I began the day listening to a soul-stirring rendering of this great Dikshitar kriti in Shankarabharanam sung perhaps by Semmangudi and accompanied by K.S. Narayanaswamy on the veena, without any mridangam. What an experience! Wanted to share it... pieced together from many Internet sources. I sincerely thank these anonymous benefactors...
dakshiNA mUrtE - rAgaM SankarAbharaNam - tALaM jhampa
pallavi
dakshiNA mUrtE vidaLita dAsArtE
cidAnanda pUrtE sadA mauna kIrtE
anupallavi
akshaya suvarNa vaTa vRksha mUla sthitE
raksha mAM sanakAdi rAja yOgi stutE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
rakshita sadbhaktE Sikshita duryuktE
aksharAnuraktE avidyA viraktE
caraNam
nikhila saMSaya haraNa nipuNa-tara yuktE
nirvikalpa samAdhi nidrA prasaktE
akhaNDaika rasa pUrNArUDha SaktE
aparOksha nitya bOdhAnanda muktE
(madhyama kAla sAhityam)
sukha-tara pravRttE svAjnAna nivRttE
sva-guru guhOtpattE svAnubhOga tRptE
