ଶ୍ରୀ ଦକ୍ଷିଣାମୂର୍ତି ମନୁସୁଵର୍ଣମାଲା ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରମ୍

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.