(Hindus worship Dathathreya a god in
the form of a combination of the great trinity consisting of Brahma, Vishnu and
Shiva. He took this form due to Anasuya , the wife of sage Athri. One story
tells that Narada poisoned the minds of Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Parvathy and
told them that Anasuya is much greater than them. Incensed by this they sent
their lords to Anasuya, who went and requested her to give them alms without
wearing any cloths, She made them in to babies and combined them in to one.
This God was Dathathreya. Another story tells of the trinity being forced to
approach Anasuya to save the world from the curse of Nalayani. She did this but
asked them to become her babies. These babies were Dathathreya(Vishnu),
Durvasa(Shiva) and Chandra(Brahma).Once in a hurry when all these babies were
crying together, she took them together and they became one. There is a small
sect of Hindus called Datha panthis in Karnalaka and Maharashtra who worship
only Lord Dathathreya. He is picturised as doing meditation along with four
Vedas in the form of four dogs following him.)
Jatadharam,
Pandurangam,
Soolahastham
Krupanidhim,
Sarvaroga
haram devam,
Dathathreyamaham
bhaje. 1.
My salutations to Dathathreya1,
Who is with matted hair ,
Who is Lord Vishnu,
Who holds soola2 in his hand,
Who is store house of mercy,
And who is the panacea for all
illness.
Jagat
utapathi karthre cha,
Sthithi
samhara hethave,
Bhava
pasa vimukthaya ,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 2
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who created all the worlds,
Who looks after the worlds,
Who destroys the worlds,
And who grants redemption,
From the bonds of sorrow of domestic
life.
Jara
janma vinasaya,
Deha
shuddhi karaya cha,
Digambara
daya moorthe.
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 3
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who destroys sorrow of birth and old
age,
Who cleans our body and soul,
Who wears the directions as cloths3,
And who is the lord of mercy.
Karpoora
kanthi dehaya,
Brhma
moorthy daraya cha,
Veda
sasthra parignaya,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 4
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who has a colour of burning camphor,
Who takes up the role of the creator,
And who is master of the holy Vedas.
Hruswa
deergha krutha sthula,
Nama
gothra vivarjitha,
Pancha
boothaika deepthaya,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 5
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who is much beyond, thin , thick,
short and tall,
Who cannot be limited by name or
caste,
And who shines in the five spirits4
of the world.
Yagna
bhokthre cha yagnaya,
Yagna
roopa daraya cha,
Yagna
priyaya sidhaya,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 6
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who is the result of fire sacrifices.
Who is fire sacrifice himself.
Who takes the form of the fire
sacrifice,
And who is the saint who likes fire
sacrifices.
Adhou
brhama madhye Vishnur,
Anthe
deva sada shiva,
Moorthy
thraya swaroopaya,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 7
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who in the beginning is the creator,
Who in the middle is Vishnu who takes
care,
Who in the end is Shiva the
destroyer,
And who is the lord who represents
the trinity.
Bhogaalayaya
bhogaaya,
Yoga
yoyaya dharine,
Jithendriya
jithagnaya,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 8
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who is the place where pleasure
resides,
Who is the pleasures himself,
Who is the great wearer of Yoga,
Who has perfect control of his
senses,
And who is greater than any scholar.
Brhma
jnana mayee mudhra,
Vasthre
cha akasa bhoothale,
Prgnana
gana bhodaya,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 9
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Whose stamp is the knowledge of
ultimate,
Who wears the sky and earth as his
cloths,
And who is the three states of
wakefulness,
Sleep and dream.
Sathya
roopa sadachara,
Sathya
dharma parayana,
Sathyasraya
parokshaya,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 10
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who is truth personified,
Whose conduct is perfect,
Who follows truth as his dharma5,
Who depends wholly on truth,
And who is not in visible form.
Soola
hastha gada pane,
Vana
mala sukundara,
Yagna
soothra dara Brahman,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 11
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who has in his hands he spear and the
mace,
Who wears garland of scented flowers
of the wild,
And who is the prime executor of fire
sacrifices.
Datha
vidhyadya lakshmeesa,
Datha
swathma swaroopine,
Guna
nirguna roopaya,
Dathathreya
namosthuthe. 12
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Who is the great knowledge,
Who is the lord of Lakshmi,
Who has the form of the soul of
Datha,
And who has the form with and without
properties.
Phalasruthi
Sathru nasa karam sthothram,
Jnana vijnana dhayakam,
Sarva papam samam yathi,
Dathathreya namosthuthe.
My salutations to Dathathreya,
Which would destroy my enemies,
Which would give me knowledge of
religion and science,
And which would destroy all my sins.
1 A godly
form in which all the trinity are combined.
2 spear
3 Who wears
the ether as his cloths
4 air,
water, fire, earth and the sky
5 loosely
translated as “rightful conduct” but is much beyond the meaning of these.
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