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    Lord Vishnu incarnates in various forms known as avatars to restore order and righteousness in the world when under threat. The document describes 10 of Vishnu's avatars: Matsya, Koorma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parasurama, Sri Rama, Balarama, Sri Krishna, and the future Kalki. Each avatar represents an evolution from lower to higher forms, from fish to tortoise to boar and beyond, culminating in the highly civilized human forms of Rama and Krishna who combat demonic forces and establish dharma.

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    Lord Vishnu incarnates in various forms known as avatars to restore order and righteousness in the world when under threat. The document describes 10 of Vishnu's avatars: Matsya, Koorma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parasurama, Sri Rama, Balarama, Sri Krishna, and the future Kalki. Each avatar represents an evolution from lower to higher forms, from fish to tortoise to boar and beyond, culminating in the highly civilized human forms of Rama and Krishna who combat demonic forces and establish dharma.

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    Lord Vishnu incarnates in various forms known as avatars to restore order and righteousness in the world when under threat. The document describes 10 of Vishnu's avatars: Matsya, Koorma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parasurama, Sri Rama, Balarama, Sri Krishna, and the future Kalki. Each avatar represents an evolution from lower to higher forms, from fish to tortoise to boar and beyond, culminating in the highly civilized human forms of Rama and Krishna who combat demonic forces and establish dharma.

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    DASAVATHARAM

    Lord Vishnu is the Preserver or Sustainer of life with his steadfast


    principles of order, righteousness and truth. WHEN THESE VALUES ARE
    UNDER THREAT, VISHNU EMERGES OUT OF HIS TRANSCENDENCE TO
    RESTORE PEACE AND ORDER ON EARTH.

    His Ten Avatars are

    Matsya (fish)
    Koorma (tortoise)
    Varaha (boar)
    Narasimha (half man half lion)
    Vamana (the dwarf)
    Parasurama (the angry man)
    Sri Rama (the perfect human)
    Balarama (Sri Krishna's brother)
    Sri Krishna (the divine diplomat & statesman)
    Kalki (yet to appear 10th Avatar).

    ��Proud to be a Hindu��
    MATSYA - 1st of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar.

    Once King Manu was under strict penance and was performing
    ablutions in the water of River Kritamala (Vaigai). He took a handful of
    water and was surprised to find a small fish which requested him for
    rescue. When this small fish started growing extraordinarily in size, the
    king realised that it should be Lord Vishnu in the form of fish. At once
    the king prostrated and the God predicted that the world will come to
    an end shortly, ordered the king to carry each species in a huge boat
    which HE appearing as a gigantic fish would propel the boat to Mount
    Himavat. Everything went according to the prediction and thus King
    Manu, being a noble man and an ardent devotee could become
    successful in this allotted work.

    ��Proud to be a Hindu��
    KOORMA- 2nd of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar.

    Once Sage Durvasa presented a flower garland to Lord Indra who


    just gave it to his elephant Airavatam which trampled the garland. The
    angered sage cursed the Devas to lose their immortality. In order to
    regain their lost immortality, the Devas approached Lord Vishnu to help
    them in their great task of churning the Milky Ocean to extract
    Amrutam (Nectar) from the depths of the ocean. The divine serpent
    Vasuki was used as a rope for churning the Mandara mountain which
    was placed on the hard shell back of the Koorma Roopam of Lord
    Vishnu.

    Thus Lord Vishnu incarnated taking the form of amphibian (living both
    in land and water) which is a gradual evolution to higher form than the
    previous Pisces form (totally aquatic).

