Mantra
Devanagari:
प्रणमामि सदा सुमेधाविने
ॐ विद्यावते नमो नमः
Transliteration:
Pranamami Sada Sumedhavine
Om Vidyavate Namo Namaha
Translation:
I bow perpetually in devotion unto Lord Dattatreya, the divine embodiment of retentive wisdom,
Om, salutations again and again to Lord Dattatreya, the divine embodiment of sacred knowledge.