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visvam darpanadrsyamananagaritulyam nijantargatam
pasyannatmani mayaya bahirivodbhutam yatha nidraya |
yah saksatkurute prabodhasamaye svatmanamevadvayam
tasmai srigurumurtaye nama idam sridakṣinamurtaye ||

bijasyantarivankuro jagadidam prangnirvikalpam punah
mayakalpitadesakālakalanāvaicitryacitrikrtam |
mayaviva vijrmbhayatyapi mahayogiva yah svecchaya
tasmai srigurumurtaye nama idam sridakṣinamurtaye ||

yasyaiva sphuranam sadatmakamasatkalparthagam bhasate
saksattattvamasiiti vedavacasa yo bodhayatyasritan |
yatsaksatkaranadbhavenna punaravrttirbhavambhonidhau
tasmai srigurumurtaye nama idam sridakṣinamurtaye ||

nanacchidraghatodarasthitamahadipaprabhābhasvaram
jnanam yasya tu caksuradikaranadvara bahih spandate |
janamiti tameva bhantamanubhatyetatsamastam jagat
tasmai srigurumurtaye nama idam sridakṣinamurtaye ||

deham pranamapindriyanapi calam buddhim ca sunyam viduh
stribalandhajadopamasvahamiti bhranta bhrsam vadinah |
mayasaktivilasakalpitamahavyamohasamharine
tasmai srigurumurtaye nama idam sridakṣinamurtaye ||

rahugrastadivakareṇdusadrso mayasamaccchadanaat
sanmatrah karanopasamharanato yobhutsuṣuptah puman |
pragasvapsamiti prabodhasamaye yah pratyabhijnayate
tasmai srigurumurtaye nama idam sridakṣinamurtaye ||

balyadisvapi jagradadisu tatha sarvasvavasthasvapi
vyavrttasvanuvartamanamahamityantah sphurantam sada |
svatmanam prakatiikaroti bhajatan yo mudraya bhadraya
tasmai srigurumurtaye nama idam sridakṣinamurtaye ||

visvam pasyati karyakaranataya svasvamisambandhatah
sisyacaryataya tathaiva pitṛputradyatmana bhedatah |
svapne jagrati va ya esa puruṣo mayaparibrāmitah
tasmai srigurumurtaye nama idam sridakṣinamurtaye ||

bhurambhamsyanalonilombaramaharnatho himamsuh puman
ityambhati caracarāatmakamidam yasyaiva murtyaṣṭakam |
nanyatkiñcana vidyate vimrsatam yasmātparasmatvibhoh
tasmai srigurumurtaye nama idam sridakṣinamurtaye ||

sarvatmatvamiti sphuṭikrtamidam yasmadamushimstave
tenasya sravanattadarthamananadhyanacca samkirtanata |
sarvatmatvamahaavibhutisahitam syadisvaratvam svatah
sidhyettatpunaraṣṭadha parinatam caisvaryamavyahatam ||

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