Dattatreya mantras

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Here are some Dattatreya mantras recently added to Dattatreya website

(www.dattatreya.avatara.org) from the Dattatreya Upanisad which belongs to

the Atharvaveda and is a Vaishnava Upanisad. The following translation is from

Encyclopedia of the Upanisads

 

gerald surya

 

Dattaatreya Upanisad

 

Once Brahma the creator asked Lord Narayana about the efficacy of the

taaraka-mantra to which the latter replied:

 

"Always think of Me and My glory, and be in commune with Me in the attitude 'I

am Datta, the great Lord.' Such ones who medidate thus do not swirl in the

ver-recurring course of worldly existence."

 

Accordingly, after meditating on Lord Vishnu (Dattatreya), Brahma said: "Yes.

The Brahman that is the infinite and peerless alone remains as the residuum

after negation of everything else."

 

The one-, six-, eight-, twelve-, and sixteen-syllabled mantras of Dattaatreya

 

The taaraka monosyllable is 'Daam'. He is the haMsa established in all

beings. 'Daam' in the lengthened form is the Paramaatman. The six syllabled

one is 'OM, ShriiM, HriiM, KliiM, GlauM, DraaM.

 

The eight-syllabled one is 'DraM' or 'DraaM' and then adding to it the

syllables 'Dat, taa, tre, yaa, na, maaH." The portion 'Dattatreya' is of the

character of knowledge, existence, and bliss, and that of namaH is of

full-blown bliss.

 

The twelve-syllabled formula is 'OM, AAM, HriiM, KroM, ehi Dattatreya

svaahaa.' The sixteen-syllabled formula is OM, AiM, KroM, KliiM, CluuM,

HraaM, HriiM, HruuM, SauH (nine) and the five syllables constituting

Dattaatreyaaya, and the twin syllable svaahaa. The whole formula is 'OM, AiM,

KroM, KliiM, CluuM, HraaM, HriiM, HruuM, SauH Dattaatreyaaya svaahaa.'

 

The anushhtubh-mantra of Dattaatreya

 

All the portions of the mantra are said to be in the vocative forms right

through as 'Dattaatreya Hare KRshhNa unmataananda-daayaka, digambara, mune,

baala, pishaaca, jn~aana saagara.'

 

The mala-mantra of Dattaatreya

 

This is then given as:

 

'OM namo bhagavate dattaatreyaaya, smaraNa-maatra-samtushhTaaya

 

OM salutations unto Lord Dattatreya who is propitiated by remembrance

(devotion),

 

mahaa-bhaya-nirvaaNaaya, mahaa-jn~aanaa-pradaaya, cidaanandaatmane

 

that is the dispeller of great fears, who bestows the highest character of

sentience and bliss

 

baalonmatta-pishaaca-veshaaya'

 

who is in the guise of a child, a mad-man, a devil,

 

thus:

 

mahaa yogine avadhuutaya, anasuuyaananda-vardhanaayatri-putraya

 

a great yogin, is the enhancer of the bliss of Anasuya (His mother), is the

son of the sage Atri,

 

sarva-kaama-phala-pradaaya, bhava-bandha-mocanaaya,

 

who bestows the fruits of all the desires of the devotee's heart, the redeemer

of the bonds of worldy existence,

 

sakala-vibhuuti-daaya saadhyakarshhaNaaya sarva-manaH-kshhobhaNaaya,

ciram-jiivane vashi-kuru, vashi-kuru, aakarshhaya-akarshhaya, vidveshhaya,

vidveshhaya, uccaaTaya-uccaaTaaya, stambhaya-stambhaya, maaraya-maaraya

namaH, saMpannaaya, namaH saMpannaaya, svaahaa poshhaya, poshhaya, para-mantra

para-yantra para tantraaMshh ccindhi, ccindhi;

 

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grahaan nivaaraya; nivaaraya; vyaadhiin nivaaraya, nivaaraya; duHkhaM

haraya, haraya; daaridryam vidraavaya, dehaM poshhaya, poshhaya; citttam

toshhaya, toshhaya:

 

Do thou counteract the malignant influences of the planets, cure the ailments,

drive off anguish, melt away all penury, fill the mind with joy

 

sarva mantra sarva yantra sarva tantra sarva pallava svaruupaaya iti oM

namaH shivaaya. OM

 

..unto Thee of the real form of incantations, all mystic symbols and powers,

etc. OM salutations!

 

OM salutations unto Lord Dattatreya who is propitiated by remembrance

(devotion), that is the dispeller of great fears, who bestows the highest

character of sentience and bliss and who is in the guise of a child, a

mad-man, a devil, a great yoin, is the enhancer of the bliss of Anasuya (His

mother), is the son of the sage Atri, who bestows the fruits of all the

desires of the devotee's heart, the redeemer of the bonds of worldy existence,

..Do thou nourish my body, counteract the malignant influences of the planets,

cure the ailments, drive off anguish, melt away all penury, fill the mind with

joy...unto Thee of the real form of incantations, all mystic symbols and

powers, etc. OM salutations!

 

 

He who knows all about this vidyaa and practices this becomes holy, and he

attains the fruits of having muttered the Gayatri, the Mahaarudra, and the

PraNava innumerable times, and he is absolved of all his sins.

 

Thus ends Dattatreya Upanisad.