Dakshina Murthy Dwadasha Nama Stotram

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• verse 1

  अथ दक्षिणामूर्तिद्वादशनामस्तोत्रंप्रथमं दक्षिणामूर्तिर्द्वितीयं मुनिसेवितः।ब्रह्मरूपी तृतीयं च चतुर्थं तु गुरूत्तमः।पञ्चमं वटमूलस्थः षष्ठं वेदप्रियस्तथा।सप्तमं तु महायोगी ह्यष्टमं त्रिजगद्गुरुः।नवमं च विशुद्धात्मा दशमं कामितार्थदः।एकादशं महातेजा द्वादशं मोक्षदायकः।द्वादशैतानि नामानि सर्वलोकगुरोः कलौ।यः पठेन्नित्यमाप्नोति नरो विद्यामनुत्तमां।

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  atha dakṣiṇāmūrtidvādaśanāmastōtraṃprathamaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtirdvitīyaṃ munisēvitaḥ।brahmarūpī tṛtīyaṃ cha chaturthaṃ tu gurūttamaḥ।pañchamaṃ vaṭamūlasthaḥ ṣaṣṭhaṃ vēdapriyastathā।saptamaṃ tu mahāyōgī hyaṣṭamaṃ trijagadguruḥ।navamaṃ cha viśuddhātmā daśamaṃ kāmitārthadaḥ।ēkādaśaṃ mahātējā dvādaśaṃ mōkṣadāyakaḥ।dvādaśaitāni nāmāni sarvalōkagurōḥ kalau।yaḥ paṭhēnnityamāpnōti narō vidyāmanuttamāṃ।

  meaning

  The twelve names of Dakshinamurti: first is Dakshinamurti; second, served by sages; third, of Brahmic form; and so on through twelve names of the guru-god facing south.

  word by word

  अथAthaThen · Indeed, Moreover · Moreover · An auspicious and inceptive particle used in a sentence · An auspicious and inceptive particle

  प्रथमंPrathamamFirst · First [is Shailaputri]

  तृतीयंTrtiiyamThird · Third [is Chandraghanta]

  चCaAnd, sometimes used only for emphasis or gap-filling · for emphasis · And, sometimes used for emphasis · And · And, Also, Sometimes for emphasis or gap-fillings · Indeed · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · And, Also · For emphasis or gap-filling · And, Also, For emphasis · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis · Also · And, Also, Moreover · And, for emphasis · And, Also, sometimes for emphasis or gap-flilling · Moreover, Also · And, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · And, As Well as · Gap-filling or emphasis · And, for gap-filling · And, Also, sometimes for gap-filling · And, sometimes for emphasis · And, sometimes used for filling gaps

  चतुर्थCaturthaFourth

  तुTuBut, Indeed · Indeed · But Indeed · Then · Then, But · But, For emphasis · But, sometimes for emphasis · But · And, But, Indeed · For emphasis · Indeed, for emphasis · But, sometimes for emphasis or gap-filling · But, for gap-filling · Second indeed (for the welfare of this World, the Lord lifted the Earth which had gone to Rasatala) · Now

  पञ्चमंPan.camamFifth · Fifth [is Skandamata]

  षष्ठंSsasstthamSixth · Sixth [is Katyayani]

  सप्तमंSaptamamSeventh · Seventh [is Kalaratri]

  नवमंNavamamNinth · Ninth [is Siddhidatri]

  द्वादशDvaadashaTwelve

  द्वादशैतानिDvaadasha-EtaaniThese Twelve [Names]

  नामानिNaamaaniNames · [These] Names [were indeed uttered by the great-souled Brahma]

  कलौKalauKali Yuga · In the Kali Yuga · Age of Kali

  यYaHe · He Who

  नरोNaroPerson

  मोक्षदायकाःMokssa-DaayakaahGiver of Moksha

  यःYahHe Who