॥ दयामय श्री दत्तात्रेय! ॥

दयामय श्री दत्तात्रेय!
ज्ञानं भक्तिं सेवां देहि । (पल्लवी)

Oh embodiment of kindness! Śrī Dattātreya! Please give Me spiritual knowledge, devotion and opportunity to serve You practically.

ज्ञाता जीवो देवो न खलु,
परा प्रकृति रिति गीयते किल ।

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.

ज्ञानं मार्गो ज्ञानभक्त्या
कर्म च फलित त्यागो भवति ।

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.

ज्ञेयमनूह्यं सोपाधिकं तु
सेव्यं नॄणां नरावतारी ॥

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.