What are names and function of Lord Datta?

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Lord Dattatreya

Contents
1. Lord Dattatreya - One who provides frequencies of Divine consciousness!
2. Other Names of Lord Dattatreya
3. Function of Lord Dattatreya
4. Worship of Lord Datta (who has one head)
5. Benefit of chanting Lord Dattatreya's Name

In the era gone by, the demonic energies grew enormously in the gross and subtle forms. Gods' efforts to
vanquish them were unsuccessful. Then, under orders from Lord Brahma, Lord Datta had to incarnate at
various places in various forms and destroy the demons. The day of His incarnation is celebrated as 'Datta
Jayanti'. - Lord Ganesh (Through the medium of Bharat Miraje, 8.30 pm on 2.11.2005)

1. Lord Dattatreya - One who provides frequencies of Divine consciousness!

The principle that makes available to an embo-died soul both gross and subtle (i.e. manifest and unmanifest)
frequencies of higher or lower Gods and Deities in a shorter time is called Datta or Lord Dattatreya). The very
meaning of Datta is the 'One who provides frequencies of Divine consciousness'. - A Scholar (Through the
medium of Ms. Anjali Gadgil, 2.54 pm on 7.6.2005)

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 2. Other Names of Lord Dattatreya 2.1 Avadhut
The One who controls the eight faculties in the body of an embodied soul and shows it the path to the
unmanifest dimension through the manifest dimension. Avadhut is a medium that connects both the manifest
form of Lord Datta and His unmanifest form. He is a manifest form (the gross manifestation) of the three
principles - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiv. He is also related to the unmanifest dimension (manifestation of these
three principles in the form of light). 'Avadhut' comes alive with the radiance of Lord Dattatreya.

2.2 Digambar
Is the principle which gives company to an embodied soul till it gets Final Liberation in the radiance of the
sky, i.e. beyond all the directions.

2.3 Sripad
'Sri' is the never-ending principle of God. The principle that takes an embodied soul to that principle of God
or to the Holy Feet of 'Sri' principle is the Datta principle in Sripad.

2.4 Vallabh
The Datta princ-iple in the form of Vallabh protects the Universe from the circular-shaped distressing
frequencies that create a fear psychosis, and thus protects the embodied souls. - A Scholar (Through the
medium of Ms. Anjali Gadgil, 2.54 pm on 7.6.2005)

3. Function of Lord Dattatreya

Lord Dattatreya bestows His grace on man by giving speed to the journey of his ancestors to the next region
and reducing his distress from ancestors. God gives man a chance to get liberated from the debt of ancestors
through the ritual that gives speed to ancestors onward journey and through chanting the Name of
Dattatreya.
One cannot get rid of the ancestors' debt merely by remembering them off and on, displaying their photos in
the house or publishing their photos in newspapers on their death anniversaries. It is only by chanting the
Name of Dattatreya that the ancestors get speed to go on their onward journey in true sense. From this we
can realise that it is imperative to worship the Deity to get liberated from the ancestors' debt. This also
reduces the debt of God on us. - A Devotee of Datta (Through the medium of Ms. Madhura Bhosale, 2.36 pm
on 11.5.2005)

4. Worship of Lord Datta (who has one head)

Till the Satya Yuga, the spiritual level of all embodied souls was high and they acquired knowledge on the
strength of their own spiritual practice. They possessed the state of 'Soham' (I am He). So Lord Dattatreya
was required for the functions of dissolution and imparting knowledge to a very limited extent. Only the
Vishnu principle in Him was active that time. As a symbol of this, the idol of Datta had only one head.
Thereafter, during the Treta Yuga, the spiritual level of the embodied souls started to come down and they
found it difficult to protect themselves and acquire knowledge on their own. To impart more knowledge to
them through the subtle dimension, Lord Dattatreya had to bring out the dormant Brahma and Shiv principle
in Him. To symbolise this, the three-headed idol of Dattatreya became prevalent.

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 4.1 The Japamala (rosary) in Lord Datta's hand represents perennial spiritual practice
Brahma of the three-headed Datta has a rosary in His hand. Datta's chanting goes on continuously, without a
break. Perennial spiritual practice is the quality of Lord Shiv too. This feature of 'perennial spiritual practice' of
both the Deities is found in Lord Dattatreya. Perennial spiritual practice in the present Era means functioning
either in a saviour or a destroyer form, as is required.' - A Devotee of Datta (Through the medium of Ms.
Madhura Bhosale, 12 noon on 11.5.2005)

4.2 Kamandalu (water-pot with a specific shape carried by ascetics)

Contains water which has the potential to absorb the unmanifest waves emanating from the Lord and to
draw a protective sheath in a moment around the three celestial regions for protecting them from the distress
of negative energies in the Universe.' - A Scholar (Through the medium of Ms. Anjali Gadgil, at 11.39 am on
8.5.2005)

5. Benefit of chanting Lord Dattatreya's Name

A. The ancestors get speed in their journey to the next region and this makes the atmosphere in the house
pleasant.

B. An embodied soul gets energy from Lord Shiv also.

- Lord Ganesh (Through the medium of Bharat Miraje, 8.30 pm on 2.11.2005)

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