|||| śrī Dakṣiṇāmūrti Stotram ||||

The role of a “Guru”, in the spiritual path is second to none. Most of us following the spiritual path or beginning on it are often in a dilemma that how can i evolve on the spiritual path without a guru or get troubled by the internal debate of “when I will be bestowed with a worthy guru”.

Going back to the scriptures, it is advised to consider ” Lord Dakshinamurti” , as your guru. 

Lord Dakshinamurthy is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as a guru (teacher) of all types of knowledge. This aspect of Shiva, as the original guru, is his personification as the supreme or the ultimate awareness, understanding and knowledge.[3] This form represents Shiva as a teacher of yoga, music and wisdom, and giving exposition on the shastras.[4] He is worshipped as the god of wisdom, complete and rewarding meditation.[5] As per Hindu scriptures, if a person doesn’t have a guru, they can consider and worship Dakshinamurthy as their guru. Eventually they will be blessed with a self-realised human guru, if they are worthy.

Here I am sharing a powerful stotram that is practiced in our sri ku la school of tantra to emvoke the blessings of the cosmic guru. 

śrī dakṣiṇāmūrti stotram

maunavyākhyā prakaṭitaparabrahmatatvaṃyuvānaṃ varṣiṣṭhāṃtevasadṛṣigaṇairāvṛtaṃ brahmaniṣṭhaiḥ | ācāryendraṃ karakalitacinmudramānandarūpam svātmārāmaṃ muditavadanaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtimīḍe |

viśvaṃ darpaṇadṛśyamānanagarītulyaṃ nijāntargataṃ paśyannātmani māyayā bahirivodbhūtaṃ yathā nidrayā | yaḥ sākṣātkurute prabodhasamaye svātmānamevādvayaṃ tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||1||

bījasyā’ntarivāṅkuro jagadidaṃ prāṅnirvikalpaṃ punaḥ māyākalpitadeśakālakalanā vaicitryacitrīkṛtam | māyāvīva vijṛmbhayatyapi mahāyogīva yassvecchayā tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||2||

yasyaiva sphuraṇaṃ sadātmakamasatkalpārthakaṃ bhāsate sākṣāttattvamasīti vedavacasā yo bodhayatyāśritān | yassākṣātkaraṇādbhavenna puranāvṛttirbhavāmbhonidhau tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||3||

nānācchidraghaṭodarasthitamahādīpaprabhābhāsvaraṃ

jñānaṃ yasya tu cakṣurādikaraṇadvārā bahisspandate | jānāmīti tameva bhāntamanubhātyetatsamastaṃ jagat tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||4|| dehaṃ prāṇamapīndriyāṇyapi calāṃ buddhiṃ ca śūnyaṃ viduḥ strībālāndhajaḍopamāstvahamiti bhrāntā bhṛśaṃ vādinaḥ | māyāśaktivilāsakalpitamahāvyāmohasaṃhāriṇe tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||5|| rāhugrastadivākarendusadṛśo māyāsamācchādanāt sanmātraḥ karaṇopasaṃharaṇato yo’bhūtsuṣuptaḥ pumān | prāgasvāpsamiti prabodhasamaye yaḥ pratyabhijñāyate tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||6|| bālyādiṣvapi jāgradādiṣu tathā sarvāsvavasthāsvapi vyāvṛttāsvanuvartamānamahamityantaḥ sphurantaṃ sadā | svātmānaṃ prakaṭīkaroti bhajatāṃ yo mudrayābhadrayā tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||7|| viśvaṃ paśyati kāryakāraṇatayā svasvāmisambandhataḥ śiṣyācāryatayā tathaiva pitṛputrādyātmanā bhedataḥ | svapne jāgrati vā ya eṣa puruṣo māyāparibhrāmitaḥ tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrīdakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||8||

bhūrambhāṃsyanalo’nilo’mbaramaharnātho himāṃśuḥ pumā-

nityābhāti carācarātmakamidaṃ yasyaiva mūrtyaṣṭakam | nānyatkiñcana vidyate vimṛśatāṃ yasmātparasmādvibhoḥ tasmai śrīgurumūrtaye nama idaṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye ||9|| sarvātmatvamiti sphuṭīkṛtamidaṃ yasmādamuṣmiṃstave tenāsva śravaṇāttadarthamananāddhyānācca saṃkīrtanāt | sarvātmatvamahāvibhūtisahitaṃ syādīśvaratvaṃ svata-ssiddhyettatpunaraṣṭadhā pariṇataṃ caiśvaryamavyāhatam ||10|| vaṭaviṭapisamīpe bhūmibhāge niṣaṇṇaṃ sakalamunijanānāṃ jñānadātāramārāt | tribhuvanagurumīśaṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtidevaṃ jananamaraṇaduḥkhacchedadakṣaṃ namāmi ||11|| citraṃ vaṭatarormūle vṛddhāśśiṣyā gururyuvā | gurostu maunaṃ vyākhyānaṃ śiṣyāstu cchinnasaṃśayāḥ ||12|| nidhaye sarvavidyānāṃ bhiṣaje bhavarogiṇām | gurave sarvalokānāṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ ||13|| om ̐ namaḥ praṇavārthāya śuddhajñānaikamūrtaye | nirmalāya praśāntāya dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ ||14|| aṅguṣṭhatarjanīyogamudrāvyājena dehinām | śrutyarthaṃ brahmajīvaikyaṃ darśayanno’vatācchivaḥ ||15||

īśvaro gururātmeti mūrtibhedavibhāgine | vyomavat vyāptadehāya dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ ||16|

cidghanāya maheśāya vaṭamūlanivāsine | oṃkāravācyarūpāya dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ ||17||

Try chanting this stotram after waking up as it was part of our nitya karma in our ” How a tantric starts his day ” routine, but more on it some other day. 

Thursday is considered auspicious for commencing the practice, as it is the day of “Guru”.

With this please allow me to take leave for now. 

I wish & hope that this helps you to ease your path & aid you on your journey. 

May the divine Mother be with you. 

Thank you! For reading. 

Ps : We all are quite fortunate to have swami’s presence in our lives. Keep guiding us ‘Oh moon faced teacher’.