Jaya Guru Datta This platform doesn't seem to support diacriticals, hence the added letters for pronounciation. Verse by verse meaning follows.
Mantra Pramanam mantraika vedyam Mantra svarupam bhaja dattam Mantrarna rupam mantrartha gopam Mantra pradipam bhaja dattam ...Mantra Pramanam Dram bija vasam daridryansham Dayanivesham bhaja dattam Shadaksaresham sampatprakasham Yogopadesham bhaja dattam ...Mantra Pramanam Ashtarnavedyam bhavaroga vaidyam Ananda hrdyam bhaja dattam Dvadasha varnam ananda purnam Yogottirnam bhaja dattam ...Mantra Pramanam Shodasha bijam gururajarajam Kaivalyabhajam bhaja dattam Dattatreyam krisham harim tam Unmatta rupam bhaja dattam ...Mantra Pramanam Anandadayakam muni bala rupam Pishacavesam bhaja dattam Vishuddha jana sagara misham Saccidananda bhaja dattam ...Mantra Pramanam To know Datta, Mantras alone are the source. He is the one to be known through the Mantras. Adore Datta who is the embodiment of Mantra. The letters of the Mantras constitute Datta's form. He is the protector of Mantras and the one who is illumined by the Mantras. Adore that Datta. Lord Datta dwells in the seed letter DRAAM. He is the destroyer of the poverty of his devotees. He is the six-lettered Mantra (Datta shadakshari). He is the bestower of wealth and instructor of Yoga. Worship such Datta. He can be known also through the eight lettered Datta Ashtakshari Mantra. He is the healer of the disease called Samsara. He illumines our heart with limitless bliss. He is the presiding Deity of the twelve lettered Dvadashakshari Mantra. He is blissfull and the Master of Yoga. The sixteen lettered Shodashadakshari Mantra represents Him. He is an emperor among Gurus. He is the bestower. He is the repository of emancipation. He himself is Krishna and Hari. He appears intoxicated. Pray to such Datta. He is the granter of bliss. He sometimes appears as an ascetic and sometimes as a boy and at some other times as a ghost or goblin. He is the ocean of pure knowledge. He is the supreme Lord. He is Saccidananda. Worship that Datta. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
