guruon ke guru bhagvan dakshinamurti ki aradhna men adi guru shankracharya dvara virchit dakshinamurti stotra ko guru bhakti ke stotra sahitya men advitiya sthan prapt hai. guru kripa ki prapti hetu ise sarvashreshth mana jata hai. yah stotra brahmand ke tatva vigyan ‘‘advait darshana’’ ki vyakhya karta hai aur brahmand, atma v inke sanbandhon ke gupt rahasyon ko ujagar karta hai. yadi ise sukshmata se samajh len aur iske arth ka manan karte hue atm manthan karen to yah satya ko samjhne v moksh prapti karane men saksham hai. islie ise moksh shastra ke nam se bhi jana jata hai.
dakshinamurti bhagvan shiv ka vah rup hain jinhen sansar ke yuva guru ke rup men jana jata hai. unhen dakshinamurti islie kaha jata hai kyonki inka munh dakshin ki or hai. dakshinamurti shabd ka arth kushal bhi hota hai. islie dakshinamurti vo hain jo kathinatam vicharon ko kushalatam tarike se padha sakte hain. bhagvan shiv ka yah rup sarvashreshth ka jikra kiya gaya hai usi gyan trako yah stotra praktit karta hai. is stotra ko kavya ka sarvotkrishtatam rup bhi mana gaya hai. shri shankracharya ki samast kritiyon men yah kriti vastav men hi ek chaindhiyane vala rangin ratn hai. shri shankracharya ne n keval apne shishyon ko updesh die balki is bat ka bhi samuchit dhyan rakha ki unka gyan unki kritiyon ke madhyam se bhavi pidhiyon tak pahunch sake. jo vidvan sadhak shrimadabhagavadgita, upnishad, narad bhakti sutra, yog sutra v dhyan ki barikiyon ki jankari prapt karke adhyatmik sadhna ke marg par agrasar ho rahe hain ve shreshth sadhak banakar is stotra men ujagar kie gae gupt gyan ko samjhne ke lie supatra hain kyonki sadhna sadhak ko in gupt rahasyon ko samjhne ke yogya banati hai.
is stotra men gahan v jatil darshan ka varnan hai islie is stotra ko samjhne hetu vedant ki achchi samajh v adhyatmik paripakvata parmavashyak hai. jankari, samajh aur gyan ka sakar rup hai. ye yog, sangit, buddhimatta v shighrafldayi dhyan ke ishvar, gyanmudra ko dharan karne vale, agyanta ke nashak v gyandata hain. hindu paranpra guru ko vishesh samman deti hai aur ismen dakshinamurti ko sarvashreshth guru mana jata hai. gyan prapti ke lie ahankar v bhram se nirlipt hona parmavashyak hai. jab manushya guru kripa se ahankar bhram v purvajanm sanchit papakarmon ke fal se mukt hota hai to use gyan ki prapti hone lagti hai islie gyan prapti ke marg men ahankar v bhram ko sabse bada avrodh mana gaya. dakshinamurti stotra ka prakat rup se uddeshya hai shri dakshinamurti ki upasna aur gaun uddeshya hai kisi bhi guru ki ishvar ke rup men aradhna. guru bhakti ka arth kisi vyakti vishesh ki nahin balki ishvar ki guru ke rup men aradhna hai. shankracharya ke samay men bhi is stotra ke gudh arth v rahasya ko samjhna kathin mana jata tha islie inke sarvapramukh shishya sureshvaracharya ne iske upar mansollas namak bhashya likha.
bad men is bhashya ke upar bahut si bhashya v tikaen likhi gain. kahte hain ki guru bina gyan nahin hota. is lokokti men jis gyan ka jikra kiya gaya hai usi gyan ko yah stotra praktit karta hai.is stotra ko kavya ka sarvotkrishtatam rup bhi mana gaya hai. shri shankracharya ki samast kritiyon men yah kriti vastav men hi ek chaindhiyane vala rangin ratn hai. shri shankracharya ne n keval apne shishyon ko updesh die balki is bat ka bhi samuchit dhyan rakha ki unka gyan unki kritiyon ke madhyam se bhavi pidhiyon tak pahunch sake. jo vidvan sadhak shrimadabhagavadgita, upnishad, narad bhakti sutra, yog sutra v dhyan ki barikiyon ki jankari prapt karke adhyatmik sadhna ke marg par agrasar ho rahe hain ve shreshth sadhak banakar is stotra men ujagar kie gae gupt gyan ko samjhne ke lie supatra hain kyonki sadhna sadhak ko in gupt rahasyon ko samjhne ke yogya banati hai. is stotra men gahan v jatil darshan ka varnan hai islie is stotra ko samjhne hetu vedant ki achchi samajh v adhyatmik paripakvata parmavashyak hai.