HERE IS MY OWN SELF GIVEN TO YOU – THE WORDS OF DATTA

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DATTA GURU || DATTA GURU || JAYA JAYA DATTA GURU||

Pranams!

(The text was extracted from the words of Shri Rangaavadhooth Maharaj of Nareshwar who is a disciple of Shri Vasudevaanand Saraswathy swamy )

A very interesting story.......

God wanted people to be happy. People need many things. So God once opened up all the treasures and asked everyone to take away whatever they desired. Everyone rushed and soon the treasures were empty. So the doorkeepers were going to shut the doors. In the meanwhile, in the hot mid-day, an old brahim thin through penance, came there supporting himself with a stick. He was perspiring. The door-keepers said, "treasures are gone! Nothing is left. What were you doing till this moment? The door-keeper had no idea that the old man was meditating on the eternal principle behind all the things seen which are really transient and temporary. The old brahmin was not disappointed. He said quietly, "please go to the Lord and tell him about me". The doorkeepers said, "what should we say? We know nothing is left out. There is nothing worthy to be given".

The brahmin again pleaded. "is there nothing for me in the Lord's treasure? Is it your reply or the Lord's?". The doorkeeper argued, what is there to be said? Nothing remains here. What else is even the Lord going to reply?. The brahmin urged with a pitiable face: have mercy on me and just ask the Lord on my behalf. If he gives the reply, I won't stay in hope". Finding the brahmin speaking seriously, the doorkeepes smiled but went to the Lord and told what the brahmin said. The Lord said, " is there nothing in our treasure for the brahmin? Just go back and have a keen look and tell him as such". The doorkeeper searched eveywhere but did not find anything to be given. They went to the brahmin and told him about it. The brahmin wanted to know wheter it was their reply or of the Lord. "I don't understand what the Lord has to say. Please go to him and get his reply".

The doorkeepers were vexed but they had to go to the Lord. They began to narrate how stubborn the brahmin was and how sensless. The Lord said "O foolish ones, what do you say? Is there nothing in our treasure for the brahmin? May be all the treasures are empty but am I not here who produced them? The brahmin does not want temporary pleasures and comforts. He wants what is eternal and so I shall offer my own self to him. So, saying the Lord approached the brahmin and said " DATTO AYAM TE MAYATMETI". Here is my own self given to you. Thus the Lord gave himself to the brahmin and was known as "DATT".

What is the inner meaning? The old brahmin was the sage Atri. Atri means one who is beyond the three attributes of satva, raja and thamas. These three attributes cause birth and death and condition a soul.One who is above the trinity of attributes, can be the real devotee of the almighty. Then Lord offers his own self to such a devotee. A real devotee seeks nothing except the proximity of the Lord but not the pleasures of the world. "DATTA" is one who has given every thing to this world and so is the greatest donor! He may be seen in various forms and names.So, chant Datta naama and try to mould yourself as a real devotee of Dattabhagawan.

DATTAM BHAJE|| GURU DATTAM BHAJE||

ATRI-ANASUYA PUTRA DATTAM BHAJE||

 

:AVADHOOTHA CHINTHANA SREE GURUDEVA DATTA :

 

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