Shloka 20
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
बृहस्पतिरुवाच दत्तात्रेयṃ महात्मानमत्रेः पुत्रं तपोधनम् ।
विकृताचरणं भक्त्या सन्तोषयितुमर्हथ ॥
bṛhaspatir uvāca dattātreyaṃ mahātmānam atreḥ putraṃ tapodhanam |
vikṛtācaraṇaṃ bhaktyā santoṣayitum arhatha ||
बृहस्पतिरुवाच—भक्त्या यूयं महात्मानं दत्तात्रेयम् अतिप्रतपसमृद्धं अत्रिसुतं विचित्राचारं सन्तोषयितुमर्हथ॥
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FAQs
Holiness is not always bound to social conventionality. The devas are instructed to approach sanctity with bhakti and humility, even when the saint’s outer behavior appears ‘vikṛta’ (nonstandard).
Didactic-narrative material embedded in Purāṇic history (not sarga/pratisarga). It supports dharma by presenting the authority of tapas and realized beings in restoring order.
‘Vikṛtācaraṇa’ hints at the avadhūta paradigm: the liberated may appear socially inverted while remaining inwardly established. The devas must learn to recognize inner realization beyond outer form.