gurūṇāṁ gurordatta devasya sākṣāt
mahā jñāna vārāsi rūpasya ramye
guroraṅghri padme manaścennalagnam
tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim? ||1||
What is the use? What is the use? What is the use? and What is the use? If our mind is not fixed on the beautiful lotus feet of Lord Dattatreya Himself, who is in the form of infinite ocean of spiritual knowledge.
trimurtisvarūpasya dattāhvayasya
trilokādi madhyāntima sthāna hetoḥ
guroraṅghri padme manaścennalagnam
tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim? ||2||
What is the use? What is the use? What is the use? and What is the use? If our mind is not fixed on the beautiful lotus feet of Lord Dattatreya Himself, Who is in the form of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and Who is the origin, centre and the end of three worlds.
nivṛtti pravṛtti prabodha pramāṇa -
prakārśārtha sandhāna datta dvijasya
guroraṅghri padme manaścennalagnam
tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim? ||3||
What is the use? What is the use? What is the use? and What is the use? If our mind is not fixed on the beautiful lotus feet of Lord Dattatreya Himself, Who is the sage preaching both Pravrutti and Nivrutti in excellent way by correlating with the authority from the scriptures also.
samuddhartumasmān sametasya bhūyo
narākāramāśritya dattasya bhūmau
guroraṅghri padme manaścennalagnam
tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim? ||4||
What is the use? What is the use? What is the use? and What is the use? If our mind is not fixed on the beautiful lotus feet of Lord Dattatreya Himself, Who comes down to this earth as human incarnation again and again in order to uplift us, the human beings.
tridevātmano dattanāmno maharṣeḥ
śrutismārta vijñāna siddhāntakartuḥ
guroraṅghri padmemanaścennalagnam
tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim? ||5||
What is the use? What is the use? What is the use? and What is the use? If our mind is not fixed on the beautiful lotus feet of Lord Dattatreya Himself, Who is the great sage pervading as the soul in Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and Who brings out the theory by correlating the scriptures (the Veda and the other scriptures) with the modern science.
pavitrānasuyātri putrasya rakṣā -
śritasyābhito dhenu dharma śva vedaiḥ
guroraṅghri padme manaścennalagnam
tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim? ||6||
What is the use? What is the use? What is the use? and What is the use? If our mind is not fixed on the beautiful lotus feet of Lord Dattatreya Himself, Who is the son of the sacred Anasuya and Atri and Who is surrounded by justice in the form of cow and the Vedas in the form of dogs praying protection from Him.
mahābrahmatejobhiratyujjvalasya
sukāṣāyacelasya dattottamasya
guroraṅghri padme manaścennalagnam
tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim? ||7||
What is the use? What is the use? What is the use? and What is the use? If our mind is not fixed on the beautiful lotus feet of Lord Dattatreya Himself, Who is in the Saffron cloth radiating with divine radiations and Who is the greatest.
suvedāntavarṣānta dattāmbudasya
kvacit vidyudāghāta siddhānta bhāsaḥ
guroraṅghri padme manaścennalagnam
tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim tataḥ kim? ||8||
What is the use? What is the use? What is the use? and What is the use? If our mind is not fixed on the beautiful lotus feet of Lord Dattatreya Himself, Who is raining the spiritual knowledge like the divine cloud exposing the flashes of His theory as lightnings now and then.