Oudhumbhara Paduka
stotram
(Prayer to the slippers made of Udumbara wood.)
By
Vasudevananda Saraswathi
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(The sandals of Datha
are worshipped under the Oudhumbara tree- Ficus
glomerata Rox
)
1,Vandhe vang manasaatheetham , nirgunam , sagunam gurum,
Dathathreya manandha kandham Baktheshta poorakam
Salutations to him who is
beyond words and mind, Who has no characters, who has only good characters and
is the teacher,
The very joyful
cloud called Dathathreya, who fulfills desires of his devotees.
2.Namani sathatham Datham
oudhumbara nivasinam ,
Yatheendra roopam cha sadnaa
nijaanandha prabodhanam.
I always salute the Datha
who lives on Udhumbara tree,
Who has the form of a saint and one who wakens up everlasting joy.
3.Krishnaa Yadagre bhuvanesaani
vidhya nidhisthadaa,
Oudhumbara kalpa vrukshaa,
sarvadha sukhadaa sadaa.
Black in colour and on the tips having the
treasure of world over knowledge,
Is the Oudhumbara
wish giving tree and keeps us always with pleasure.
4..Bhaktha Vrunda darasanatha,
purushartha chathusthtayam,
Dadhathi Bhagwan bhoomaa
sachidananda Vigrahaa.
That God in the earth who has the form of everlasting joy,
Gives the four Purusharthas* to his crowd of devotees.
*Dharma,
Artha ,
Kama and Moksha.
5.Jagarthi guptha roopena,
gopthaa dhyana samadhithaa,
Brahma vrundham , Brahma sukham dadhaathi sama dushtitha.
That secret one awakens you secretly those who
meditate on him,
And with happiness gives him company of Brahma and happiness of
Brahma loka.
6.Krushnaa thrushnaharaa yathra sukhadhaa BHuavaneswari,
Yathra Moksha dharanga datha padukaa thaam Namayaham,
I salute
the slippers of Datha which are black,
which quenches the thirst,
Which is the
pleasure giving Goddess of universe and is the gate of salvation.
7.Paduka roopi yathiran Nrasimha SAraswathi,
Rajathe Raja Raja Sri Datha Sri Pada Vallabha.
The saint Narasimha
Saraswathi
who has the form of his sandals,
Would shine like the king of kings Dathathreya, the Lord of Sri Pada.
8.Namami Guru Moorthe tham thapa thraya haram Harim,
Anantha mayamathmaanam nava
bhakthya sukha pradam.
I salute the form of my
teacher who removes three types of sufferings,
Whose soul is the limitless joy and who due to
devotion grants us pleasant life.
9.Kara veerastha
vidhusha mooda puthram vinindhitham,
Cchithra jihwam budham
chakrethaddanmayi
krupaam kuru.
Those wise and foolish sons of Karaveera who berated him,
Had their toungues
cut by the soldiers, please show mercy niggardly on me.
. Sri Pa.Pa. Sri Vasudevananda sararaswathi
virachitham
Sri Datha
stotram
sampoornam
Thus ends the prayer addressed to Dathathreya
composed by the
worshipful Vasudevananda Saraswathi.