śrī datta ṣoḍaśāvatāra dhyāna ślokāḥ

Sixteen meditation verses, one for each of the forms in which Dattātreya is counted to have appeared, each preceded by its own name-mantra. Taken in order the sixteen are Yogirāja, Atrivarada, Dattātreya, Kālāgniśamana, Yogijanavallabha, Līlāviśvambhara, Siddharāja, Jñānasāgara, Viśvambharāvadhūta, Māyāmuktāvadhūta, Māyāyuktāvadhūta, Ādiguru, Śivarūpa, Devadeva, Digambara, and Kṛṣṇaśyāma Kamalanayana. The tenth and eleventh are deliberately set against each other, the avadhūta free of illusion and the avadhūta clothed in it, hidden inside the qualities of his own māyā. The second verse is the fullest picture in the set, placing the rosary and water-pot in the lower pair of hands, the drum and trident in the middle pair, and the conch and discus raised in the upper. It opens by asking not for wealth but for remembrance, devotion and steadiness.