Traditionally attributed to Dattātreya
bahudhā śrutayaḥ pravadanti vayaṃ viyadādiridaṃ mṛgatoyasamam.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśiva- mupameyamathohyupamā ca katham
||1||avibhaktivibhaktivihīnaparaṃ nanu kāryavikāryavihīnaparam.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ yajanaṃ ca kathaṃ tapanaṃ ca katham
||2||mana eva nirantarasarvagataṃ hyaviśālaviśālavihīnaparam.
mana eva nirantarasarvaśivaṃ manasāpi kathaṃ vacasā ca katham
||3||dinarātrivibhedanirākaraṇa- muditānuditasya nirākaraṇam.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ ravicandramasau jvalanaśca katham
||4||gatakāmavikāmavibheda iti gataceṣṭaviceṣṭavibheda iti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ bahirantarabhinnamatiśca katham
||5||yadi sāravisāravihīna iti yadi śūnyaviśūnyavihīna iti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ prathamaṃ ca kathaṃ caramaṃ ca katham
||6||yadibhedavibhedanirākaraṇaṃ yadi vedakavedyanirākaraṇam.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ tṛtīyaṃ ca kathaṃ turīyaṃ ca katham
||7||gaditāviditaṃ na hi satyamiti viditāviditaṃ nahi satyamiti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ viṣayendriyabuddhimanāṃsi katham
||8||gaganaṃ pavano na hi satyamiti dharaṇī dahano na hi satyamiti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ jaladaśca kathaṃ salilaṃ ca katham
||9||yadi kalpitalokanirākaraṇaṃ yadi kalpitadevanirākaraṇam.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ guṇadoṣavicāramatiśca katham
||10||maraṇāmaraṇaṃ hi nirākaraṇaṃ karaṇākaraṇaṃ hi nirākaraṇam.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ gamanāgamanaṃ hi kathaṃ vadati
||11||prakṛtiḥ puruṣo na hi bheda iti na hi kāraṇakāryavibheda iti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ puruṣāpuruṣaṃ ca kathaṃ vadati
||12||tṛtīyaṃ na hi duḥkhasamāgamanaṃ na guṇāddvitīyasya samāgamanam.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ sthaviraśca yuvā ca śiśuśca katham
||13||nanu āśramavarṇavihīnaparaṃ nanu kāraṇakartṛvihīnaparam.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśiva- mavinaṣṭavinaṣṭamatiśca katham
||14||grasitāgrasitaṃ ca vitathyamiti janitājanitaṃ ca vitathyamiti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśiva- mavināśi vināśi kathaṃ hi bhavet
||15||puruṣāpuruṣasya vinaṣṭamiti vanitāvanitasya vinaṣṭamiti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśiva- mavinodavinodamatiśca katham
||16||yadi mohaviṣādavihīnaparo yadi saṃśayaśokavihīnaparaḥ.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśiva- mahameti mameti kathaṃ ca punaḥ
||17||nanu dharmavidharmavināśa iti nanu bandhavibandhavināśa iti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ- mihaduḥkhaviduḥkhamatiśca katham
||18||na hi yājñikayajñavibhāga iti na hutāśanavastuvibhāga iti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ vada karmaphalāni bhavanti katham
||19||nanu śokaviśokavimukta iti nanu darpavidarpavimukta iti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ nanu rāgavirāgamatiśca katham
||20||na hi mohavimohavikāra iti na hi lobhavilobhavikāra iti.
yadi caikanirantarasarvaśivaṃ hyavivekavivekamatiśca katham
||21||tvamahaṃ na hi hanta kadācidapi kulajātivicāramasatyamiti.
ahameva śivaḥ paramārtha iti abhivādanamatra karomi katham
||22||guruśiṣyavicāraviśīrṇa iti upadeśavicāraviśīrṇa iti.
ahameva śivaḥ paramārtha iti abhivādanamatra karomi katham
||23||na hi kalpitadehavibhāga iti na hi kalpitalokavibhāga iti.
ahameva śivaḥ paramārtha iti abhivādanamatra karomi katham
||24||sarajo virajo na kadācidapi nanu nirmalaniścalaśuddha iti.
ahameva śivaḥ paramārtha iti abhivādanamatra karomi katham
||25||na hi dehavidehavikalpa iti anṛtaṃ caritaṃ na hi satyamiti.
ahameva śivaḥ paramārtha iti abhivādanamatra karomi katham
||26||vindati vindati na hi na hi yatra chandolakṣaṇaṃ na hi na hi tatra.
samarasamagno bhāvitapūtaḥ pralapati tattvaṃ paramavadhūtaḥ
||27||iti ṣaṣṭhamo'dhyāyaḥ..6..