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Dattatreya Stotram (Narada Purana) दत्तात्रेय स्तोत्र (नारद पुराण)

A meditation verse and viniyoga followed by eighteen verses, each ending 'Dattatreya, salutation to you': the creator, sustainer and destroyer in one, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva together, the naked ascetic of Matapura who begs with a golden bowl and lives in the bliss of Brahman.

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श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||ଶ୍ରୀଗଣେଶାଯ ନମଃ ॥

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जटाधरं पांडुरंगं शूलहस्तं कृपानिधिम् ।jaṭādharaṃ pāṃḍuraṃgaṃ śūlahastaṃ kṛpānidhim |ଜଟାଧରଂ ପାଂଡୁରଂଗଂ ଶୂଲହସ୍ତଂ କୃପାନିଧିମ୍ ।

सर्वरोगहरं देवं दत्तात्रेयमहं भजे ॥ १ ॥sarvarogaharaṃ devaṃ dattātreyamahaṃ bhaje || 1 ||ସର୍ବରୋଗହରଂ ଦେବଂ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯମହଂ ଭଜେ ॥ 1 ॥

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अस्य श्रीदत्तात्रेयस्तोत्रमंत्रस्य भगवान्नारद ऋषिः । अनुष्टुप् छंदः । श्रीदत्तः परमात्मा देवता । श्रीदत्तप्रीत्यर्थे जपे विनियोगः ।asya śrīdattātreyastotramaṃtrasya bhagavānnārada ṛṣiḥ | anuṣṭup chaṃdaḥ | śrīdattaḥ paramātmā devatā | śrīdattaprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ |ଅସ୍ଯ ଶ୍ରୀଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯସ୍ତୋତ୍ରମଂତ୍ରସ୍ଯ ଭଗବାନ୍ନାରଦ ଋଷିଃ । ଅନୁଷ୍ଟୁପ୍ ଛଂଦଃ । ଶ୍ରୀଦତ୍ତଃ ପରମାତ୍ମା ଦେବତା । ଶ୍ରୀଦତ୍ତପ୍ରୀତ୍ଯର୍ଥେ ଜପେ ବିନିଯୋଗଃ ।

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जगदुत्पत्तिकर्त्रे च स्थितिसंहारहेतवे ।jagadutpattikartre ca sthitisaṃhārahetave |ଜଗଦୁତ୍ପତ୍ତିକର୍ତ୍ରେ ଚ ସ୍ଥିତିସଂହାରହେତବେ ।

भवपाशविमुक्ताय दत्तात्रेय नमोस्तु ते ॥ १ ॥bhavapāśavimuktāya dattātreya namostu te || 1 ||ଭବପାଶବିମୁକ୍ତାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 1 ॥

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जराजन्मविनाशाय देहशुद्धिकराय च ।jarājanmavināśāya dehaśuddhikarāya ca |ଜରାଜନ୍ମବିନାଶାଯ ଦେହଶୁଦ୍ଧିକରାଯ ଚ ।

दिगंबर दयामूर्ते दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २ ॥digaṃbara dayāmūrte dattātreya namo'stu te || 2 ||ଦିଗଂବର ଦଯାମୂର୍ତେ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 2 ॥

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कर्पूरकांतिदेहाय ब्रह्ममूर्तिधराय च ।karpūrakāṃtidehāya brahmamūrtidharāya ca |କର୍ପୂରକାଂତିଦେହାଯ ବ୍ରହ୍ମମୂର୍ତିଧରାଯ ଚ ।

वेदशास्त्रपरिज्ञाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ३ ॥vedaśāstraparijñāya dattātreya namo'stu te || 3 ||ବେଦଶାସ୍ତ୍ରପରିଜ୍ଞାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 3 ॥

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ह्रस्वदीर्घकृशस्थूलनामगोत्रविवर्जित ।hrasvadīrghakṛśasthūlanāmagotravivarjita |ହ୍ରସ୍ବଦୀର୍ଘକୃଶସ୍ଥୂଲନାମଗୋତ୍ରବିବର୍ଜିତ ।

पंचभूतैकदीप्ताय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ४ ॥paṃcabhūtaikadīptāya dattātreya namo'stu te || 4 ||ପଂଚଭୂତୈକଦୀପ୍ତାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 4 ॥

