Lyrics in English
dakshiNA mUrtE - rAgaM SankarAbharaNam - tALaM jhampa
pallavi
dakshiNA mUrtE vidaLita dAsArtE
cidAnanda pUrtE sadA mauna kIrtE
anupallavi
akshaya suvarNa vaTa vRksha mUla sthitE
raksha mAM sanakAdi rAja yOgi stutE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
rakshita sadbhaktE Sikshita duryuktE
aksharAnuraktE avidyA viraktE
caraNam
nikhila saMSaya haraNa nipuNa-tara yuktE
nirvikalpa samAdhi nidrA prasaktE
akhaNDaika rasa pUrNArUDha SaktE
aparOksha nitya bOdhAnanda muktE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
sukha-tara pravRttE svAjnAna nivRttE
sva-guru guhOtpattE svAnubhOga tRptE
Meaning
Pallavi :
O Dakshinamurti.The one who removes the sorrows of his devotees.The form of cidananda.The one known for his eternal silence.
Anupallavi :
The one who dwells under the eternal golden banyan tree.Protect me,
One who is one praised by rajayogis like Sanaka.
The one who protects his devotees. The one who removes evil thoughts.The one fond of the undecaying (knowledge).
The one is beyond avidyA or ignorance
Charanam :
The one who is adept in removing all doubts.
The one who is in the nirvikalpa samadhi nidra state.
The one who is eternal essence of power that is of bliss.
The liberated eternal blissful preacher.
The one that bestows bliss. The one who removes the ignorance of the self.
The one who created guruguha(or guha who was his own teacher).The one who is pleased with svAnubhOga.
Notes:
sadA mauna kIrtE - Dakshinamurti is said to be that form that dispels ignorance through his silence.
gurastu maunam vyAkhyAnam shishyAscinna samsayaH
aksharAnuraktE - The one who is fond of akshara.
The word aksharA means undecaying and eternal and can be generally referred to a number of things such as the Atman or soul, knowledge, the bliss of the self etc.
In this context the term fits the context of knowledge as Dakshinamurti is the form of the deity that is fond of imparting and seeking knowledge.
samAdhi - state of conciousness.
nirvikalpa samAdhi - state of consciousness devoid of consciousness of the self.
Nirvikalpa samAdhi is the final state of enlightenment where the difference between the knower and the known and the act of knowing
(jnatr, jnaAna, jnEya) disappear and a state of absorption devoid of conciousness of the self.
It is interesting that Dikshita brings in the terminology of raja yoga and mentions yogis such as sanaka in the context of
nirvikalpa samAdhi as these states are mentioned as part of raja yoga.
Pravrtti means the arising and emergence of outward actions and activity. It represents the sphere of social action.
Nivrtti is inward contemplation. Dikshita implies that the blissful act of creation and this world is through the outward
action of the Lord and that he is also the basis of nivrtti or internal contemplation that is capable of removing
the ignorance of the self.
aparoksha - means immediate knowledge
Immediate knowledge that is eternal and gained through one's own self-experience. Dakshinamurti is
a preacher who preaches his own experience, and not knowledge culled externally ,
for he is eternally in meditation and his knowledge is sought through his own inward gaze.
sva-guruguhOtpatte - One who created guha of his own form, One who created guha who was his own guru
svAnubhOga - The one who is immersed in experience of the self.
