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\engtitle{.. Shri MedhadakshinAmurti Stotram ..}##
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natakheTa\-nishATa\-kirITa\-taTI\-ghatiTopala\-pATala\-pITha\-talam |
taDidAbha\-jaTA\-paTalI\-mukuTaM vaTamUla\-kuTI\-nilayaM kalaye || 1||##
I meditate upon Dakshinamurti whose pedestal is reddened by the gems set in the crowns of Devas, Asuras and Rakshasas saluting him, whose crown is his matted hair that shines like lightning and whose abode is under the Banyan tree. (1)
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smaraNaM khalu yachcharaNAmbujayoH bharaNAya bhavottaraNAya bhavet |
sharaNaM karuNA\-varuNAvasathaM bhaja bAla\-sudhAkiraNAbharaNam || 2||##
Worship him as the refuge, the meditation of whose lotus-feet causes sustenance (in this world) as well as crossing the ocean of worldly existence, who is the ocean of mercy and who is adorned with the crescent moon (of ambrosial rays). (2)
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parikIrNa\-suvarNa\-savarNa\-jaTA\-bhramadabhra\-sarichCharadabhra\-ruchiH |
mukuTe kuTilaM ghaTayan shashinaM niTile.anala\-dR^ig jaTilo jayati || 3||##
The lord with matted locks is resplendent with the divine river drifting inside his gold-coloured coiled locks strewn on all sides, who resembles the (white) autumn cloud in radiance, who wears a curved (crescent) moon on his head and who has a fire-emitting eye in his forehead.
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vaTa\-bhUja\-taTI\-ghaTita\-sphaTikopala\-kuTTima\-veditale vimale |
smita\-phulla\-mukhaM chidupAtta\-sukhaM puravairi\-mahaH karavai hR^idaye || 4||##
May I ever keep in my heart that radiance which destroyed the Tripuras, that has a face blossoming with a smile and is blissful due to the awareness of the self, (seated) on a clear platform made of crystal under the Banyan tree.
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akala~Nka\-shashA~Nka\-sahasra\-sahodara\-dIdhiti\-dIpita\-digvalayam |
nigamAgama\-nIradhi\-nirmathanoditamAkalayAmyamR^itaM kimapi || 5||##
I meditate upon that indescribable Amrta that emerges from the churning of the ocean of Vedas, that illuminates all the directions with a radiance akin to that of a thousand spotless moons.
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viSha\-bhUShamapAkR^ita\-doShachayaM muni\-veSha\-visheShamasheSha\-gurum |
dhR^ita\-chinmaya\-mudramahaM kalaye gata\-nidramamudra\-samAdhi\-vidhau || 6||##
I meditate upon the one adorned with poison (in his neck), the one devoid of all defects, the one who has the garb of an ascetic, the Guru of everyone, the one holding the Chinmudra, the one who has overcome sleep (i.e.ignorance), in the state of un-self-conscious Samadhi.
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dR^iDhayoga\-rasAnubhavotkalikaM prasarat\-pulakaM kratubhuk\-tilakam |
bhasitollasitAlika\-visphuritAmala\-dR^ik\-tilakaM kalitendu\-shikham || 7|| (kalayendu\-shikham)##
(I meditate upon) the one inclined to deep Yogic experience, one whose body manifests goose bumps (due to his blissful state), the best among Devas, the one who has a fire-emitting eye on his forehead which shines with Bhasma (sacred ash), and who wears the moon on his crest.
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vada chitta kimAttamabhUd\-bhavatA bhramatA bahudhA.akhila\-dikShu mudhA |
nijasharma\-karaM kuru karma paraM bhavameva bhavApahamAkalaya || 8|| (bhayApahamAkalaya)##
Tell me, O mind, what has been gained by you wandering in all directions without purpose? Do that superior action which will cause your welfare, meditate on Shiva, the destroyer of births.
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vara\-pustaka\-hastamapAsta\-tamaH shruti\-mastaka\-shasta\-samasta\-guNam |
mama nistula\-vastu puro.astu varaM praNava\-pravaNa\-pravarAnugatam || 9|| (pravarAvagatam)##
May that incomparable thing manifest before me, that which has a great book in its hand, that has driven away the darkness of ignorance, that which has all the qualities extolled by the Upanishads, and is followed by the best of sages who are engaged in (worshipping, contemplating on) the Omkara.
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purAri\-pada\-rAjIvamAjIvaM bhajatAM satAm |
kAlastUlAyate tAdR^ik kailAsaH kelishailati || 10||##
Yama is (insignificant as) cotton, and Kailasa becomes (easily accessible as) a sport-hill, to those good people who worship the lotus-feet of Shiva all their lives.
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yatkaNThe garalaM virAjati sadA maulau cha mandAkinI
yasyA~Nge girijAnanaM kaTitaTe shArdUla\-charmAmbaram |
yanmAyA hi ruNaddhi vishvamakhilaM pAyAt sa naH sha~NkaraH
jambUvaj\-jala\-binduvaj\-jalajavaj\-jambAlavaj\-jAlavat || 11||##
May Shiva protect us, he in whose neck the poison shines like a Jambu fruit, in whose head Ganga seems to be (no more than) a drop of water, in whose form, the face of Parvati looks like a lotus, in whose waist the tiger-skin resembles clayey soil and whose Maya traps the entire world like a web.
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iti shrImedhAdakShiNAmUrtistotraM sampUrNam |

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The stotra with Tamil translation appeared in an old issue of the Tamil Magazine ``Kamakoti Pradeepa.'' One interesting fact about this Stotra, mentioned in the source itself, is that this Stotra is renowned for being chanted daily by Paramahamsa Medha Dakshinamurti Upasaka Sri Achyutananda Saraswati Swami, also known as Varahur Periyava.


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