    ��Proud to be a Hindu
    VARAHA - 3rd of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar

    During ancient time, a powerful Asura (Demon) named


    Hiranyaksha was creating havoc in the three worlds. Once while Lord
    Brahma was in deep meditation, Hiranyaksha snatched Mother Earth
    (Bhoodevi), the four Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharvana) and other
    sacred scriptures. He pushed all these into the depths of the ocean. In
    order to re-position Mother Earth, Lord Vishnu had to incarnate in the
    form of Varaha (wild boar) to dive into the deep ocean. After a fierce
    fight with the Asura, Lord Vishnu in the form of wild boar killed the
    demon with HIS sharp tusks, got Mother Earth back and re-positioned
    her. Thus from the previous amphibian form, there is an evolution to
    higher form of a mammal/beast.
    NARASIMHA-4th of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar

    A mighty demon king Hiranyakashipu gets a boon from Lord


    Brahma that his defeat and death is highly impossible and neither a
    man or animal can kill him. Prahlada, son of Hiranyakashipu is a
    staunch devotee of Hari (Lord Vishnu). The father feels his son is his
    enemy and tries to kill him but in vain since everytime Prahlada was
    attacked, the God would save him. In a fit of anger Hiranyakashipu asks
    his son who is this Hari and where does he live, the son answers that
    the Lord is all pervading and is present everywhere. Pointing out to a
    nearby pillar, the father asks whether Hari is here, Prahlada says 'yes'.
    Now the outrageous demon king hits the pillar with his mace, it slits
    into two halves and from within comes the strange being with Lion's
    head and human body roaring and pouncing on Hiranyakashipu and
    kills him. This avatar signifies the gradual evolution of a wild beast to a
    beastly human form.
    VAMANA-5th of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar

    King Bali, the grandson of Prahlada was a great devotee of Lord


    Vishnu, conquered the three worlds. Due to this Indra and other
    devatas feared their positions and sought help from Lord Vishnu who
    took the form of Vamana (a dwarf ascetic). Thus Vamana appeared
    before King Bali and requested for three feet of land which the King
    accepted gladly though he was warned by his Guru - Sukracharya. Lord
    Vishnu who was in the form of a dwarf took a gigantic form and
    covered the entire Earth with one foot, the entire heaven or sky with
    the second foot. When Lord Vamana asked for the third foot, King Bali,
    who was fully aware that it was Lord Vishnu asked to place the third
    foot on his head. Thus, King Bali was pushed to the Patala loka or the
    netherworld. In this avatar, the evolution stage is from beastly man to a
    dwarf human where there is a gradual evolution of civilized creature.
    PARASURAMA - 6th of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar

    The incarnation of Lord Vishnu as a Brahmin who was born with


    unusual physical strength to Sage Jamadagni and Renuka. He was gifted
    with a Parasu or Axe by Lord Shiva and thus always holds it in his hand.
    He takes revenge against kshetriyas as his father was killed by the sons
    of King Kartavirya who steals Kamadhenu (the gifted cow) from
    Jamadagni. In this incarnation, there is a further evolution to a
    powerful human from a dwarf man in the previous avatar.

    ��Proud to be a Hindu��
    SRI RAMA - 7th of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar

    Raguvamsam by Brahmasri Anantharama Deekshitar (3min Audio)

    http://vedapatasala.com/Raguvamsam/3minutesaudio.mp3

    Sri Rama, the eldest son of King Dasaratha and Queen


    Kausalya in Ayodhya, is one of the most important avatars of Lord
    Vishnu in the Treta Yuga. The divine character of Sri Rama, represents
    the ultimate embodiment of truth, of morality, of chivalry and virtue.
    An ideal son, an ideal husband, an ideal brother and above all, an ideal
    king - Sri Rama is referred as MARYADHA PURUSHOTTAMA – the
    Perfect Man/Lord of Self-Control/Lord of Virtue. Lord Vishnu took this
    avatar to combat Ravana - the most powerful demon king. Considering
    the stages of evolution from simple to complex beings, from a powerful
    enraged human there is a gradual transformation to highly civilized
    human.
    BALARAMA-8th of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar

    Lord Vishnu incarnated as Balarama when Indra and the other


    gods came and asked for release from the demon son Kamsa, king of
    Mathura. Vishnu took one black and one white hair from his head and
    promised that these two would come to fight against the demons. This
    way, first Balarama (the white hair) and then Krishna (the black hair)
    incarnated in the womb of Devaki. To save him from Kamsa, Balarama
    was transferred secretly from Devakis womb to that of Rohini´s, from
    which he was born. Both the brothers Balarama and Krishna grew up in
    a cowherd's family.

