PAMHO
Hare krishna!!! All glories to guru and gouranga
I have Heard that Lord Datta is the incarnation (guna avatar) of Lord Vishnu denoting the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe. It is acceptable to chant His Name? Is He a demigod or God himself? Or both?
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hare krishna
there are so many forms and avatars of krishna that we cannot even count.......he appeasrs in ages after ages to re-establish the epitome of dharma and protect the saints.........whether ram,narsingha,vaman all aree his forms only with different name but as lord says in gita ,our real self is the soul not body regarding krishna nobody knows his leelas and doings.....just by having bhakti and visualizing the lord in all form only can we develop strong faith in the godhead..............dattatreya is an avatar of brahma,vishnu,shiva , he is greatful merciful and blessing and a form of lord himself.............as mentioned in puranas about the parsurama avatar who was born to destroy sinful kshatrias like king kattevirya ;the king kattya vira got dattatreya's boon and become very powerful and with thst pride he became an enemy of dharma then that very lord incarnates as parsuram to kill kim.........as lord says in puranas I am the one who gave him boon and also I am the one that has incarnated to destroy him when he turned sinful.....................................so ultimately lord is same why to divert from krishna.........he is the one and only one..........so only worship him
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Lord Dattatrey is an incarnation / expansion of Vishnu. He was born as the son of Atri muni and Aunusuya sati. Details are mentioned in Srimad Bhagawatam.
We chant only and only Krsna's names because we are so attracted to KRsna. Why to chant any other name when we have the all attractive, the source name? If you want to chant the name of Dattatrey because He is the form of God, and you are so much in love with God, that you want to take His name in every which way and in every which form, then its ok. That is another form of madness which only love can bring and I am sure it is pleasing to Krsna. Take your pick.
I personally do not know much about the activities of Dattatrey.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Rashmi