AVATARA

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a) MATSYA AVATÂRA The purpose for which the advent of Matsya Avatâra

took place was the restoration of the Veda's from the hands of the

demon Somakasura, who stole them from Brahmâ and hid them in the sea.

Dharma is based on the Veda's, so the protection of the Veda's was the

Avatâric task. [sB, 8:24]b) KURMA AVATÂRAThe gods and demons desired

to acquire Amrith (elixir of life), that would confer immortality and

prayed to Lord Nârâyana. He instructed them to churn the ocean of milk

having the mountain Mandhara as the churning-rod and Vasuki-serpent as

the rope. When the mountain was about to submerge in the ocean

creating a vast deluge, Lord Nârâyana assumed the form of a Tortoise

and bore the mountain on His back. While they were churning, poison

emerged out of the ocean. Both the gods and demons became panick

stricken. Then Lord Shiva came and swallowed the poison. Several

things emerged from the ocean both living and non-living. When at

last Amrith was brought by a celestial being, gods and demons fought

for the possession of Amrith. Then Lord Nârâyana had to assume the

form of a beautiful celestial woman to distribute the Amrith. Of

course the demons were deprived of their share because if demons were

to be immortal what havoc would result, no one need to be told. So the

purpose of the Tortoise Avatâra was to protect the good and bad as

well and grant immortality to gods (Devata's) [sB, 8:7].c) VARÂHA

AVATÂRALord Nârâyana assumed the form of a boar to bring back to the

surface, the earth that had gone to the bottom of the sea. While the

divine Boar was carrying the earth on his tusks and was still in

thewater, the demon Hiranyâksa attacked him. But the Boar clawed and

pierced him to death. Thus the purpose of the Varaha Avatâra was to

restore the earth safe and fix it firmly in its place. [sB, 3:13]d)

NARASIMHA AVATÂRALord Nârâyana had to assume the form of half lion

and half man to kill the demon Hiranyakasipu. Hiranyakasipu was bent

upon taking revenge on Lord Nârâyana because He had killed his

brother Hiranyâksa. Hiranyakasipu did penance to Brahmâ and obtained

a boon that he should not die in the hands of any one of the beings

created by Brahmâ. Death should not occur to him either during day or

night, on earth or water or sky nor by any weapon, indoors or

outdoors. Hiranyakasipu grew all powerful and arrogant after

obtaining the boon. [sB, 7:3] His son was a born devotee of Hari. The

father tried his best to dissuade him from praying to Hari but in

vain. He subjected him to many tortures, yet, Prahlâda would not give

up chanting the name of Hari. At last Hiranyakasipu had to challenge

his son to show him his Hari who is said to be omnipresent in a

pillar. He struck the pillar. It split into two. The Lord in the form

of Narasimha (man-lion) emerged and tore him to pieces by his claws.

The main purpose of this Avatâra is to prove his devotee's faith in

the omnipresence of God. [sB, 7:8]e) VÂMANA AVATÂRAWhen the demon

Emperor Bali became all powerful desirous of conquering all the three

worlds, Lord Nârâyana decided to curb Bali's pride of strength. So

Lord Nârâyana took the form of a Divine brahmana boy and approached

Bali while he was performing Visvajith Yaga. He demanded a gift of

three feet of land from Bali [sB, 8:19]. Bali agreed, even when his

guru Sukrâchâraya warned Bali not to gift and that the Brahmana lad

was none other than Hari come to bring about his fall. Vâmana grew to

such a stature that with one foot he covered land, with another the

sky and questioned where he should keep his third foot. Then the

emperor Bali bent his head and asked Him to keep His foot on his

head. Hari pushed Bali down to the under-world. Emperor Bali was not

in the least sad or sorry because he had the privilege of giving away

a gift to the Lord of the three worlds. Lord Hari purposely did this

only to proclaim to the world the total surrender of Bali to God. It

is indeed strange to understand the ways of the Divine. He might seem

to be punishing one externally but the punishment would be only for

the redemption of the punished. [sB, 8:18]f) PARASURÂMA AVATÂRA

Parasurâma was the son of Renuka and Sage Jamadhagni. They had with

them the celestial wish fulfilling cow Kamadhenu. Once Kartha

Veryarjuna the ruler of the region visited the asram after a day's

hunting. The Sage received the emperor and his retinue, fed them well

with the help of the celestial cow. Veryarjuna became envious and

drove the cow and her calf, disregarding the feelings of the Sage.

