Lord Dattatreya

śrī dattā aṣṭakama

(Shree Datta Ashtakam in English (IAST))

Also known as shree datta · shri datta · gurumurtim cidakasam saccidanandavigraham

The Datta Ashtakam — eight verses to Dattatreya as the guru's own form, the sky of consciousness, sat-chit-ananda embodied, beyond alternative and beyond obstruction.

gurumūrtiṃ cidākāśaṃ saccidānandavigrahaṃ |
nirvikalpaṃ nirābādhaṃ dattamānandamāśraye || 1 ||
yogātītaṃ guṇātītaṃ sarvarakṣākaraṃ vibhuṃ |
sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ devaṃ dattamānandamāśraye || 2 ||
avadhūtaṃ sadādhyānam audumbarasuśobhitaṃ |
anaghāpriyā vibhuṃ devaṃ dattamānandamāśraye || 3 ||
nirākāraṃ nirābhāsaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaṃ |
nirguṇaṃ niṣkalaṃ śāntaṃ dattamānandamāśraye || 4 ||
anasūyāsutaṃ devaṃ atrivamśakulodbhavaṃ |
digambaraṃ mahātejaṃ dattamānandamāśraye || 5 ||
sahyādrivāsinaṃ dattaṃ ātmajñānapradāyakaṃ |
akhaṇḍamaṇḍalākāraṃ dattamānandamāśraye || 6 ||
pañcayajñapriyaṃ devaṃ pañcarūpasuśobhitaṃ |
guruparamparaṃ vande dattamānandamāśraye || 7 ||
dattamānandāṣṭakaṃ yaḥ paṭhet sarvavidyā jayaṃ labhet |
dattānugrahaphalaṃ prāptaṃ dattamānandamāśraye || 8 ||
|| phalaśruti ||
ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ |
sarvasiddhimavāpnoti śrīdattaśśaraṇaṃ mama ||

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