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Atri
Maharshi and his wife Anusuya by the fruits of their
austerities begot the divine Trinity i.e. Brahma,
Vishnu and Mahesh as their off-spring. The Sage
named the young Vishnu as "Datta", the charming
Brahma as "Chandra" and the infant Siva as "Durvasa".
The three being son's of Atri Maharshi, were called
as "Atreyas" and Datta came to be called "Dattatreya".
After some time, with the permission of their mother,
Anusuya, Chandra (Brahma) and Durvasa (Siva) merged
their divinity in Datta and retired for doing penance.
The Supreme Spirit, henceforth known as "Dattatreya",
is indeed unbound by phenomenal existence. Yet,
in deference to a curse laid on him once by the
sage Durvasa, he ever abides on earth, assuming
different human forms. This he does out of compassion
for the creatures on earth and for the gods. There
were avatars of the Lord earlier too, but all of
them, after completing their mission, left off those
forms and returned their one essence. In order to
bless his devotees, the Lord had incarnated as Lord
Dattatreya, yet he did not, like the other avatars,
leave the earthly plane of existence after accomplishing
his divine mission. |
As this
mission has to be carried out as long as creation
exists, he does not lay down his body and leave
for his heavenly realm but goes on wandering from
place to place. Thus Dattatreya is the eternal avatar
of God's Spirit of self dedication to the salvation
of all creatures. He manifests himself perennially
as the perfect saints of all religions of the world.
Lord Dattatreya is also refereed to as the Adi-Guru
(The primeval Teacher).
( Also refer "Sree Guru Charitra" (English) by Pujya
Sri Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja) |
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