वटविटपिसमीपे भूमिभागे निषण्णं
सकलमुनिजनानां ज्ञानदातारमारात्
त्रिभुवनगुरुमीशं दक्षिणामूर्तिदेवं
जननमरणदुःखच्छेददक्षं नमामि
Vatavitapisamipe Bhumibhage Nishannam
Sakalamunijananam Jnanadataramarat
Tribhuvanagurumisham Dakshinamurtidevam
Jananamaranaduhkhachchhedadaksham Namami
Seated on the sacred ground beneath the banyan tree,
Bestowing supreme knowledge directly upon all the assembled sages,
The teacher of the three worlds, the Lord Dakshinamurthy,
Who skilfully severs the sorrow of birth and death—to Him I bow.