When the party were proceeding, Parasurâma accosted them and attacked

them. After a fierce fight chopped off the head of the emperor. Later

the sons of the emperor beheaded Jamadhagni Rishi when Parasurâma was

not in the hermitage. Hearing the loud cries of his mother Renuka,

Parasurâma returned only to see his father's head on the ground.

Incensed he rushed to the city of Mahishmathi and killed all the

hundred sons of Kartha Veryarjuna. He took a vow to exterminate the

Ksatriya clan out of existence. The purpose of this Avatâra was to

warn and punish the arrogant rulers (Ksatriya's) who did not give

respect due to the Rishis. [Ramakatha Rasavahini 7d], [sB, 9:15]g)

SRÎ RÂMA AVATÂRA Lord Nârâyana was born as the son of Dasaratha and

shared His divinity with His three brothers (Lakshmana, Satrughna and

Bharatha). The purpose of the Avatâra was not only to destroy the

wicked and to protect the good, but to set an example to the entire

world, how man should observe truth and righteousness in life. He was

the very embodiment of Sathya and Dharma. [Ramakatha Rasavahini], [sB,

9:10-12]h) KRISHNA AVATÂRAThe Krishna Avatâra is an Avatâra of love

and peace. His mission was to protect the good and punish the wicked.

But His main mission was to preach the gospel of life through the

Bhagavad Gîtâ (The Song of the Lord). [bhagavatha Vahini] [sB, Canto

10]i) BUDDHA AVATÂRABy his own example Buddha proved that, every man

can attain the Buddha-state, the enlightened One by taking to the

eight fold path. His main gospel was to conquer desire and to

practice love and compassion.j) KALKI AVATÂRAThe Kalki Avatâra is

none other than Sai Avatâra. It is indeed a Yuga Avatâra. Srî Sathya

Sai is engaged in carrying out the Avatâric mission of the nine

Avatâra's through love and love alone.

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) KALKI AVATÂRAThe Kalki Avatâra is none other than Sai Avatâra. It is

indeed a Yuga Avatâra. Srî Sathya Sai is engaged in carrying out the

Avatâric mission of the nine Avatâra's through love and love

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a) MATSYA AVATÂRA The purpose for which the advent of Matsya Avatâra

took place was the restoration of the Veda's from the hands of the

demon Somakasura, who stole them from Brahmâ and hid them in the sea.

Dharma is based on the Veda's, so the protection of the Veda's was the

Avatâric task. [sB, 8:24]b) KURMA AVATÂRAThe gods and demons desired

to acquire Amrith (elixir of life), that would confer immortality and

prayed to Lord Nârâyana. He instructed them to churn the ocean of milk

having the mountain Mandhara as the churning-rod and Vasuki-serpent as

the rope. When the mountain was about to submerge in the ocean

creating a vast deluge, Lord Nârâyana assumed the form of a Tortoise

and bore the mountain on His back. While they were churning, poison

emerged out of the ocean. Both the gods and demons became panick

stricken. Then Lord Shiva came and swallowed the poison. Several

things emerged from the ocean both living and non-living. When at

last Amrith was brought by a celestial being, gods and demons fought

for the possession of Amrith. Then Lord Nârâyana had to assume the

form of a beautiful celestial woman to distribute the Amrith. Of

course the demons were deprived of their share because

if demons were to be immortal what havoc would result, no one need to

be told. So the purpose of the Tortoise Avatâra was to protect the

good and bad as well and grant immortality to gods (Devata's) [sB,

8:7].c) VARÂHA AVATÂRALord Nârâyana assumed the form of a boar to

bring back to the surface, the earth that had gone to the bottom of

the sea. While the divine Boar was carrying the earth on his tusks

and was still in thewater, the demon Hiranyâksa attacked

him. But the Boar clawed and pierced him to death. Thus the purpose of

the Varaha Avatâra was to restore the earth safe and fix it firmly in

its place. [sB, 3:13]d) NARASIMHA AVATÂRALord Nârâyana had to assume

the form of half lion and half man to kill the demon Hiranyakasipu.

