Vishvam Darpana Drishyamana (Dakshinamurti Stotram 1) — Complete Lyrics
विश्वं दर्पणदृश्यमान (दक्षिणामूर्ति स्तोत्रम् १)
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
विश्वं दर्पणदृश्यमाननगरीतुल्यं निजान्तर्गतं
पश्यन्नात्मनि मायया बहिरिवोद्भूतं यथा निद्रया।
यः साक्षात्कुरुते प्रबोधसमये स्वात्मानमेवाद्वयं
तस्मै श्रीगुरुमूर्तये नम इदं श्रीदक्षिणामूर्तये॥
viśvaṃ darpaṇa-dṛśyamāna-nagarī-tulyaṃ nijāntargataṃ
paśyann ātmani māyayā bahir ivodbhūtaṃ yathā nidrayā |
yaḥ sākṣāt kurute prabodha-samaye svātmānam evādvayaṃ
tasmai śrī-guru-mūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī-dakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||
The universe is like a city seen reflected in a mirror, existing within one's own Self, yet appearing — through Maya — as though it were outside, just as a dream-world appears through sleep. To Him who, at the moment of awakening, directly realizes this and knows His own Self alone to be the one non-dual Reality — to that glorious form of the Guru, to Sri Dakshinamurti, may this salutation be offered.
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