ಶ್ರೀದತ್ತಾತ್ರೇಯಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್

I worship Lord Dattatreya, who wears matted hair, who is fair-complexioned, who holds a trident in His hand, who is an ocean of mercy, and who is the destroyer of all diseases.

Of this Sri Dattatreya Stotra mantra, the sage is Bhagavan Narada. The meter is Anushtup. The deity is the Supreme Soul, Sri Datta. The recitation is performed for the pleasure of Sri Datta.

Salutations to Dattatreya, who is the creator of the universe, the cause of its sustenance and dissolution, and the liberator from the bonds of worldly existence.

Salutations to You, O Dattatreya, the embodiment of compassion and the one who is sky-clad, for the destruction of birth and old age, and for the purification of the body.

Salutations to Dattatreya, who possesses a body radiant as camphor, who is the embodiment of Brahman, and who is the knower of all Vedas and Shastras.

Salutations to You, O Dattatreya, who are devoid of short, long, thin, or thick forms, as well as name and lineage, and who shine as the one essence of the five elements.

Salutations to Dattatreya, who is the enjoyer of the sacrifice, who is the sacrifice itself, who wears the form of the sacrifice, who is fond of the sacrifice, and who is the perfected one.

In the beginning is Brahma, in the middle is Vishnu, and at the end is Lord Sadashiva; salutations to Dattatreya, who is the embodiment of this trinity.

Salutations to Dattatreya, who is the abode of all enjoyments and the enjoyment itself, who is fit for yoga and the upholder of all, who has conquered the senses and mastered all knowledge.

Salutations to Lord Dattatreya, who is clad in the directions (sky-clad), who is divine, who wears a divine form, and who is the eternally manifest Supreme Brahman.

O Lord Dattatreya, who resides in the great sacred land of Jambudvipa and the city of Matapura, and who is the source of victory for the virtuous, salutations to You.

Wandering for alms from house to house in the village, with a golden bowl in hand, receiving alms of various tastes; salutations to You, O Dattatreya.

Salutations to Dattatreya, whose mudra is the embodiment of the knowledge of Brahman, whose garment is the sky and the earth, and who is the embodiment of supreme consciousness.

Salutations to Dattatreya, who is the Avadhuta, the embodiment of eternal bliss, the Supreme Brahman, and who possesses a form that is beyond the body.

O Dattatreya, who is the embodiment of truth, whose conduct is always righteous, who is devoted to the dharma of truth, who is the refuge of truth, and who is beyond the reach of the senses, salutations to You.

O Dattatreya, holder of the trident and the mace in Your hands, adorned with a garland of forest flowers around Your neck, wearer of the sacred thread, O Supreme Brahman, salutations to You.

Salutations to Dattatreya, who is the embodiment of both the perishable and the imperishable, who is higher than the highest, and who is the subject of this hymn that bestows liberation.

O Dattatreya, the possessor of knowledge and the Lord of prosperity, O Dattatreya, who is the embodiment of the Self, O Dattatreya, who manifests in both the qualified and the unqualified forms, salutations to You.

This hymn destroys enemies and bestows knowledge and wisdom; it pacifies all sins. Salutations to You, O Dattatreya.

This great and divine hymn is the cause of the direct realization of Dattatreya; it was proclaimed by Narada through the grace of Dattatreya.