Adhyaya 17 — The Birth of Atri’s Three Sons: Soma, Dattatreya, and Durvasa
दुर्वासास्तमसोद्रिक्तो रुद्रांशः समजायत ।
इति पुत्रत्रयं तस्याः जज्ञे ब्रह्मेशवैष्णवम् ॥
durvāsāstamasodrikto rudrāṃśaḥ samajāyata |
iti putratrayaṃ tasyā jajñe brahmeśavaiṣṇavam ||
दुर्वासाः रुद्रांशः तमोबहुलः प्रसूतः। एवं तस्यै अनसूयायै ब्रह्मेशविष्ण्वंशैः पुत्रत्रयं समजायत।
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Diversity of temperament (sattva/rajas/tamas) is integrated into sacred cosmology: even tamas has a cosmic role when aligned with divine function (Rudra’s corrective power).
Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita: lineage of Atri–Anasūyā culminating in the celebrated triad (Soma, Dattātreya, Durvāsā) mapped to Trimūrti principles.
The ‘three sons’ encode a psycho-cosmic triad: creative intelligence (Brahmā), sustaining clarity (Viṣṇu), and transformative/consuming force (Rudra), mirrored as guṇa-dominant manifestations.