Lord Dattatreya

śrī saptaśatī gurucaritra adhyāya 17

(Saptashati Gurucharitra Adhyay 17 in English (IAST))

Vasudevananda Saraswati

Also known as Saptashati Gurucharitra · Saptashati Gurucharitra 17 · Saptashati Gurucharitra in Marathi

Saptashati Gurucharitra Adhyay 17. The Saptashati Gurucharitra of Vasudevananda Saraswati (Tembe Swami), a condensation of the Gurucharitra into seven hundred verses. It carries the same account of Shripad Shrivallabha and Nrisimha Saraswati in a shorter compass, for those who keep a daily parayana rather than a seven-day one.

je carvita carvaṇase | viṣaya bhogitāti pise |
tārāvayā tayā aseṃ | karītase guru karma ||1||
vipra mukhyācā suta eka | kolhāpurī hotā mūrkha |
paśu mhaṇatī sarva loka | niṃditī duḥkha vāṭe tyāteṃ ||2||
viraktā parī to yevūna | bhuvaneśvarīsī prārthūna |
na hotā tī suprasanna | jivhā chedūna detase ||3||
śirassumana dyāyā ciṃtī | devī dhāḍī tyā guruprati |
guru jivhā detī karitī | sumatī jātī gurupuḍheṃ ||4||

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