Lord Dattatrey had several disciples. He was very pleased with Krutaveerya’s son, Arjun (Kartaveerya, Sahasrarjun), so he made him king of planet earth. He also blessed King Arjun with thousand hands and self-knowledge.

Pralhad, the devotee of Lord Narsinha^[1] had the divine vision of the Supreme Spirit when he received initiation from Lord Dattatrey. King Alarka, the son of the chaste woman Madalasa, was very materialistic and addicted to pleasures. However, when Lord Dattatrey initiated him, a miracle occurred and he renounced all worldly pleasures as well as his kingdom. He then became a great ascetic. Lord Dattatrey passed on his knowledge gained from the twenty-four preceptors to King Yadu and helped him give up his evil qualities to accept only good qualities. Lord Dattatrey blessed King Aayu with a son and in the end emancipated him with divine knowledge. Lord Dattatrey blessed a devotee named Vishnudatta with ‘Mantrashastra^[2]’ for the purpose of benevolence. Lord Dattatrey is therefore, respected as a generously magnanimous incarnation.