SB 11.9.32 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीभगवानुवाच इत्युक्त्वा स यदुं विप्रस्तमामन्‍त्र्य गभीरधी: । वन्दित: स्वर्चितो राज्ञा ययौ प्रीतो यथागतम् ॥ ३२ ॥

Verse text

śrī-bhagavān uvāca ity uktvā sa yaduṁ vipras tam āmantrya gabhīra-dhīḥ vanditaḥ sv-arcito rājṣā yayau prīto yathāgatam

Synonyms

śrī — bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said ; iti — thus ; uktvā — having spoken ; saḥ — he ; yadum — to King Yadu ; vipraḥ — the brāhmaṇa ; tam — to the King ; āmantrya — bidding farewell ; gabhīra — extremely deep ; dhīḥ — intelligence ; vanditaḥ — being offered obeisances ; su — arcitaḥ — being properly worshiped ; rājṣā — by the King ; yayau — he went ; prītaḥ — with his mind satisfied ; yathā — just as ; āgatam — he had come .

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Having thus spoken to King Yadu, the wise brāhmaṇa accepted obeisances and worship from the King and felt pleased within himself. Then bidding farewell, he left exactly as he had come.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

The Lord said: Having thus spoken to King Yadu, the wise brāhmaṇa accepted the obeisances and worship offered by the King. Pleased, he took permission and left exactly as he had come. The brāhmaṇa was Dattātreya, for it has been said: atrer apatyam abhikāṅkṣata āha tuṣṭo datto mayāham iti yad bhagavān sa dattaḥ yat-pāda-paṅkaja-parāga-pavitra-dehā yogarddhim āpur ubhayīṁ yadu-haihayādyāḥ The Lord, satisfied, said to Atri who desired a son, “I have given myself to you.” Thus he was called Datta. Those purified by the dust of Dattātreya’s feet, such as Yadu and Haihaya, attained perfection of yoga for enjoyment and liberation. SB 2.7.4 He left as he had come, by his own will.

Purport

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī gives evidence from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that the brāhmaṇa avadhūta was actually the incarnation of Godhead Dattātreya. The Bhāgavatam (2.7.4) states: yat-pāda-paṅkaja-parāga-pavitra-dehā yogardhim āpur ubhayīṁ yadu-haihayādyāḥ “Many Yadus, Haihayas, etc., became so purified, by the grace of the lotus feet of Dattātreya, the Lord, that they obtained both material and spiritual blessings.” This verse mentions that Yadu was purified by contact with the lotus feet of Dattātreya, and similarly the present verse states, vandito sv-arcito rājṣā: King Yadu worshiped the lotus feet of the brāhmaṇa. Thus, according to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the avadhūta brāhmaṇa is the Personality of Godhead Himself, and this is confirmed by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura.