Dakshinamurti Stotram - Retreat Part 1 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Dakshinamurti Stotra as part of a spiritual retreat. This Sanskrit hymn, attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, is a profound exposition on the metaphysics of the universe, presented through the lens of Advaita Vedanta. It venerates Lord Shiva in the form of Dakshinamurti—the divine teacher—and explores the nature of reality, consciousness, and self-knowledge.

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0:00.0	Ome, Asatoma,
0:02.0	Satya Mhāsaidhamaya,
0:04.0	Tamasoma, Jotyrgamaya, Mritiurma, Amritam Gamaia.
0:25.6	Ome, Shantay, Shanty, Shanty, Shanty.
0:32.6	Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real, lead us from darkness and to light, lead us from darkness unto light lead us from death to
0:40.2	immortality oh peace peace peace oh isvaro guru Rathmeti
0:51.3	mouti bhidheda bhaeghya bhaeghya
0:55.0	Vyamavdhyahāphthyahāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhāhah to Daksina Murti, who is all pervasive like the sky,
1:14.5	who is the god of this universe,
1:19.5	who also appears as the guru who transmits this knowledge,
1:25.2	and as the self, the Jivaiva the one seeking this knowledge I salute
1:30.3	that Dakshinah Murti so welcome to this retreat this text we have selected this
1:42.1	time is the Daksana Murti Stotram.
1:45.0	It's composed by Adi Shankarha A very beloved hymn, very beloved stodra.
1:54.0	So the story goes like this.
1:58.0	When the universe was created, you know, Brahmha is the creator of the universe,
2:01.6	so Brahma created, the first thing he did was
2:04.6	four sons were born to Brahm.
2:07.6	Sons in the sense of, they were projections of his mind.
2:11.6	Manasaputra, like a spiritual son.
2:14.6	Four sons.
2:16.6	There are the four great sages, ever-perfect sages, Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana, and Sanat Kumar.
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