Lord Dattatreya

śrī datta atharvaśīrṣa

(Datta Atharvashirsha in English (IAST))

Also known as om namo bhagavate dattatreyaya avadhutaya

The Datta Atharvashirsha, addressing Dattatreya as digambara, as Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva in one, as the first principle and the first power, pervading all and witness to all.

oṃ namo bhagavate dattātreyāya avadhūtāya
digaṃbarāyavidhihariharāya āditattvāya ādiśaktaye || 1||
tvaṃ carācarātmakaḥ sarvavyāpī sarvasākṣī
tvaṃ dikkālātītaḥ tvaṃ dvandvātītaḥ || 2||
tvaṃ viśvātmakaḥ tvaṃ viśvādhāraḥ viśveśaḥ
viśvanāthaḥ tvaṃ viśvanāṭakasūtradhāraḥ
tvameva kevalaṃ kartāsi tvaṃ akartāsi ca nityam || 3||
tvaṃ ānandamayaḥ dhyānagamyaḥ tvaṃ ātmānandaḥ
tvaṃ paramānandaḥ tvaṃ saccidānandaḥ
tvameva caitanyaḥ caitanyadattātreyaḥ
oṃ caitanyadattātreyāya namaḥ || 4||
tvaṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ bhaktatārakaḥ bhaktarakṣakaḥ
dayāghanaḥ bhajanapriyaḥ tvaṃ patitapāvanaḥ
karuṇākaraḥ bhavabhayaharaḥ || 5||
tvaṃ bhaktakāraṇasaṃbhūtaḥ atrisutaḥ anasūyātmajaḥ
tvaṃ śrīpādaśrīvallabhaḥ tvaṃ gāṇagagrāmanivāsī
śrīmannṛsiṃhasarasvatī tvaṃ śrīnṛsiṃhabhānaḥ
akkalakoṭanivāsī śrīsvāmīsamarthaḥ
tvaṃ karavīranivāsī paramasadguru śrīkṛṣṇasarasvatī
tvaṃ śrīsadguru mādhavasarasvatī || 6||
tvaṃ smartṛgāmī śrīgurūdattaḥ śaraṇāgato'smi tvām |
dīne ārte mayi dayāṃ kuru
tava ekamātradṛṣṭikṣepaḥ duritakṣayakārakaḥ |
he bhagavan, varadadattātreya,
māmuddhara, māmuddhara, māmuddhara iti prārthayāmi |
oṃ drāṃ dattātreyāya namaḥ || 7||
|| oṃ digaṃbarāya vidmahe avadhūtāya dhīmahi tanno dattaḥ pracodayāt ||

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