅl vÅna madi-kadi ránpu mÅnum


    EnØŸo¿ir charÅ charañ-chÉr idu-yevan eÊÊu mârttam
    EœœuvÅrk kiŸai niŸain-dán evanin anni-yañ chaÊÊŸin-ØŸÅm
    TaœœaruÊ guru-vÅm anda dak„hiœÅ mârtti páÊÊŸi.

    11. Saruva-mun tÅnÅ nanØŸÅic chÅÊÊŸu-mit tátti rattin


    Srava-œan tannÅl artta chin-tanam dhiyÅnaÙ gÅnam
    Puri-vadÅl ellÅn tÅnÅm bâti-sÉr ≠san tanmai
    Maru-viØu maÊÊŸu meÊÊÅ maØi-vaŸu selvan tÅnÉ.

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