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यज्ञभोक्त्रे च यज्ञाय यज्ञरूपधराय च ।yajñabhoktre ca yajñāya yajñarūpadharāya ca |ଯଜ୍ଞଭୋକ୍ତ୍ରେ ଚ ଯଜ୍ଞାଯ ଯଜ୍ଞରୂପଧରାଯ ଚ ।

यज्ञप्रियाय सिद्धाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ५ ॥yajñapriyāya siddhāya dattātreya namo'stu te || 5 ||ଯଜ୍ଞପ୍ରିଯାଯ ସିଦ୍ଧାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 5 ॥

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आदौ ब्रह्मा मध्ये विष्णुरंते देवः सदाशिवः ।ādau brahmā madhye viṣṇuraṃte devaḥ sadāśivaḥ |ଆଦୌ ବ୍ରହ୍ମା ମଧ୍ଯେ ବିଷ୍ଣୁରଂତେ ଦେବଃ ସଦାଶିବଃ ।

मूर्तित्रयस्वरूपाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ६ ॥mūrtitrayasvarūpāya dattātreya namo'stu te || 6 ||ମୂର୍ତିତ୍ରଯସ୍ବରୂପାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 6 ॥

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भोगालयाय भोगाय योगयोग्याय धारिणे ।bhogālayāya bhogāya yogayogyāya dhāriṇe |ଭୋଗାଲଯାଯ ଭୋଗାଯ ଯୋଗଯୋଗ୍ଯାଯ ଧାରିଣେ ।

जितेंद्रियजितज्ञाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ७ ॥jiteṃdriyajitajñāya dattātreya namo'stu te || 7 ||ଜିତେଂଦ୍ରିଯଜିତଜ୍ଞାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 7 ॥

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दिगंबराय दिव्याय दिव्यरूपधराय च ।digaṃbarāya divyāya divyarūpadharāya ca |ଦିଗଂବରାଯ ଦିବ୍ଯାଯ ଦିବ୍ଯରୂପଧରାଯ ଚ ।

सदोदितपरब्रह्म दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ८ ॥sadoditaparabrahma dattātreya namo'stu te || 8 ||ସଦୋଦିତପରବ୍ରହ୍ମ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 8 ॥

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जंबूद्वीपे महाक्षेत्रे मातापुरनिवासिने ।jaṃbūdvīpe mahākṣetre mātāpuranivāsine |ଜଂବୂଦ୍ବୀପେ ମହାକ୍ଷେତ୍ରେ ମାତାପୁରନିବାସିନେ ।

जयमान सतां देव दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ९ ॥jayamāna satāṃ deva dattātreya namo'stu te || 9 ||ଜଯମାନ ସତାଂ ଦେବ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 9 ॥

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भिक्षाटनं गृहे ग्रामे पात्रं हेममयं करे ।bhikṣāṭanaṃ gṛhe grāme pātraṃ hemamayaṃ kare |ଭିକ୍ଷାଟନଂ ଗୃହେ ଗ୍ରାମେ ପାତ୍ରଂ ହେମମଯଂ କରେ ।

नानास्वादमयी भिक्षा दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १० ॥nānāsvādamayī bhikṣā dattātreya namo'stu te || 10 ||ନାନାସ୍ବାଦମଯୀ ଭିକ୍ଷା ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 10 ॥

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ब्रह्मज्ञानमयी मुद्रा वस्त्रे चाकाशभूतले ।brahmajñānamayī mudrā vastre cākāśabhūtale |ବ୍ରହ୍ମଜ୍ଞାନମଯୀ ମୁଦ୍ରା ବସ୍ତ୍ରେ ଚାକାଶଭୂତଲେ ।

प्रज्ञानघनबोधाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ११ ॥prajñānaghanabodhāya dattātreya namo'stu te || 11 ||ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞାନଘନବୋଧାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 11 ॥

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अवधूत सदानंद परब्रह्मस्वरूपिणे ।avadhūta sadānaṃda parabrahmasvarūpiṇe |ଅବଧୂତ ସଦାନଂଦ ପରବ୍ରହ୍ମସ୍ବରୂପିଣେ ।

विदेहदेहरूपाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १२ ॥videhadeharūpāya dattātreya namo'stu te || 12 ||ବିଦେହଦେହରୂପାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 12 ॥

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सत्यरूप सदाचार सत्यधर्मपरायण ।satyarūpa sadācāra satyadharmaparāyaṇa |ସତ୍ଯରୂପ ସଦାଚାର ସତ୍ଯଧର୍ମପରାଯଣ ।

