Mantra
Devanagari:
भजेहं दीप्तमूर्तये नित्यं
स्मरामि नामोच्चारणमुक्तिदाय सदा
नमामि सहस्रादित्यसङ्काशाय भक्त्या
ॐ सदाषोडशवार्षिकाय नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Bhajeham Diptamurtaye Nityam
Smarami Namochcharanamuktidaya Sada
Namami Sahasradityasankashaya Bhaktya
Om Sadashodashavarshikaya Namo Namaha
Translation:
I worship eternally Lord Dakshinamurthy, the embodiment of supreme grace and protection,
I meditate always upon Lord Dakshinamurthy, the giver of liberation,
I bow with devotion unto Lord Dakshinamurthy, the divine embodiment of the solar deity, first and primordial,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Dakshinamurthy, the divine embodiment of the sixteenfold.