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Dattatreya Stotram
by Narada Muni, from Narada Purana
जटाधरं पांडुरांगं शूलहस्तं कृपानिधिम् ।
सर्वरोगहरं देवं दत्तात्रेयमहं भजे ॥१॥
jaṭādharaṁ pāṁḍurāṁgaṁ śūlahastaṁ kṛpānidhim |
sarvarogaharaṁ devaṁ dattātreyamahaṁ bhaje ||
Panduranga (Krishna/Vishnu), with matted locks, holding trident, ocean of mercy
and remover of all diseases. I worship Dattatreya.
अस्य श्रीदत्तात्रेयस्तोत्रमंत्रस्य
भगवान् नारदऋषिः ।
अनुष्टुप् छन्दः ।
श्रीदत्तपरमात्मा देवता ।
श्रीदत्तप्रीत्यर्थे जपे विनियोगः ॥
asya śrīdattātreyastotramaṁtrasya
bhagavān nāradaṛṣiḥ |
anuṣṭup chandaḥ |
śrīdattaparamātmā devatā |
śrīdattaprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||
For the mantras of this Dattatreya Stotram:
Bhagavan Narada is the sage;
anushtup (four lines of eight syllables) is the meter;
Shri Datta, the Supreme Self, is the deity;
it is recited in order to please Shri Datta.
जगदुत्पत्तिकर्त्रे च स्थितिसंहार हेतवे ।
भवपाशविमुक्ताय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥१॥
jagadutpattikartre ca sthitisaṁhāra hetave |
bhavapāśavimuktāya dattātreya namo'stute ||1||
Origin of the universe, You are its cause, preservation, and destruction,
and completely free from bondage to the world — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
जराजन्मविनाशाय देहशुद्धिकराय च ।
दिगम्बरदयामूर्ते दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥२॥
jarājanmavināśāya dehaśuddhikarāya ca |
digambaradayāmūrte dattātreya namo'stute ||2||
Oh destroyer of old age and birth, Your body is pure,
naked (sky-clad), the image of compassion — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
कर्पूरकान्तिदेहाय ब्रह्ममूर्तिधराय च ।
वेदशास्त्रपरिज्ञाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥३॥
karpūrakāntidehāya brahmamūrtidharāya ca |
vedaśāstraparijñāya dattātreya namo'stute ||3||
Your body is radiant like camphor, the manifested image of Brahman;
You are the knower of the Vedic scriptures — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
र्हस्वदीर्घकृशस्थूलनामगोत्रविवर्जित ।
पंचभूतैकदीप्ताय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥४॥
rhasvadīrghakṛśasthūlanāmagotravivarjita |
paṁcabhūtaikadīptāya dattātreya namo'stute ||4||
You are beyond (designations such as) short, tall, thin, fat, name, and lineage.
You set ablaze the five elements — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
यज्ञभोक्ते च यज्ञाय यज्ञरूपधराय च ।
यज्ञप्रियाय सिद्धाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥५॥
yajñabhokte ca yajñāya yajñarūpadharāya ca |
yajñapriyāya siddhāya dattātreya namo'stute ||5||
You are the enjoyer of sacrifice and the sacrifice itself, the form of sacrifice,
the lover of sacrifice, and the perfected sage — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
आदौ ब्रह्मा मध्य विष्णुरंते देवः सदाशिवः ।
मूर्तित्रयस्वरूपाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥६॥
ādau brahmā madhya viṣṇuraṁte devaḥ sadāśivaḥ |
mūrtitrayasvarūpāya dattātreya namo'stute ||6||
In the beginning is Brahma, in the middle is Vishnu and at the end is God Sadashiva.
Your nature consist of these three deities — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
भोगालयाय भोगाय योगयोग्याय धारिणे ।
जितेन्द्रियजितज्ञाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥७॥
bhogālayāya bhogāya yogayogyāya dhāriṇe |
jitendriyajitajñāya dattātreya namo'stute ||7||
You are the abode of enjoyment and enjoyment itself. You are the support of those qualified for Yoga.
You are the master of the senses and the master of knowledge — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
दिगम्बराय दिव्याय दिव्यरूपध्राय च ।
सदोदितपरब्रह्म दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥८॥
digambarāya divyāya divyarūpadhrāya ca |
sadoditaparabrahma dattātreya namo'stute ||8||
Naked (sky-clad), Your form shines with divinity.
