Mantra
Devanagari:
भजेहं सुकीर्तये नित्यं
स्मरामि आदिपुरुषाय सदा
नमामि जरामरणवर्जिताय भक्त्या
ॐ प्रमाणभूताय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Bhajeham Sukirtaye Nityam
Smarami Adipurushaya Sada
Namami Jaramaranavarjitaya Bhaktya
Om Pramanabhutaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I worship eternally Lord Dakshinamurthy, revered in the sacred epithet Sukirtaye,
I meditate always upon Lord Dakshinamurthy, the divine embodiment of first and primordial,
I bow with devotion unto Lord Dakshinamurthy, the divine embodiment of old age and death,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Dakshinamurthy, revered in the sacred epithet Pramanabhutaya.