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Please suggest the forms of Dakshinamurthy and Dattatreya suitable for students to worship.

[Smt. Sudha Rani asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Anantakoti pranams to Your Lotus feet, as  Thou, the way and goal of eternal Truth, which should not be denied by me at any circumstance. Please throw light on the God forms of Dakshinamurthy and Dattatreya. Which is suitable for students to worship? Thank You Swami.]

Swami replied:- God Datta (Dattatreya is human form of God Datta) is the original and ultimate pure form of God. He is especially famous for knowledge. Dakshinaamurthy is God Shiva in the state of preaching knowledge. God Dakshinaamurthy is also God Datta internally because every energetic or human form of God is the incarnation of God Datta only. You can concentrate on one form of God Datta saying that every divine form is only an incarnation of God Datta. A single form is very convenient for single pointed devotion (Eka bhaktir viśiṣyate - Gita).

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