Hiranyakasipu was bent upon taking revenge on Lord Nârâyana because

He had killed his brother Hiranyâksa. Hiranyakasipu did penance to

Brahmâ and obtained a boon that he should not die in the hands of any

one of the beings created by Brahmâ. Death should not occur to

him either during day or night, on earth or water or sky nor by any

weapon, indoors or outdoors. Hiranyakasipu grew all powerful and

arrogant after obtaining the boon. [sB, 7:3] His son was a born

devotee of Hari. The father tried his best to dissuade him from

praying to Hari but in vain. He subjected him to many tortures, yet,

Prahlâda would not give up chanting the name of Hari. At last

Hiranyakasipu had to challenge his son to show him his Hari who is

said to be omnipresent in a pillar. He struck the pillar. It split

into two. The Lord in the form of Narasimha (man-lion) emerged and

tore him to pieces by his claws. The main purpose of this Avatâra is

to prove his devotee's faith in the omnipresence of God. [sB, 7:8]e)

VÂMANA AVATÂRAWhen the demon Emperor Bali became all powerful

desirous of conquering all the three worlds, Lord Nârâyana decided to

curb Bali's pride of strength. So Lord Nârâyana took the form of a

Divine brahmana boy and approached Bali while he was performing

Visvajith Yaga. He demanded a gift of three feet of land from Bali

[sB, 8:19]. Bali agreed, even when his guru Sukrâchâraya warned Bali

not to gift and that the Brahmana lad was

none other than Hari come to bring about his fall. Vâmana grew to such

a stature that with one foot he covered land, with another the sky and

questioned where he should keep his third foot. Then the emperor Bali

bent his head and asked Him to keep His foot on his head. Hari pushed

Bali down to the under-world. Emperor Bali was not in the least sad or

sorry because he had the privilege of giving away a gift to the Lord

of the three worlds. Lord Hari purposely did this only to proclaim to

the world the total surrender of Bali to God. It is indeed strange to

understand the ways of the Divine. He might seem to be punishing one

externally but the punishment would be only for the redemption of the

punished. [sB, 8:18]f) PARASURÂMA AVATÂRA Parasurâma was the son of

Renuka and Sage Jamadhagni. They had with them the celestial wish

fulfilling cow Kamadhenu. Once Kartha Veryarjuna the ruler of the

region visited the asram after a day's hunting. The Sage received the

emperor and his retinue, fed them well with the help of the celestial

cow. Veryarjuna became envious and drove the cow and her calf,

disregarding the feelings of the Sage. When the party were

proceeding, Parasurâma accosted them and attacked them. After a

fierce fight chopped off the head of the emperor. Later the sons of

the emperor beheaded Jamadhagni Rishi when Parasurâma was not in the

hermitage. Hearing the loud cries of his mother Renuka,

Parasurâma returned only to see his father's head on the ground.

Incensed he rushed to the city of Mahishmathi and killed all the

hundred sons of Kartha Veryarjuna. He took a vow to exterminate the

Ksatriya clan out of existence. The purpose of this Avatâra was to

warn and punish the arrogant rulers (Ksatriya's) who did not give

respect due to the Rishis. [Ramakatha Rasavahini 7d], [sB, 9:15]g)

SRÎ RÂMA AVATÂRA Lord Nârâyana was born

as the son of Dasaratha and shared His divinity with His three

brothers (Lakshmana, Satrughna and Bharatha). The purpose of the

Avatâra was not only to destroy the wicked and to protect the good,

but to set an example to the entire world, how man should observe

truth and righteousness in life. He was the very embodiment of Sathya

and Dharma. [Ramakatha Rasavahini], [sB, 9:10-12]h) KRISHNA AVATÂRAThe

Krishna Avatâra is an Avatâra of love and peace. His mission was to

protect the good and punish the wicked. But His main mission was to

preach the gospel

of life through the Bhagavad Gîtâ (The Song of the Lord). [bhagavatha

Vahini] [sB, Canto 10]i) BUDDHA AVATÂRABy his own example Buddha

proved that, every man can attain the Buddha-state, the enlightened

One by taking to the eight fold path. His main gospel was to conquer

desire and to practice love and compassion.j) KALKI AVATÂRAThe Kalki

Avatâra is none other than Sai Avatâra. It is indeed a Yuga Avatâra.

Srî Sathya Sai is engaged in carrying out the Avatâric mission of the

nine Avatâra's through love and love alone.

 

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