Mantra
Devanagari:
भजेहं करुणामृतवारिधये नित्यं
स्मरामि कालकालाय सदा
नमामि कलिध्वंसिने भक्त्या
ॐ जरामरणनाशकाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Bhajeham Karunamritavaridhaye Nityam
Smarami Kalakalaya Sada
Namami Kalidhvamsine Bhaktya
Om Jaramarananashakaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I worship eternally Lord Dakshinamurthy, the divine embodiment of compassion,
I meditate always upon Lord Dakshinamurthy, the divine embodiment of eternal time,
I bow with devotion unto Lord Dakshinamurthy, revered in the sacred epithet Kalidhvamsine,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Dakshinamurthy, the remover of old age and death.