% Text title            : Shri Dattatreya Ashtakshari Mantravidhanam
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% Category              : deities\_misc, dattAtreya, mantra
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% Author                : Traditional
% Transliterated by     : Durga Sharma
% Proofread by          : Durga Sharma
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% Latest update         : June 23, 2026
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viniyogaH \-
OM asya shrIdattAtreyAShTAkSharImantrasya bhagavAn sadAshiva R^iShiH |
gAyatrI ChandaH | shrIdattAtreya devatA | jape viniyogaH ||
R^iShyAdinyAsaH |
bhagavate sadAshivaR^iShaye namaH shirasi |
gAyatrIChandase namaH mukhe |
shrIdattAtreyadevatAyai namaH hR^idi |
jape viniyogAya namaH sarvA~Nge ||
bIjakaranyAsaH |
OM drAM a~NguShThAbhyAM namaH |
OM drIM tarjanIbhyAM svAhA |
OM drUM madhyamAbhyAM vaShaT |
OM draiM anAmikAbhyAM hum |
OM drauM kaniShThikAbhyAM vauShaT |
OM draH karatalakarapR^iShThAbhyAM phaT ||
bIjaShaDa~NganyAsaH |
OM drAM hR^idayAya namaH |
OM drIM shirase svAhA |
OM drUM shikhAyai vaShaT |
OM draiM kavachAya hum |
OM drauM netratrayAya vauShaT |
OM draH astrAya phaT ||
aShTAkShara\-karanyAsaH |
drAM a~NguShThAbhyAM namaH |
datta tarjanIbhyAM svAhA |
Atre madhyamAbhyAM vaShaT |
yAya anAmikAbhyAM hum |
namaH kaniShThikAbhyAM vauShaT |
drAM dattAtreyAya namaH karatalakarapR^iShThAbhyAM phaT ||
aShTAkShara\-ShaDa~NganyAsaH |
drAM hR^idayAya namaH |
datta shirase svAhA |
Atre shikhAyai vaShaT |
yAya kavachAya hum |
namaH netratrayAya vauShaT |
drAM dattAtreyAya namaH astrAya phaT ||
dhyAnam \-
sadAnandAtmakaM shuddhaM sAttvikaM tArakaM param |
vishvarUpaM jagadyoniM dattAtreyaM bhajAmyaham ||
jaTAdharaM digambaraM trinetraM bhaktavatsalam |
varadAbhayahastADhyaM yogisiddhaniShevitam ||
shAntaM prasannavadanaM sarvalokaikanAyakam |
trimUrtirUpiNaM devaM dattAtreyaM namAmyaham ||
mUlamantrajapaH |
drAM dattAtreyAya namaH ||

|| iti shrIdattAtreyAShTAkSharImantravidhAnaM sampUrNam ||

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Those who do not have a physical guru should practice Dattatreya Upasana.

Encoded and proofread by Durga Sharma

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