The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Dakṣiṇāmūrtistotram

Verse 9

एकेन मुद्रां परशुं करेणकरेण चान्येन मृगं दधानः ।स्वजानुविन्यस्तकरः पुरस्ता-दाचार्यचूडामणिराविरस्तु ॥ ९ ॥

In plain words

One hand shaped into the sign of knowing, one holding the axe, another the deer, and one resting on his own knee — may he stand here in front of me, the crest-jewel of every teacher.

Close to the Sanskrit

With one hand the mudrā, [with one] hand the axe, and with another hand holding the deer, with his hand laid upon his own knee — may the crest-jewel of teachers become manifest in front [of me].