Datta Shodasi

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• verse 1

  पल्लविसच्चिदानन्द सद्गुरु दत्तं भज भज भक्तषोडशावतार रूप दत्तं भजरे भक्त

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  pallavisachchidānanda sadguru dattaṃ bhaja bhaja bhaktaṣōḍaśāvatāra rūpa dattaṃ bhajarē bhakta

  meaning

  Refrain: Worship, worship Dattatreya — sat-chit-ananda, true guru, Datta of the sixteen avatars.

• verse 2

  चरणंमहिषपुरवास श्री कालाग्निशमन दत्तंप्रॊद्दुटूरु ग्रामवास योगिराजवल्लभंबॆङ्गलूरु नगरस्थित दत्तयोगिराजंअनन्तपुरे स्थितं ज्ञानसागरं भज दत्तम् ॥ 1 ॥

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  charaṇaṃmahiṣapuravāsa śrī kālāgniśamana dattaṃprodduṭūru grāmavāsa yōgirājavallabhaṃbeṅgaḻūru nagarasthita dattayōgirājaṃanantapurē sthitaṃ jñānasāgaraṃ bhaja dattam ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  Verse: O Datta, slayer of the Kalagnishaman of Mahisapura, dwelling in the village of Proddutur, the king of yogis...

• verse 3

  विजयवाड विलसितं श्यामकमललोचनंमचिलीपट्टण संस्थितं अत्रिवरदराजंजयलक्ष्मीपुरे संस्कारहीन शिवरूपंमद्रासु नगर संवासं आदिगुरु नामकं ॥ 2 ॥

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  vijayavāḍa vilasitaṃ śyāmakamalalōchanaṃmachilīpaṭṭaṇa saṃsthitaṃ atrivaradarājaṃjayalakṣmīpurē saṃskārahīna śivarūpaṃmadrāsu nagara saṃvāsaṃ ādiguru nāmakaṃ ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  He who plays in Vijayavada, with dark lotus eyes, dwelling in Machilipatnam — son of Atri and Anasuya...

• verse 4

  ऋषीकेश तीर्थराजं श्री दिगम्बर दत्तंआकिवीडुस्थं विश्वाम्बरावधूत दत्तंनूजिवीडु पट्टणे देवदेव अवतारंभाग्यनगर स्थितं दत्तावधूतं भज ॥ 3 ॥

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  ṛṣīkēśa tīrtharājaṃ śrī digambara dattaṃākivīḍusthaṃ viśvāmbarāvadhūta dattaṃnūjivīḍu paṭṭaṇē dēvadēva avatāraṃbhāgyanagara sthitaṃ dattāvadhūtaṃ bhaja ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  King of the tirthas of Rishikesh, the noble naked Datta, dwelling in Akividu, Vishvambara the avadhuta...

• verse 5

  गण्डिगुण्ट जनपदे दत्तदिगम्बर देवंकॊच्चिन् नगरे स्थितं सिद्धराज नामकंमायामुक्तावधूत मच्चरपाकेलीलाविश्वम्भरं सूरन्नगरे भज ॥ 4 ॥

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  gaṇḍiguṇṭa janapadē dattadigambara dēvaṃkochchin nagarē sthitaṃ siddharāja nāmakaṃmāyāmuktāvadhūta machcharapākēlīlāviśvambharaṃ sūrannagarē bhaja ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  O naked Datta deity of the Gandigunta region — the siddha-raja dwelling in the city of Cochin...

• verse 6

  सच्चिदानन्द जन्मस्थले दत्तकाशीश्वरंपूर्वसमुद्र तीरे दत्त रामेश्वरंसच्चिदानन्द सद्गुरु दत्तं भज भज भक्तषोडशावतार रूप दत्तं भजरे भक्त ॥ 5 ॥

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  sachchidānanda janmasthalē dattakāśīśvaraṃpūrvasamudra tīrē datta rāmēśvaraṃsachchidānanda sadguru dattaṃ bhaja bhaja bhaktaṣōḍaśāvatāra rūpa dattaṃ bhajarē bhakta ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  O Datta, lord of Kashi at the birthplace of sat-chit-ananda — Datta Rameshvara on the eastern seashore...