Dakshinamurti Stotram - Session 2 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

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	Sadgamya,
0:04.0	Tamasoma, Jotyrgamya, Mreatyurma, Amritam Gamaya.
0:27.6	Ome, Shantay, Shanty, Shanty.
0:34.6	Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real, lead us from darkness unto light, lead us from death to immortality.
0:44.3	Ome, peace, peace.
0:48.3	Ome, Ishvaro Guruatmh Méti, Murti Bhedheda, Vyhavhavad Vyaphthyahya,
1:03.0	Dakshinamurthi Namaha.
1:26.6	Somebody was asking the meaning of this Daksina-Mutti, the south-facing form of Shiva. So the word dakshina has multiple meanings.
1:29.3	One is anugraha shakti, the power of grace.
1:34.3	So daksha-murti means the south-facing deity
1:37.3	embodies grace,
1:39.3	kripa, anugraha.
1:41.3	What is the special grace here?
1:42.3	The grace is that knowledge which Daksina-M knowledge which Daks by which we overcome all suffering,
1:47.0	attain fulfillment, attain Moksha.
1:50.0	So that teaching.
1:52.0	That is the expression of grace.
1:54.0	That's one meaning.
1:55.0	Protection is another meaning.
1:57.0	Rudra yatt dexhinam mokham,
2:00.0	thenam pahi nittiam. So, O Rudra yapti dachshinam mucham, thenamaham pahi nithiam.
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