Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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vs_manjunath
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Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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Can rasikas help me to provide the meaning of the above song of MD.
url can be provided if it's already discussed in the forum. Many thanks in advance.

Enna_Solven
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Re: Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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I got this sometime back from guruguha wiki page (now defunct.) Corrections welcome.

pallavi
dakshiNA mUrtE vidaLita dAsArtE
cidAnanda pUrtE sadA mauna kIrtE
O Dakshinamurti. The one who removes sorrows of his devotees. The form of cidananda. The one known for his ceaseless meditation.

anupallavi
akshaya suvarNa vaTa vRksha mUla sthitE
raksha mAM sanakAdi rAja yOgi stutE
Protect me. The one who dwells under the eternal golden banyan tree. The one praised by rajayogis like Sanaka.

(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
rakshita sadbhaktE Sikshita duryuktE
aksharAnuraktE avidyA viraktE
The one who protects his devotees. The one who removes evil thoughts. The one fond of knowledge. The one beyond Maya.

caraNam
nikhila saMSaya haraNa nipuNa-tara yuktE
nirvikalpa samAdhi nidrA prasaktE
akhaNDaika rasa pUrNArUDha SaktE
aparOksha nitya bOdhAnanda muktE
The one who is clever in removing all doubts. The one who is in nirvikalpa samadhi state. The shakti who is eternally in bliss. The liberated eternal blissful preacher.

(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
sukha-tara pravRttE svAjnAna nivRttE
sva-guru guhOtpattE svAnubhOga tRptE
The one that bestows bliss. The one who removes the ignorance of the self. The one who created guruguha. The one who is pleased with svanubhava.
kshEtra - tiruvArUr

Ramasubramanian M.K
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Re: Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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Enna Soven: Eppadi thanks solven!! Have been looking for this for several weeks!!

vs_manjunath
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Re: Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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SSI's rendition of this song is a masterpiece.

rshankar
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Re: Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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Somehow, would rather if 'nipuNa' was not translated as 'clever' as I think it is not a very complimentary adjective (a fox is 'clever') - nipuNa to me means someone who is scholarly and skillful...even adroit doesn't ring quite right! :)
Does 'nirvikalpa samAdhi' mean the samAdhi where all distinctions - self/god; jivAtma/paramAtma; master/slave - disappear?

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Re: Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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rshankar: I agree with you. 'nipuna' is an expert. Was looking for an expert translation from you/keerthi.

MKR sir. you are welcome. I 'trawled' all lyrics from guruguha.wikispace.com before it disappeared. Just ask, if I have I will post it.

vidya
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Re: Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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Enna_Solven wrote: I 'trawled' all lyrics from guruguha.wikispace.com before it disappeared. Just ask, if I have I will post it.
It has not disappeared but has been moved to http://guruguha.org/wiki/Alphabetical.html. Shri.V.Govindan and myself started off with a wiki for easy collaboration and it was subsequently integrated with the website and additional word-by-word meanings and notes were added.
http://guruguha.org/wiki/dakshinamurte.html (If you notice, the word used in this version is adept as opposed to clever and avidyA has not been
translated as mAyA etc).

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Re: Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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Vidya - perfect!!

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Re: Meaning of "dakShiNAmUrte" in Shankarabharanam of MD

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Thanks Vidya.

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