    At an early age, he killed the demon Dhenuka, accompanied


    Krishna to Mathura and supported him until Kamsa was killed.
    Balarama also released Krishna´s son, Samba, from Duryodhana's
    prison.

    Balarama is a symbol of strength, an obedient son, an ideal


    brother and husband. He is a protector from desires, symbolizing duty,
    honesty and simplicity. He increases the transcendental bliss of others,
    hence the name 'Rama', because of his extraordinary strength he is also
    called as 'Balabhadra'.
    SRI KRISHNA-9th of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar

    Mother Earth and Lord Brahma unable to bear the burden of


    sins committed by evil kings and rulers like Kamsa, prayed to the Lord
    Vishnu, who assured them that he would soon be born as Sri Krishna to
    end these forces. Kamsa, the ruler of Mathura (in northern India)
    utterly terrified his people by his actions. On the day of his sister
    Devaki's marriage, an akashvani or voice from the sky was heard
    prophesying that her 8th son would be his destroyer, frightened by this
    Kamsa imprisoned both Devaki and her husband Vasudeva thereby
    killing all the new borns until the 8th one. Devaki and Vasudeva prayed
    to Lord Vishnu, who appeared before them and said he himself was
    coming to rescue them and the people of Mathura. Vasudeva was told
    to carry the Lord just after birth to the house of his friend, the cowherd
    chief Nanda in Gokula, where Nanda's wife Yashoda had given birth to
    a daughter, exchange his boy and bring Yashoda's baby daughter back
    to the prison.

    Contd..2
    -2-

    At midnight on ashtami , the divine baby was born in Kamsa's prison.


    Remembering the divine instructions, Vasudeva held the baby above
    his head (protected by five-mouthed snake-Adisesha) and reached
    Gokula after crossing river Yamuna (which gave way). He exchanged
    the babies and hurried back to the prison of Kamsa with the baby girl.
    Early in the morning, all the people at Gokula rejoiced the birth of
    Nanda's beautiful male child. When Kamsa came to know about the
    birth, he rushed inside the prison and tried to kill the baby. But this
    time it skipped from his hand and reaching the sky. She was
    transformed into the goddess Yogamaya, who told Kamsa: "O foolish!
    What will you get by killing me? Your nemesis is already born
    somewhere else."

    In his youth Krishna killed Kamsa along with all his cruel associates,
    liberated his parents from prison, and reinstated Ugrasen as the King of
    Mathura.

    Lord Krishna preached Srimad Bhagavath Geeta to Prince Arjuna in the


    battlefield of Mahabharat who was emotionally affected fighting his
    own kith and kins.

    This incarnation proves that there is an evolution of higher human with


    high intelligence and smart human who could face all the difficulties
    right from childhood and thus achieve success.
    KALKI-10th of Lord Vishnu's Dasavathar

    Kalki avatar is yet to be incarnated. It is believed that Lord Vishnu


    will incarnate himself as Kalki, riding a white horse with blazing sword
    in his hands. At the end of Kali Yuga (present eon), he will punish all evil
    doers in this world, destroy this world and recreate a golden age again.

    As Lord Sri Krishna says in Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Ch 4 Slokas 7 & 8


    YADA YADA HI DHARMASYA GLANIRBHAVATI BHARATA
    ABHYUTTANAM ADHARMASYA TADAATMANAAM SRUJAMYAHAM.

    O Bharata, whenever there is decline of righteousness and rise of evil, I


    manifest Myself.
    PARITRANAYA SADHOONAAM VINASHAYACHA DUSHKRITAAM
    DHARMA SAMSTHAPANARTHAYA SAMBHAVAAMI YUGE YUGE

    For the protection of the righteous, for the destruction of wicked, and
    for the establishment of Dharma, I am born in every age.

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