Lyrics in Devanagari
दक्षिणा मूर्ते - रागं शङ्कराभरणम् - ताळं झम्प
पल्लवि
दक्षिणा मूर्ते विदळित दासार्ते
चिदानन्द पूर्ते सदा मौन कीर्ते
अनुपल्लवि
अक्षय सुवर्ण वट वृक्ष मूल स्थिते
रक्ष मां सनकादि राज योगि स्तुते
(मध्यम काल साहित्यम्)
रक्षित सद्भक्ते शिक्षित दुर्युक्ते
अक्षरानुरक्ते अविद्या विरक्ते
चरणम्
निखिल संशय हरण निपुण-तर युक्ते
निर्विकल्प समाधि निद्रा प्रसक्ते
अखण्डैक रस पूर्णारूढ शक्ते
अपरोक्ष नित्य बोधानन्द मुक्ते
(मध्यम काल साहित्यम्)
सुख-तर प्रवृत्ते स्वाज्ञान निवृत्ते
स्व-गुरु गुहोत्पत्ते स्वानुभोग तृप्ते
variations -
पल्लवि -
दासार्ते - दासार्ते श्री
मौन - मौनि
अनुपल्लवि - सनकादि - जनकादि
Lyrics in Tamil
த3க்ஷிணா மூர்தே - ராக3ம் ஸ1ங்கராப4ரணம் - தாளம் ஜ2ம்ப
பல்லவி
த3க்ஷிணா மூர்தே வித3ளித தா3ஸார்தே
சிதா3னந்த3 பூர்தே ஸதா3 மௌன கீர்தே
அனுபல்லவி
அக்ஷய ஸுவர்ண வட வ்ரு2க்ஷ மூல ஸ்தி2தே
ரக்ஷ மாம் ஸனகாதி3 ராஜ யோகி3 ஸ்துதே
(மத்4யம கால ஸாஹித்யம்)
ரக்ஷித ஸத்3-ப4க்தே ஸி1க்ஷித து3ர்யுக்தே
அக்ஷரானுரக்தே அவித்3யா விரக்தே
சரணம்
நிகி2ல ஸம்ஸ1ய ஹரண நிபுண-தர யுக்தே
நிர்விகல்ப ஸமாதி4 நித்3ரா ப்ரஸக்தே
அக2ண்டை3க ரஸ பூர்ணாரூட4 ஸ1க்தே
அபரோக்ஷ நித்ய போ3தா4னந்த3 முக்தே
(மத்4யம கால ஸாஹித்யம்)
ஸுக2-தர ப்ரவ்ரு2த்தே ஸ்வாக்3ஞான நிவ்ரு2த்தே
ஸ்வ-கு3ரு கு3ஹோத்பத்தே ஸ்வானுபோ4க3 த்ரு2ப்தே
variations -
பல்லவி -
தா3ஸார்தே - தா3ஸார்தே ஸ்ரீ
மௌன - மௌனி
அனுபல்லவி - ஸனகாதி3 - ஜனகாதி3
Lyrics in Telugu
దక్షిణా మూర్తే - రాగం శంకరాభరణమ్ - తాళం ఝంప
పల్లవి
దక్షిణా మూర్తే విదళిత దాసార్తే
చిదానంద పూర్తే సదా మౌన కీర్తే
అనుపల్లవి
అక్షయ సువర్ణ వట వృక్ష మూల స్థితే
రక్ష మాం సనకాది రాజ యోగి స్తుతే
(మధ్యమ కాల సాహిత్యమ్)
రక్షిత సద్భక్తే శిక్షిత దుర్యుక్తే
అక్షరానురక్తే అవిద్యా విరక్తే
చరణమ్
నిఖిల సంశయ హరణ నిపుణ-తర యుక్తే
నిర్వికల్ప సమాధి నిద్రా ప్రసక్తే
అఖండైక రస పూర్ణారూఢ శక్తే