सत्याश्रय परोक्षाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १३ ॥satyāśraya parokṣāya dattātreya namo'stu te || 13 ||ସତ୍ଯାଶ୍ରଯ ପରୋକ୍ଷାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 13 ॥

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शूलहस्त गदापाणे वनमालासुकंधर ।śūlahasta gadāpāṇe vanamālāsukaṃdhara |ଶୂଲହସ୍ତ ଗଦାପାଣେ ବନମାଲାସୁକଂଧର ।

यज्ञसूत्रधर ब्रह्मन् दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १४ ॥yajñasūtradhara brahman dattātreya namo'stu te || 14 ||ଯଜ୍ଞସୂତ୍ରଧର ବ୍ରହ୍ମନ୍ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 14 ॥

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क्षराक्षरस्वरूपाय परात्परतराय च ।kṣarākṣarasvarūpāya parātparatarāya ca |କ୍ଷରାକ୍ଷରସ୍ବରୂପାଯ ପରାତ୍ପରତରାଯ ଚ ।

दत्तमुक्तिपरस्तोत्र दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १५ ॥dattamuktiparastotra dattātreya namo'stu te || 15 ||ଦତ୍ତମୁକ୍ତିପରସ୍ତୋତ୍ର ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 15 ॥

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दत्तविद्याढ्य लक्ष्मीश दत्तस्वात्मस्वरूपिणे ।dattavidyāḍhya lakṣmīśa dattasvātmasvarūpiṇe |ଦତ୍ତବିଦ୍ଯାଢ୍ଯ ଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀଶ ଦତ୍ତସ୍ବାତ୍ମସ୍ବରୂପିଣେ ।

गुणनिर्गुणरूपाय दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १६ ॥guṇanirguṇarūpāya dattātreya namo'stu te || 16 ||ଗୁଣନିର୍ଗୁଣରୂପାଯ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 16 ॥

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Phala-shruti 17

शत्रुनाशकरं स्तोत्रं ज्ञानविज्ञानदायकम् ।śatrunāśakaraṃ stotraṃ jñānavijñānadāyakam |ଶତ୍ରୁନାଶକରଂ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରଂ ଜ୍ଞାନବିଜ୍ଞାନଦାଯକମ୍ ।

सर्वपापं शमं याति दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १७ ॥sarvapāpaṃ śamaṃ yāti dattātreya namo'stu te || 17 ||ସର୍ବପାପଂ ଶମଂ ଯାତି ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯ ନମୋଽସ୍ତୁ ତେ ॥ 17 ॥

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Phala-shruti 18

इदं स्तोत्रं महद्दिव्यं दत्तप्रत्यक्षकारकम् ।idaṃ stotraṃ mahaddivyaṃ dattapratyakṣakārakam |ଇଦଂ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରଂ ମହଦ୍ଦିବ୍ଯଂ ଦତ୍ତପ୍ରତ୍ଯକ୍ଷକାରକମ୍ ।

दत्तात्रेयप्रसादाच्च नारदेन प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ १८ ॥dattātreyaprasādācca nāradena prakīrtitam || 18 ||ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯପ୍ରସାଦାଚ୍ଚ ନାରଦେନ ପ୍ରକୀର୍ତିତମ୍ ॥ 18 ॥

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इति श्रीनारदपुराणे नारदविरचितं दत्तात्रेयस्तोत्रं संपूर्णम् ॥iti śrīnāradapurāṇe nāradaviracitaṃ dattātreyastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam ||ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀନାରଦପୁରାଣେ ନାରଦବିରଚିତଂ ଦତ୍ତାତ୍ରେଯସ୍ତୋତ୍ରଂ ସଂପୂର୍ଣମ୍ ॥

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Read in another script: ગુજરાતી বাংলা தமிழ் తెలుగు ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · letter-for-letter from the Devanagari text, approximate

