Why are the tests of Datta so severe?

Datta conducts preliminary tests first and then only conducts the final test. Only the final test is severe. Therefore Datta does not conduct severe tests for all the people in this world. Datta means the Lord given to this world in human form. His human body itself is the preliminary test. His human body follows all the rules of nature. Even the cloth of the king will be destroyed. Ninety percent slip in this preliminary test itself by thinking that He is also a human being. Only ten percent recognize Him by the divine knowledge.

The final tests are now conducted only for those ten percent of people. Datta has all the three qualities (Trigunas). He has Satvam, which is a good quality like divine knowledge. He also possesses Rajas and Tamas, which are bad qualities. Satvam is Vishnu. Rajas is Brahma. Tamas is Shiva. But He is beyond these three qualities. These three qualities are like the three colors of His shirt. He does not have these three colors [He is beyond the three qualities]. Therefore Datta exhibits Rajas and Tamas. In this final test, again nine people out of ten slip. The reason for this slip in the final test is that these people do not know that He is beyond the three qualities.

In the preliminary test people slip because they do not have the knowledge that He is beyond the human body. Only one person passes the preliminary test by knowing that He is beyond the human body and passes the final test by knowing that He is beyond the three qualities. The faith of such a person is permanent and unshakeable. Apart from this faith one should prove his love through his service (Karma Sanyasa and Karmaphala Tyaga). Such faith and service will please the Lord completely. The human body is made of five elements. This creation is made of five elements and three qualities. Therefore a devotee who knows that the Lord is beyond the creation, alone can withstand both preliminary and final tests. Datta is the creator and so is beyond the creation.