You are the eternal Supreme Brahman — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
जम्बुद्वीपमहाक्षेत्रमातापुरनिवासिने ।
जयमानसतां देव दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥९॥
jambudvīpamahākṣetramātāpuranivāsine |
jayamānasatāṁ deva dattātreya namo'stute ||9||
In Jambudvipa (India), in the great land (Maharastra), Your abode is Matapura.
Having conquered the mind, You are Divinity Itself — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
भिक्षाटनं गृहे ग्रामे पात्रं हेममयं करे ।
नानास्वादमयी भिक्षा दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥१०॥
bhikṣāṭanaṁ gṛhe grāme pātraṁhemamayaṁ kare |
nānāsvādamayī bhikṣā dattātreya namo'stute ||10||
As a naked beggar You move between homes and villages with a golden bowl in Your hand,
collecting various delicious alms — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
ब्रह्मज्ञानमयी मुद्रा वस्त्रे चाकाशभूतले ।
प्रज्ञानघनबोधाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥११॥
brahmajñānamayī mudrā vastre cākāśabhūtale |
prajñānaghanabodhāya dattātreya namo'stute ||11||
Full of the knowledge of Brahman, joyful and clothed in the element of space,
Your teachings reveal the highest wisdom — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
अवधूतसदानन्दपरब्रह्मस्वरूपिणे ।
विदेहदेहरूपाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥१२॥
avadhūtasadānandaparabrahmasvarūpiṇe |
videhadeharūpāya dattātreya namo'stute ||12||
The Avadhuta, ever-blissful, Your nature is the Supreme Brahman.
In the form of a body without body consciousness — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
सत्यंरूपसदाचारसत्यधर्मपरायण ।
सत्याश्रयपरोक्षाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥१३॥
satyaṁrūpasadācārasatyadharmaparāyaṇa |
satyāśrayaparokṣāya dattātreya namo'stute ||13||
Your form is truth, Your conduct is pure, You follow the dharma of truth
and Your shelter is truth, supreme and unending — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
शूलहस्तगदापाणे वनमालासुकन्धर ।
यज्ञसूत्रधरब्रह्मन् दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥१४॥
śūlahastagadāpāṇe vanamālāsukandhara |
yajñasūtradharabrahman dattātreya namo'stute ||14||
You hold trident and mace and wear a garland of forest flowers
and the sacrificial tread of a Brahmin — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
क्षराक्षरस्वरूपाय परात्परतराय च ।
दत्तमुक्तिपरस्तोत्र दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥१५॥
kṣarākṣarasvarūpāya parātparatarāya ca |
dattamuktiparastotra dattātreya namo'stute ||15||
Your nature is both perishable and imperishable. You have gone beyond even the transcendental reality.
Datta, liberated and beyond praise — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
दत्त विद्याढ्यलक्ष्मीश दत्त स्वात्मस्वरूपिणे ।
गुणनिर्गुणरूपाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥१६॥
datta vidyāḍhyalakṣmīśa datta svātmasvarūpiṇe |
guṇanirguṇarūpāya dattātreya namo'stute ||16||
Datta, endowed with wisdom and the lord of wealth. Datta, whose nature is the Self.
Your form is both with attributes and without attributes — Dattatreya, we bow to You.
शत्रुनाशकरं स्तोत्रं ज्ञानविज्ञानदायकम् ।
सर्वपापं शमं याति दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तुते ॥१७॥
śatrunāśakaraṁ stotraṁ jñānavijñānadāyakam |
sarvapāpaṁ śamaṁ yāti dattātreya namo'stute ||17||
This hymn destroys enemies, bestows knowledge and wisdom,
and pacifies all sins. Dattatreya, we bow to You.
इदं स्तोत्रं महद्दिव्यं दत्तप्रत्यक्षकारकम् ।
दत्तात्रेयप्रसादाच्च नारदेन प्रकीर्तितम् ॥१८॥
idaṁ stotraṁ mahaddivyaṁ dattapratyakṣakārakam |
dattātreyaprasādācca nāradena prakīrtitam ||18||
This great divine hymn grants direct perception of reality.
I, Narada, composed it only by the grace of Dattatreya.
इति श्रीनारदपुराणे नारदविरचितं दत्तात्रेयस्तोत्रं सुसंपूर्णम्॥
iti śrīnāradapurāṇe nāradaviracitaṁ dattātreyastotraṁ susaṁpūrṇam ||
In the Narada Purana, spoken by Narada, here ends the Dattatreya Stotram.
