Aarti Datta (Dattatreya)
refrain
जय देव जय देव जय श्री गुरुदत्ता
Jay dev jay dev jay Shri Gurudatta
आरती ओवाळिता हरली भवचिंता
Aarti ovalita harali bhavachinta
Meaning
Victory, victory to you, O Shri Gurudatta
as the aarti is offered, the anxiety of worldly existence is dispelled
verse 1
त्रिगुणात्मक त्रैमूर्ती दत्त हा जाणा
Triguniatmak traimurtee datt ha jana
त्रिगुणी अवतार त्रैलोक्यराणा
Triguni avatar trailokya-rana
नेती नेती शब्द न ये अनुमाना
Neti neti shabd na ye anumana
सुरवर मुनिजन योगी समाधी न ये ध्याना
Suravar munijan yogi samadhi na ye dhyana
Meaning
Know this Datta as the three-fold form of the three gunas
the three-guna incarnation, lord of the three worlds
described as 'not this, not this'; beyond all inference
even gods, sages and yogis cannot grasp him in their meditation
refrain
जय देव जय देव जय श्री गुरुदत्ता
Jay dev jay dev jay Shri Gurudatta
Meaning
Victory, victory to you, O Shri Gurudatta
verse 2
सबाह्य अभ्यंतरी तू एक दत्त
Sabaahya abhyantari tu ek Datt
अभाग्यासी कैची कळेल ही मात
Abhagyasi kaichi kalel hi mat
पराही परतली तेथे कैचा हा हेत
Parahi paratali tethe kaicha ha het
जन्ममरणाचाही पुरलासे अंत
Janmamaranachahi purlaase ant
Meaning
outwardly and inwardly, you alone are Datta
how can the unfortunate one ever grasp this truth
even the subtlest speech turns back there; what intention can remain
even the cycle of birth and death has come to its end
refrain
जय देव जय देव जय श्री गुरुदत्ता
Jay dev jay dev jay Shri Gurudatta
Meaning
Victory, victory to you, O Shri Gurudatta
verse 3
दत्त येऊनिया ऊभा ठाकला
Datt yeuniya ubha tthakala
भावे साष्टांगे प्रणिपात केला
Bhave sashtange pranipatat kela
प्रसन्न होऊनि आशीर्वाद दिधला
Prasann houni ashirvad didhala
जन्ममरणाचा फेरा चुकवीला
Janmamaranacha phera chukaviila
Meaning
Datta came and stood before me
with devotion I made a full prostration
pleased, he gave me his blessing
he freed me from the round of birth and death
refrain
जय देव जय देव जय श्री गुरुदत्ता
Jay dev jay dev jay Shri Gurudatta
Meaning
Victory, victory to you, O Shri Gurudatta
verse 4
दत्त दत्त ऐसें लागले ध्यान
Datt datt aisen lagale dhyan
हरपले मन झाले उन्मन
Harapale man jhale unman
मी तू पणाची झाली बोळवण
Mi tu panachi jhali bolivana
एका जनार्दनी श्रीदत्तध्यान
Eka Janardani Shri-datta-dhyan
Meaning
'Datta, Datta' - such meditation took hold
the mind was lost and became thought-free
the sense of 'I' and 'you' was dissolved
Eka Janardani (Eknath) abides in meditation on Shri Datta
refrain
जय देव जय देव जय श्री गुरुदत्ता
Jay dev jay dev jay Shri Gurudatta
Meaning
Victory, victory to you, O Shri Gurudatta
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