dayāmaya śrī dattātreya!
jñānaṃ bhaktiṃ sevāṃ dehi । (Chorus)
Oh embodiment of kindness! Śrī Dattātreya! Please give Me spiritual knowledge, devotion and opportunity to serve You practically.
jñātā jīvo devo na khalu
parā prakṛti riti gīyate kila ।
The knower is the individual soul. It is not the God. In the Gītā, the soul is said to be Parāprakṛti or the best part of creation only.
jñānaṃ mārgo jñānabhaktyā
karma ca phalita tyāgo bhavati ।
Knowledge is the path through which soul attains God. Such path is spiritual knowledge and devotion by which service and sacrifice of fruit of work are done to God.
jñeyamanūhyaṃ sopādhikaṃ tu
sevyaṃ nṝṇāṃ narāvatārī ॥
The knowable goal is unimaginable Parabrahman. But, when such God is mediated, we can serve Him. For humanity such mediated God is the unimaginable God mediated with human body.