Story of Birth of Lord Dattatreya

Shree Gurudev Datta

               It’s a story of Krutayuga. In India many Saints and Rhishis was living here. A Rhishi named Atri was a great ascetic. His wife was Anusuya, she was very faithful and virtue wife.

                Devarshi Narada go to swarga(Heaven) and tell to goddess Lakshmi, Saraswati and Parvati that how is Anusuya is a great wife, how she is pure and devoted to her husband. Then goddess Lakshmi, Saraswati and Parvati feels jealousy about Anusuya and decide to take exam of her. They told their husband Lord Vishnu, Brahma and Mahadev to go for Anusuya and make her unvirtuous

                Then, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahadev become guests (Atithi) and go to the Aashram of Atri Rhishi and demand food for them. Anusuya request them to wait for some time but, the guests told her that they will wait but only when she agree to serve food becoming nude. Anusuya in Aashram and take tirtha (water) from kamandalu of Atri Rhishi and spatter it on the guests pronouncing some Mantras. And those three guests become three little babies. Anusuya gives them breastfeed.

                Here Lakshmi, Saraswati and Parvati become worried about their husbands and they go to Anusuya and request her to get back their husbands. Anusuya again spatter tirtha pronouncing some Mantras on those babies and they become to their real incarnation (Avatar) Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh (Mahadev) and said Anusuya that they are happy about her virtue and ask for her demand (War).  Anusuya demand gods to take birth as her child, god agreed her demand and take birth as her child named as-

Som (Chandra/moon)          : - Lord Brahma.

Dattatreya                            : - Lord Vishnu.

Durvas                                  : - Lord Mahadev.

That day was Margshirsh Shuddha Pounima.