SRI DAKSHINA MURTHY NAMAVALI
INTRODUCTION
Sri Dakshinamurthy is a form of Lord Shiva who is known as the Divine Guru, and he is the one who gives good knowledge to everyone like the holy mother Ma Saraswati, the goddess of education and wisdom. Lord Shiva takes the form of Dakshinamurthy in order to clear the doubts of the sages who approached him for clarifying their doubts. Just by sitting under a tree, with half closed eyes, and even without reciting a single word, he has clarified the doubts of the sages, and also gave them good knowledge, wisdom and spiritual powers.
In most of the Shiva Temples, we can find a separate shrine for Lord Dakshina Murthy who would be found in the form of seating and blessing posture. Guru Dakshinamurthy is praised for his sanctity, and several Mantras are dedicated to him. Lord Dakshinamurthy is considered as the first and foremost Guru to everyone in the universe, and he is regularly worshipped by even Lord Brahma and by the Deva Guru Brihaspati in order to discharge their duties perfectly. There are also a few temples dedicated to Lord Dakshinamurthy, and in those temples, he is worshipped as the main deity. Dakshinamurthy temple at Alangudi, Tamil Nadu is considered as a popular temple, and every Thursday, we can find lot of devotees in the temple who used to worship him sincerely in order to attain good prospects in their lives.
Offering the Chickpeas as Prasad to him during Thursdays is considered as a good act, which would please Guru Dakshinamurthy. By worshipping him regularly, even the dull students would become brighter in their studies and they would score well in their exams.
Once when Lord Brahma was unable to find out the meaning in a particular Vedic subject, and during that time, it was Lord Dakshinamurthy who appeared before him and clarified his doubt. Guru Dakshinamurthy is mainly worshipped for getting good knowledge, wisdom, courage, bravery and for good health.
Let us recite the 108 beautiful names of Lord Dakshinamurthy in order to please him.
The 108 names of Lord Dakshinamaurthy are as follows:-
- Om vidyarupine namah
- Om mahayogine namah
- Om suddha jnanine namah
- Om pinakadhṛte namah
- Om ratnalankṛtasarvangine namah
- Om ratnamaulaye namah
- Om jatadharaya namah
- Om gangadharine namah
- Om acalavasine namah
- Om mahajnanine namah
- Om samadhikṛte namah
- Om aprameyaya namah
- Om yoganidhaye namah
- Om tarakaya namah
- Om bhaktavatsalaya namah
- Om brahmarupine namah
- Om jagadvyapine namah
- Om visnumurtaye namah
- Om puratanaya namah
- Om uksavahaya namah
- Om carmavasase namah
- Om pitambara vibhusanaya namah
- Om moksadayine namah
- Om moksa nidhaye namah
- Om amdhakaraye namah
- Om jagatpataye namah
- Om vidyadharine namah
- Om sukla tanave namah
- Om vidyadayine namah
- Om ganadhipaya namah
- Om prauḍhapasmṛti samhartre namah
- Om sasi mauḷaye namah
- Om mahasvanaya namah
- Om samapriyaya namah
- Om avyayaya namah
- Om sadhave namah
- Om sarvavedairalankṛtaya namah
- Om haste vahni dharaya namah
- Om srimate mṛgadharine namah
- Om vasankaraya namah
- Om yajnanathaya namah
- Om kratudhvamsine namah
- Om yajnabhoktre namah
- Om yamantakaya namah
- Om bhaktanugraha murtaye namah
- Om bhata sevyaya namah
- Om vṛsadhvajaya namah
- Om bhasmoddhuḷita sarvangaya namah
- Om aksamaladharaya namah
- Om mahate namah
- Om trayimurtaye namah
- Om parabrahmane namah
- Om nagarajairalamkṛtaya namah
- Om samtarupayamahajnanine namah
- Om sarvalokavibhusanaya namah
- Om ardhanarisvaraya namah
- Om devaya namah
- Om munisevyaya namah
- Om surottamaya namah
- Om vyakhyanadevaya namah
- Om bhagavate namah
- Om ravicamdragni locanaya namah
- Om jagadgurave namah
- Om mahadevaya namah
- Om mahananda parayanaya namah
- Om jatadharine namah
- Om mahayogine namah
- Om jnanamalairalankṛtaya namah
- Om vyomagangajalasthanaya namah
- Om visuddhaya namah
- Om yataye namah
- Om urjitaya namah
- Om tattvamurtaye namah
- Om mahayogine namah
- Om mahasarasvatapradaya namah
- Om vyomamurtaye namah
- Om bhaktanamistaya namah
- Om kamaphalapradaya namah
- Om paramurtaye namah
- Om citsvarupine namah
- Om tejomurtaye namah
- Om anamayaya namah
- Om vedavedanga tattvajnaya namah
- Om catuhsasti kalanidhaye namah
- Om bhavarogabhayadhvamsine namah
- Om bhaktanamabhayapradaya namah
- Om nilagrivaya namah
- Om lalataksaya namah
- Om gajacarmane namah
- Om gatipradaya namah
- Om aragine namah
- Om kamadaya namah
- Om tapasvine namah
- Om visnuvallabhaya namah
- Om brahmacarine namah
- Om sanyasine namah
- Om gṛhasthasramakaranaya namah
- Om dantaya namah
- Om samavatam sresthaya namah
- Om satyarupaya namah
- Om dayaparaya namah
- Om yogapattabhiramaya namah
- Om vinadharine namah
- Om vicetanaya namah
- Om mati prajnasudhadharine namah
- Om mudrapustakadharanaya namah
- Om vetaladi vinasanaya namah
- Om roganam vinihantre namah
“OM SRI GURU DAKSHINAMURTHIYE NAMAHA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR