Narada went to Sarasvati, Lakshmi and Parvati, ate before them the fried iron-ball-gram, and gave them also a little of it. Anasuya put the iron ball in the frying pan, meditated on the form of her husband, and put a few drops of water, which had been used in washing the feet of her husband on the iron ball. Then Narada came to Anasuya and requested her to fry the iron-ball-gram. Then Narada said, “O Devis! See, I will get it fried by Anasuya, wife of Atri Maharishi, a great Pativrata who lives in the earth-plane”. Narada afterward went to Mahalakshmi and Parvati and requested them to fry the iron ball. Sarasvati laughed and said, “O Rishi Narada! How can this iron ball be fried? How can this be eaten?”. I will eat this iron-ball-gram during my travels”. Once Narada Rishi took a small ball of iron-the size of a gram-grain-to Sarasvati and said to her, “O Sarasvati Devi! Please fry this iron ball.
The following mythological story speaks about the spiritual power of Anasuya. She reached her spiritual power by serving her husband while he concentrated on meditating and lived as a great saint. In the Indian tradition, very powerful women attained their power by just serving the husbands, and Anasuya was one of them.
Atri was the saint, and Anasuya, his wife. At one time, there lived two great masters as husband and wife, Atri and Anasuya. Avatars, incarnations of Dattatreya, have incarnated regularly during the Kali Yuga to bring the universal teaching of unity, love, and spiritual awareness into a world struggling with the dark influences gripping humanity. Because the Nath Yoga tradition was modeled after the Shiva principle, the dissolution of the small self, the ego-self, and absorption into the Divine essence was established as the ultimate goal of the Dattatreya tradition. Right from the start, the teachings of Dattatreya have emphasized being natural, being unencumbered by ritual, tradition, and denomination, loving nature, and lead a life of ahimsa (non-violence) towards all creatures. Dattatreya then called on the nine Nath yogis to establish a spiritual framework and code for the coming age, and the tradition of the Nath yogis was established. When the world was about to enter the Kali Yuga, Lord Krishna, concerned that his teachings and the purpose of his incarnation would get lost in the coming dark age, consulted with Dattatreya, the spiritual teacher of the ending Dwapara Yuga, and asked him to preserve His teachings. Since the birth of Dattatreya in ages past, His incarnations have stood out as spiritual lights in a world of darkness. The Dattatreya tradition is rooted in the principle of nature, being natural, and freedom from all bindings.
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