Shri Datta Sharanashtakam Lyrics in English

śrīdattaśaraṇāṣṭakam Lyrics in English:

dattatreya bhava saranam । dattanatha bhava saranam ।
trigunatmaka trigunatita । tribhuvanapalaka bhava saranam ॥ 1॥

sasvatamurte bhava saranam । syamasundara bhava saranam ।
sesabharana sesabhusana । sesasayin guro bhava saranam ॥ 2॥

sadbhujamurte bhava saranam । sadyativara bhava saranam ।
dandakamandalu gadapadmakara । saṅkhacakradhara bhava saranam ॥ 3॥

karunanidhe bhava saranam । karunasagara bhava saranam ।
krsnasaṅgamimstaruvaravasin । bhaktavatsala bhava saranam ॥ 4॥

srigurunatha bhava saranam । sadgurunatha bhava saranam ।
sripadasrivallabha guruvara । nrsimhasarasvati bhava saranam ॥ 5॥

krpamurte bhava saranam । krpasagara bhava saranam ।
krpakataksa krpavalokana । krpanidhe guro bhava saranam ॥ 6॥

kalantaka bhava saranam । kalanasaka bhava saranam ।
purnananda purnaparesa । puranapurusa bhava saranam ॥ 7॥

he jagadisa bhava saranam । jagannatha bhava saranam ।
jagatpalaka jagadadhisa । jagaduddhara bhava saranam ॥ 8॥

akhilantara bhava saranam । akhilaisvarya bhava saranam ।
bhaktapriya vajrapañjara । prasannavaktra bhava saranam ॥ 9॥

digambara bhava saranam । dinadayaghana bhava saranam ।
dinanatha dinadayala । dinoddhara bhava saranam ॥ 10॥

tapomurte bhava saranam । tejorase bhava saranam ।
brahmananda brahmasanatana । brahmamohana bhava saranam ॥ 11॥

visvatmaka bhava saranam । visvaraksaka bhava saranam ।
visvambhara visvajivana । visvaparatpara bhava saranam ॥ 12॥

vighnantaka bhava saranam । vighnanasaka bhava saranam ।
pranavatita premavardhana । prakasamurte bhava saranam ॥ 13॥

nijananda bhava saranam । nijapadadayaka bhava saranam ।
nityanirañjana nirakara । niradhara bhava saranam ॥ 14॥

ciddhanamurte bhava saranam । cidakara bhava saranam ।
cidatmarupa cidananda । citsukhakanda bhava saranam ॥ 15॥

anadimurte bhava saranam । akhilavatara bhava saranam ।
anantakoti brahmandanayaka । aghatitaghatana bhava saranam ॥ 16॥

bhaktoddhara bhava saranam । bhaktaraksaka bhava saranam ।
bhaktanugraha gurubhaktapriya । patitoddhara bhava saranam ॥ 17॥

dattatreya bhava saranam ॥

iti sridattasaranastakam sampurnam ।

śrīdattaśaraṇāṣṭakam Meaning:

I surrender to you Lord Dattatreya
I surrender to you Lord Dattatreya

You are the soul of three Gunas,
You are beyond the three Gunas,
You rule over the three worlds,
I surrender to you oh God,
I surrender to you oh God with stable form,
I surrender to you oh pretty one who is black ॥ 1 ॥

You are an ornament to Sesha,
You wear Sesha as an ornament,
I surrender to you teacher who sleeps on Sesha,
I surrender to God with six arms,
I surrender to the saint with six hands ॥ 2 ॥

You hold Danda, Kamandalu, mace and lotus,
You wear the conch and the holy wheel.
I surrender to you, Oh my God,
I surrender to the treasure of compassion,
I surrender to the ocean of compassion ॥ 3 ॥

I surrender to teacher Narasha Saraswathi,
Who is also Sripada and Vallabha Guru,
I surrender to the Guru Natha,
I surrender to the holy Guru Natha ॥ 4 ॥

I surrender to the God who loves his devotees,
And lives in the shade of trees by the confluence of Krishna,
I surrender to the treasure of mercy,
I surrender to the ocean of mercy ॥ 5 ॥

I surrender to the Lord who is a treasure of mercy,
Who has a sidelong glance of mercy,
And has a glance of graceful mercy,
I surrender to him who killed the God of death,
I surrender to him who wipes away time ॥ 6 ॥

I surrender to the Lord who is complete,
Who is full of bliss and the complete divine God,
I surrender to the God of the universe,
I surrender to the lord of the universe ॥ 7 ॥

I surrender to the Lord who lifted the earth,
Who looks after the earth and is the master of the earth,
I surrender to him who destroys everything,
I surrender to the Lord of everything ॥ 8 ॥

I surrender to the Lord who has a happy pleasing face,
Who loves his devotees and is an armor of diamond,
I surrender to him who wears the directions,
I surrender to him who sings and has mercy on the oppressed ॥ 9 ॥

I surrender to that lord who lifts the oppressed,
Who is the lord of the oppressed and merciful towards the oppressed
I surrender to the acme of thapas,
I surrender to the one who shines ॥ 10 ॥

I surrender to the Lord who sports with Brahma,
Who has the bliss of Brahma and ancient like Brahma,
I surrender to Him who is the soul of this universe,
I surrender to him who is the protector of the universe ॥ 11 ॥

I surrender to him who is the divine truth of the universe,
Who is dressed in the universe and is the life of the universe,
I surrender to him who ends all obstacles,
I surrender to him who destroys all obstacles ॥ 12 ॥

I surrender to him who dazzles and shines,
Who is beyond the soul and increases love,
I surrender to him who is the true bliss,
I surrender to him who gives true salvation ॥ 13 ॥

I surrender to him who needs no support,
Who is forever blemishless and has no form,
Who is the divine soul and who is the divine bliss,
I surrender to him who grants divine bliss ॥ 14 ॥

I surrender to him who is there since ancient times,
I surrender to him whose incarnation is the world,
I surrender to him who protects the helpless,
And who is the lord of billions of universes ॥ 15 ॥

I surrender to the one who saves his devotees,
I surrender to the one who protects his devotees,
I surrender to him who uplifts the oppressed,
Who blesses his devotees and who likes devotees of Guru ॥ 16 ॥