Text: Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, 1912, no. 91 दत्तात्रेयस्तोत्रम्, printed pp. 213–214 = djvu pages 221–222 on Sanskrit Wikisource (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%3ABrihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A7&oldid=377897; https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%3ABrihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A8&oldid=377898). Wikisource has only the unproofread OCR layer, so every line was read on the page images. Witnesses: (B) Sanskrit Wikisource main page दत्तात्रेयस्तोत्रम् (नारदपुराणम्) (revision 93240, 2016), an independent transcription: corrected edition 34 identical, 8 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 99.5%; raw OCR with abbreviated refrains 16 identical, 26 differing; 93.7%. (GP) Dattatreya Vajra Kavacha with Hindi translation, Gita Press, which prints this stotra after the kavacha; the archive.org scan (XDef_dattatreya-vajra-kavacha-…) lacks the page with the dhyana and verses 1–2, and its OCR, compared order-free, gives 19 identical, 15 differing, 8 without counterpart. (K) the Khemraj Venkateshwar Press Brihat Stotra Ratnakar part 1 of 1906 (archive.org BrihatStotraRatnakarPartI1906Khemraj), whose OCR is too noisy for counts but agrees in wording where legible, including कर्पूरकांति…देहाय. OCR errors corrected on the page image: इस्वदीर्घ → ह्रस्वदीर्घ; यज्ञभोक्रे → यज्ञभोक्त्रे; the damaged refrain of v.5 'द व नमोऽस्तु ते' → दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते; जंबूद्वीपे म हाक्षेत्रे → महाक्षेत्रे; नाना स्वादमयी → नानास्वादमयी; महदिव्यं → महद्दिव्यं; a missing verse number ॥ ७ ॥ supplied. One misprint of the 1912 print was corrected: v.3 कर्पूरकांतिनेहाय (the print clearly reads ने) → कर्पूरकांतिदेहाय ('whose body has the lustre of camphor'; B, GP and K read देहाय). Editorial decisions: the print writes the refrain in full in v.1 (दत्तात्रेय नमोस्तु ते) and v.5 (दत्तात्रेय नमोऽस्तु ते) and abbreviates it as दत्तात्रेय० elsewhere; it is expanded with the v.5 spelling, and v.1 keeps its own. Edition readings kept: पांडुरंगं (B पांडुरांगं), श्रीदत्तः परमात्मा (B श्रीदत्तपरमात्मा), आदौ ब्रह्मा मध्ये (B मध्य), जंबूद्वीपे महाक्षेत्रे (B as one compound), जयमान सतां देव (GP जयमानः), योगयोग्याय (GP योग्ययोग्याय); the opening dhyana verse and viniyoga are set as in the print. The colophon ascribes the hymn to the Narada Purana; it was not located in a critical edition of that Purana, so the ascription is recorded as the colophon's.

The Roman line is IAST transliteration derived from the Devanagari (ā = long a, ṃ = anusvara, ḥ = visarga, ś/ṣ = sh sounds, c = ch as in “church”). In Hindi, Awadhi and Braj texts the silent final “a” is dropped. Transliteration does not show Vedic accents.

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What is Dattatreya Stotram (Narada Purana)?

A meditation verse and viniyoga followed by eighteen verses, each ending 'Dattatreya, salutation to you': the creator, sustainer and destroyer in one, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva together, the naked ascetic of Matapura who begs with a golden bowl and lives in the bliss of Brahman.

Who is Dattatreya Stotram (Narada Purana) associated with?

Dattatreya Stotram (Narada Purana) is associated with Dattatreya. Revered as the union of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and as the primal guru, especially in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat; Datta Jayanti falls on Margashirsha Purnima.

What does Dattatreya Stotram (Narada Purana) mean?

A short paraphrase, not a translation. I worship Dattatreya, with matted hair and a pale body, trident in hand, a treasury of grace who removes all disease. Salutation to you, Dattatreya: cause of the world's birth, preservation and dissolution, freed from the bonds of becoming; destroyer of age and birth, purifier of the body, naked image of compassion; bright as camphor, bearing Brahma's form, knower of Veda and shastra; beyond short and tall, thin and stout, name and lineage, shining with the five elements; the enjoyer, the form and the beloved of sacrifice; Brahma at the beginning, Vish…

What is the source of Dattatreya Stotram (Narada Purana)?

Narada Purana — Ascribed to the Narada Purana in its colophon (spoken by Narada); Brihat Stotra Ratnakara 1912, no. 91. Tradition: Vaishnava.

Are there different versions of Dattatreya Stotram (Narada Purana)?

Prints differ slightly: dhyana पाण्डुराङ्गं or पाण्डुरङ्गं; viniyoga श्रीदत्तपरमात्मा देवता; v.6 मध्ये or मध्य; v.7 योग्ययोग्याय; v.9 जम्बूद्वीपमहाक्षेत्रमातापुरनिवासिने as one compound and जयमानः सतां देव; v.13 सत्यरूप सदाचार written as a compound. The refrain is spelt नमोस्तु ते or नमोऽस्तु ते.

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