Guru Dattatreya Jayanti: Today is the auspicious occasion of Guru Dattatreya Jayanti. The devotees of Guru Dattatreya Maharaj have their own unique faith towards Dattatreya Maharaj. Guru Dattatreya Maharaj established 24 Gurus during his lifetime. It is noteworthy that Guru Dattatreya used to call whoever he took lessons from as his Guru.
Guru Dattatreya believed that the one who teaches is a Guru. Guru Dattatreya appointed 24 creatures of nature including animals and birds as his Guru and taught him to take education from them. According to the teachings of Guru Dattatreya, a person should learn something from these 24 Gurus. Along with this, he also preached the establishment and propagation of Hindu religion for human welfare.
Guru who teaches
It is noteworthy that Guru Dattatreya made the person from whom he learned Sikh during his sadhana period as his Guru. Guru Dattatreya believed that any object or creature that teaches us virtues or tells us how to live life plays the role of a guru.
24 Guru of Dattatreya Maharaj
Dog, prostitute, pigeon, sun, air, deer, sea, butterfly, elephant, sky, water, bee, fish, child, water bird, eye, moon, maiden, arrow-quarter, snake, spider beetle insects during Guru Dattatreya Sadhana After learning from the earth’s creatures and elements like dragons, beetles, etc., he made them his guru.
It is said that Lord Dattatreya contains the powers of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. He has six arms and three faces. His father is Rishi Atri and mother is Anusuya. It is believed that mere remembrance of Lord Dattatreya helps the devotees.
On the birth anniversary of Guru Dattatreya, let us know what Dattatreya Maharaj got from these 24 Gurus.
- Earth : Dattatreya Maharaj learned the spirit of tolerance and charity from Prithvi.
- Pingla Prostitute: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from the prostitute Pingla that one should not live only for money.
- Pigeon: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from a pigeon that excessive attachment to someone causes suffering.
- Sun : Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Surya that the soul is one, but it appears in many forms.
- Air: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Vayu that even while living with bad people, we should not give up our goodness.
- Abduction: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Haran that we should not get so engrossed in fun and enjoyment that we become careless.
- Sea: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from the ocean that we should remain happy and active in all the ups and downs of life.
- butterfly: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Titli that one should not get attracted by someone’s beauty and fall into false illusion.
- Elephant: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from the elephant that ascetics and ascetic men should stay away from women.
- Sky : Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Akash that one should stay away from the attachment of country, time and circumstances.
- Water : Dattatreya Maharaj learned from water that we should always remain pure like water.
- Honey bee: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from the bee that one should not collect more than necessary.
- fish: From fish, Dattatreya Maharaj learned not to be attached to taste and to eat good food for health.
- Tintodi: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Tintodi not to keep anything for a long time.
- Child: From a child, Dattatreya Maharaj learned that one should always be worry-free and happy.
- Chandra: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Chandra that the soul does not change with any kind of gain or loss.
- Kumarika: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Kumarika that we should work quietly without disturbing others.
- Tir: Kamtha Maker: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Tir-Kamtha Maker that one should control the mind through study and renunciation.
- Snake : Dattatreya Maharaj learned from the snake that the ascetic should always keep roaming and collect knowledge from everywhere and share his knowledge.
- Spider: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from the spider that God himself creates the magic web and also ends it himself.
- beetle insect: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from Bhringi Keeda that if you keep good or bad thoughts in your mind then the mind will become like that.
- Bumblebee: Dattatreya Maharaj learned from the bumblebee that wherever useful things are learned, they should be assimilated.
- Dragon: from dragon Dattatreya Maharaj taught that we should be satisfied in our life. Accept whatever you get.