అపరోక్ష నిత్య బోధానంద ముక్తే
(మధ్యమ కాల సాహిత్యమ్)
సుఖ-తర ప్రవృత్తే స్వాజ్ఞాన నివృత్తే
స్వ-గురు గుహోత్పత్తే స్వానుభోగ తృప్తే
variations -
పల్లవి -
దాసార్తే - దాసార్తే శ్రీ
మౌన - మౌని
అనుపల్లవి - సనకాది - జనకాది
Lyrics in Kannada
ದಕ್ಷಿಣಾ ಮೂರ್ತೇ - ರಾಗಂ ಶಂಕರಾಭರಣಮ್ - ತಾಳಂ ಝಂಪ
ಪಲ್ಲವಿ
ದಕ್ಷಿಣಾ ಮೂರ್ತೇ ವಿದಳಿತ ದಾಸಾರ್ತೇ
ಚಿದಾನಂದ ಪೂರ್ತೇ ಸದಾ ಮೌನ ಕೀರ್ತೇ
ಅನುಪಲ್ಲವಿ
ಅಕ್ಷಯ ಸುವರ್ಣ ವಟ ವೃಕ್ಷ ಮೂಲ ಸ್ಥಿತೇ
ರಕ್ಷ ಮಾಂ ಸನಕಾದಿ ರಾಜ ಯೋಗಿ ಸ್ತುತೇ
(ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಕಾಲ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಮ್)
ರಕ್ಷಿತ ಸದ್ಭಕ್ತೇ ಶಿಕ್ಷಿತ ದುರ್ಯುಕ್ತೇ
ಅಕ್ಷರಾನುರಕ್ತೇ ಅವಿದ್ಯಾ ವಿರಕ್ತೇ
ಚರಣಮ್
ನಿಖಿಲ ಸಂಶಯ ಹರಣ ನಿಪುಣ-ತರ ಯುಕ್ತೇ
ನಿರ್ವಿಕಲ್ಪ ಸಮಾಧಿ ನಿದ್ರಾ ಪ್ರಸಕ್ತೇ
ಅಖಂಡೈಕ ರಸ ಪೂರ್ಣಾರೂಢ ಶಕ್ತೇ
ಅಪರೋಕ್ಷ ನಿತ್ಯ ಬೋಧಾನಂದ ಮುಕ್ತೇ
(ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಕಾಲ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಮ್)
ಸುಖ-ತರ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತೇ ಸ್ವಾಜ್ಞಾನ ನಿವೃತ್ತೇ
ಸ್ವ-ಗುರು ಗುಹೋತ್ಪತ್ತೇ ಸ್ವಾನುಭೋಗ ತೃಪ್ತೇ
variations -
ಪಲ್ಲವಿ -
ದಾಸಾರ್ತೇ - ದಾಸಾರ್ತೇ ಶ್ರೀ
ಮೌನ - ಮೌನಿ
ಅನುಪಲ್ಲವಿ - ಸನಕಾದಿ - ಜನಕಾದಿ
Lyrics in Malayalam
ദക്ഷിണാ മൂര്തേ - രാഗം ശങ്കരാഭരണമ് - താളം ഝമ്പ
പല്ലവി
ദക്ഷിണാ മൂര്തേ വിദളിത ദാസാര്തേ
ചിദാനന്ദ പൂര്തേ സദാ മൌന കീര്തേ
അനുപല്ലവി
അക്ഷയ സുവര്ണ വട വൃക്ഷ മൂല സ്ഥിതേ
രക്ഷ മാം സനകാദി രാജ യോഗി സ്തുതേ
(മധ്യമ കാല സാഹിത്യമ്)
രക്ഷിത സദ്ഭക്തേ ശിക്ഷിത ദുര്യുക്തേ
അക്ഷരാനുരക്തേ അവിദ്യാ വിരക്തേ
ചരണമ്
നിഖില സംശയ ഹരണ നിപുണ-തര യുക്തേ
നിര്വികല്പ സമാധി നിദ്രാ പ്രസക്തേ
അഖണ്ഡൈക രസ പൂര്ണാരൂഢ ശക്തേ
അപരോക്ഷ നിത്യ ബോധാനന്ദ മുക്തേ
(മധ്യമ കാല സാഹിത്യമ്)
സുഖ-തര പ്രവൃത്തേ സ്വാജ്ഞാന നിവൃത്തേ
സ്വ-ഗുരു ഗുഹോത്പത്തേ സ്വാനുഭോഗ തൃപ്തേ
variations -
പല്ലവി -
ദാസാര്തേ - ദാസാര്തേ ശ്രീ
മൌന - മൌനി
അനുപല്ലവി - സനകാദി - ജനകാദി