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Paramahansa Parivrajakacharya shrimat vasudevananda Saraswati Swami Maharaj was an eminent saint who holds a very respectable place in the heart of every devotee of the Dattasampradya. Like Shrimat Adi Shankaracharya, Maharaj also travelled barefoot all over India for all his life to spread the principles of Vedic dharma and the devotion towards Lord Dattatreya amongst the people. Swami Maharaj has composed many spiritual volumes in Sanskrit and in Prakrit. His composition of (A)ghorakashtoddharana stotra is well-known amongst the Dattasampradaya and is recited regularly in many Datta temples. Every year, 108 Satya Datta Pooja ceremony is held at the moortisthan of Paramashansa Parivrajakacharya Shrimat Vasudevananda Saraswati Swami Maharaj at Khopoli in Maharashtra. During this ceremony, Paramapoojya Sadguru Shri Bapat Guruji delivers a series of discourses on Swami Maharaj's selected compositions in a very simple language to simplify the path of devotion for thedevotees of Lord Dattatreya. During the Satya Datta Pooja held at Khopoli sthan on August 24 to 26 in the year 2008, Shri Guruji gave discourses on Swami Maharaj's composition (A) ghorakashtoddharana stotra and on the auspicious occasion of Dattajayanti of the same year, a book in Marathi titled (A)ghorakashtoddharana stotra sampoorna Artha Ani Vivechan' was published. Subsequently in the year 2009, the Gujarati translation of this book was also published on the occasion of Shri Krishna Jayanti. Upon a good response and demand from the devotees, the reprint of the original Marathi book was published in the year 2009 on the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya. By the grace of the Sadguru, the Hindi version of this book was also published in 2011. With the second edition of Marathi version published in the year 2014 the total sale of Marathi version itself has crossed the number of 4000 till now. It now gives us immense pleasure to present the English version of this book for the reading of non-marathi speaking devotees. The text is kept simple so that even a layperson will be able to grasp the spiritual intricacies of the stotra. We appreciate the painstaking efforts taken by the devotees to present this English version. The foreword to this English book is given by Poojya Srimat Virajananda Saraswati Maharaj of Mysore, Poojya Swamiji Holds a post Graduate degree in English literature. In his younger days, he studied the Shankar Bhasya on Prasthantrayi at Gurukul Ashram in Holenarsipur in Karnataka. He was initiated in Sanyasa Ashram by his Diksha Guru Shri Shri Sahajananda Saraswati Swami Maharaj in the year1996. Swamiji is deeply influenced by the Advait philosophy of Shrimat Adi Shankaracharya. He is also an ardent follower of the teachings of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahansa and Bhagwan Ramana maharshi. Swamiji delivers taks and lectures on various spiritual topics. He has authored more than 16 spiritual books till date. The Silent Mind "Selections from Ramana Geeta" are some of his popular works. Swamiji presently resides in his Ashram "Sadguru Sadana" at Hinkal, Mysore in Karnataka. He imparts knowledge and blessings to his devotees that are sqread all over in india and abroad. We pray to Sadgurutatva that every reader of this book is blessed with the divine grace of Paramahansa Parivrajakacharya Shrimat Vasudevananda Saraswati Tembe Swami Maharaj!