Dattātreyayogaśāstra 193: Taking Refuge at the Teacher’s Lotus Feet

Although (api) I (aham | nom sg) am devoid of devotion (bhakti-śūnyaḥ | nom sg m) to him (tasya | gen sg m), I constantly (nityam) worship (prapadye | 1p sg med pres) the pair of lotus feet (pada-nalina-yugam | acc sg) of Viṣṇu (viṣṇoḥ | gen sg) as Dattātreya (dattātreyasya | gen sg): the guru of all people (akhila-jana-guroḥ | gen sg) and wish-fulfilling jewel of devotion (bhakti-cintāmaṇeḥ | gen sg), who (yaḥ | nom sg m), merely through remembrance (saṃsmṛtyā | ins sg), removes difficulties (durita-haraḥ | nom sg m) even (api) for sages (munīnām | gen pl) and (ca) bestows success in yoga (yoga-siddhi-pradaḥ | nom sg m); who (yaḥ | nom sg m), out of compassion (kāruṇyāt | abl sg), is the teacher (pravaktā | nom sg) and lord (nāthaḥ | nom sg) of the yoga scripture (yoga-śāstrasya | gen sg) that effortlessly steals the heart (sukha-hṛdaya-hṛtaḥ | nom sg m). The compound *bhakti-śūnyaḥ* simultaneously plays on the secondary sense “not separate from him.”