The leg pressing over a demon, on the top of which the Embodiment of merits is sitting with one leg folded, the one who teaches difficult words (vedas) with ease, the sages enjoying (the teachings, sitting) on ground, with the (hand) posture of explaining, a fire pot, book and akshamAla in the four hands, Who trembles away my ignorance, to That dakshiNAmUrti (salutations).
dakshiNA mUrti: south faced Lord (yOga mUrti)
The four sons, of brahmA, sanaka, sanandana, sanAtana, sanat kumAra did austere tapas and analysis, but they were unclear of the Supreme Truth. They finally decided to come to Lord Shiva to get the knowledge of the Truth. The Lord sat under the banyan tree, and the four sages also sat down around Him. Lord stayed in the yOga posture without saying a single word. The four sages got all their doubts cleared just by that posture. The form in which God appeared as a Supreme Guide is the form of wisdom dakshiNAmUrti.
This explains that the Truth cannot be explained in words and must be experienced. Including the great chinmudra posture, the posture of shrI dhakshiNA mUrti, who is the teacher of all the teachers, indicates a lot of information that needs days to explain. As thirumUlar says, the posture of the guru is a thing to be thought about always. That is the clarity ! (theLivu guruvuru chin^dhiththal thAnE)
Sri Vinadakshinamurthy, Thiruppatrurai |
Sri Vinadha-Dakshinamurthy, Kizhvelur |
Sri Vinadha-Dakshinamurthy, Kizhvelur |
See Also:
1. Dakshinamurti stotras at shlokas section
நன்றாக நால்வர்க்கு
நான்மறையின் உட்பொருளை
அன்றாலின் கீழிருந்தங்
கறமுரைத்தான் காணேடீ
அன்றாலின் கீழிருந்தங்
கறமுரைத்தான் ஆயிடினும்
கொன்றான்காண் புரமூன்றுங்
கூட்டோடே சாழலோ 8.திருவா.12.16
அருந்தவருக் காலின்கீழ்
அறமுதலா நான்கனையும்
இருந்தவருக் கருளுமது
எனக்கறிய இயம்பேடீ
அருந்தவருக் கறமுதல்நான்
கன்றருளிச் செய்திலனேல்
திருந்தவருக் குலகியற்கை
தெரியாகாண் சாழலோ 8.திருவா.12.20
அன்றால நீழற்கீழ்
அருமறைகள் தானருளி
நன்றாக வானவர்
மாமுனிவர் நாள்தோறும்
நின்றார ஏத்தும்
நிறைகழலோன் புனைகொன்றைப்
பொன்றாது பாடிநாம்
பூவல்லி கொய்யாமோ 8.திருவா.13.13