Lord Dakshinamurti

śrī dakṣiṇāmūrti manusuvarṇamālā stotram

(Sri Dakshinamurthy Manu Suvarnamala Stotram in English (IAST))

Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati

Also known as dakshinamurti suvarnamala stotram · manu suvarnamala · omiti nikhila deva

A golden garland strung on the mantra itself: the twenty-four verses take the twenty-four syllables of Dakshinamurti's manu in order, and each verse opens on the syllable whose turn it is, so that reciting the poem recites the mantra. It begins on Om — all the gods place his command on their heads, and he is the bee at the lotus of Om — and moves to na, where those who bow at his two feet become eloquent though dumb, and even the mute outdo their teachers in speech. Every verse ends on the same line, I bow to that Dakshinamurti. The colophon names the author as the Sringeri Jagadguru Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati, who composed several of the hymns in this group on the same acrostic principle.

|| śrī dakṣiṇāmūrti manusuvarṇamālā stotram ||
omiti nikhilā devā yasyājñāṃ śirasi kurvate satatam |
oṅkārapadmabhṛṅgaṃ tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 1 ||
natvā yatpadayugmaṃ mūkā api vāgvidhūtaguravaḥ syuḥ |
natajanarakṣaṇadakṣaṃ tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 2 ||
mohamataṅgajabhedanapañcāsyā yatpadāmbujapraṇatāḥ |
mohāndhakāramihiraṃ tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 3 ||
bhavavāridhimāśu taretkulyāmiva yatpadāmbujadhyānāt |
bhagavatpadādirūpaṃ tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 4 ||
gativijitahaṃsagarvaṃ gaganamarudvahnijaladharārūpam |
gajamukhaṣaḍāsyapūjitamaniśaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 5 ||
varayante'khilavidyāḥ svayameva yadaṅghripadmanamrajanān |
vanavāsalolacittaṃ tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 6 ||
tena jitaṃ jagadakhilaṃ tenaivāttaṃ samastabhāgyaṃ ca |
yena tvatpadayugalaṃ pūjitamapi jātu dakṣiṇāmūrte || 7 ||
damaśamamukhāstu suguṇāḥ prāpyante satvaraṃ yasya |
pādāmbujayuganamanāttamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 8 ||
kṣitipatayo dāsāḥ syuryatpādapāthojapūjakasyāśu |
kṣitidharaśikharāvāsaṃ tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 9 ||
ṇāṇeti yanmanusthaṃ varṇaṃ japtuḥ samastapuruṣārthāḥ |
karatalamadhyagatāḥ syustamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 10 ||
mūrtiṃ nirīkṣya mohaṃ prāpyāgasutā purā tapastepe |
yasya prāptyai suciraṃ tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 11 ||
tasyāṇimādisiddhirvinaiva yogaṃ bhavenna sandehaḥ |
taruṇendubhūṣitajaṭaṃ yastvāṃ namatīha dakṣiṇāmūrte || 12 ||
ye tvatpādābjayugalaṃ citte sandadhati dakṣiṇāmūrte |
tānmattavāraṇendrā dadhati turaṅgāḥ suvarṇaśibikāśca || 13 ||
mathitāsurasandohaṃ mānasacaramadrirājatanayāyāḥ |
mānapradamānamatāmaniśaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 14 ||
hyambhodhau luṭhatāṃ tatpāraṃ gantuṃ yadīyapadabhaktiḥ |
saṃsṛtirūpe naukā tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 15 ||
medhāprajñe ceṭībhāvaṃ vrajato yadaṅghrinatikartuḥ |
menāsakhajākāntaṃ tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 16 ||
dhāṃ bāpūrvāṃ nikhilāṃ yo'raṃ vārayati bhaktabṛndasya |
dhāmnāmapi dhāmatvadamaniśaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 17 ||
prajñāmātraśarīraṃ praṇatāghāmbhodhikumbhasañjātam |
pratyakṣaṃ natavitateḥ satataṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 18 ||
jñāṃśībhūtāñjīvān bhavamagnān brahmabodhadānena |
kurvāṇaṃ pravimuktān satataṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 19 ||
pratnavacastatigeyaṃ prajñādānapracaṇḍanijanamanam |
praṇavapratipādyatanuṃ satataṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 20 ||
yasyārdhavarṣmalābhādevābhūt sarvamaṅgalā girijā |
yamivarahṛdabjanilayaṃ tamahaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 21 ||
chatrībhūtavaṭāgaṃ channamavidyā''khyavāsasānādim |
chatrādinṛpavibhūtidamaniśaṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 22 ||
svāhāsvadhāniṣevyaṃ svākṛtisantoṣitāgajāhṛdayam |
svāhāsahāyatilakaṃ satataṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 23 ||
hāsādharīkṛtavidhuṃ hālāhalaśobhamānagaladeśam |
hārāyitāhirājaṃ satataṃ praṇamāmi dakṣiṇāmūrtim || 24 ||
|| upasaṃhāra ||
śrīmannṛsiṃhayatirāṭśiṣyaḥ śrīsaccidānandaḥ |
akarodguruvarakṛpayā stotraṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrteḥ || 25 ||
manuvarṇaghaṭitametat stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhati bhaktisamyuktaḥ |
tasmai vaṭataṭavāsī dadyāt sakalāḥ kalāstvaritam || 26 ||
|| iti śrījagadguru śrīsaccidānanda śivābhinava nṛsiṃha bhāratī svāmibhiḥ viracitaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtimanu suvarṇamālā stotram sampūrṇam ||

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