Dattatreya
The twenty-four teachers: dialogue of the avadhūta with Yadu (Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.7–9)
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The twenty-four teachers: dialogue of the avadhūta with Yadu (Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.7–9)
भागवतपुराण ११.७–९ (Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11.7–9), अवधूत-यदु-संवाद
Kṛṣṇa tells Uddhava how King Yadu met a young brahmin avadhūta, wise and fearless, and asked him where his joy came from. The ascetic answers that he has learned from twenty-four teachers, from the earth to the wasp, and draws a lesson from each: the patience of the earth, the detachment of the air, the solitude of the girl whose bracelets jingled, the abandoned hope of the courtesan Piṅgalā. Some verses of this same eleventh book (11.11.29–31) coincide with the Avadhūta Gītā (8.2–4).
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Authorship note
The Bhāgavata does not name the avadhūta; his identification with Dattātreya is traditional and is followed by commentators and devotees. The anonymous text is dated to around the ninth or tenth century.
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Dattatreya
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, canto 11, caps. 7–9
The Conscious LibraryŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam, canto 11, caps. 7–9
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (Vedabase)
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Other works by Dattatreya
- Avadhūta Gītā (Song of the Liberated One) · 950
- Jīvanmukta Gītā (Song of the One Liberated While Living)
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- Dattātreyayogaśāstra (Dattātreya's Treatise on Yoga) · 1200
- Jābāladarśana Upaniṣad (Darśana Upaniṣad)
- Avadhūta Upaniṣad · 1400
- The teaching of yoga to Alarka (Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa)
- Dattātreya Tantra
Sources
- Bhāgavata Purāṇa 1.3.11 (Dattātreya, sexto avatāra) y 11.7.25–11.9 (el avadhūta y el rey Yadu: los veinticuatro maestros, lista en 11.7.33–35); texto sánscrito y traducción en Vedabase (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust).
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