Vishnupurana-Matsyaavatara-query

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Om Gurave Namah

Namaste Sanjayji,

I am enclosing my understanding of "Naarayana". Please correct the errors that have crept in.

Matsyaavatara

The world is mostly water. And at the end of each yuga , the creation would be

wiped out by "pralaya" the apocalypse and the original status of water, water

everywhere would be restored. Thus Water or Aapas is a symbol of purity,

transparency and cleansing, equal to Agni, but with a vital difference. While

fire represents the final cleansing to the core, destroying the body in the

process, water cleanses and nourishes the body at the same time, so change and

betterment is possible, without destruction.

An embryo is surrounded by water which acts as an intelligent medium that both

conducts and insulates, appropriately, depending on the need…so that the tiny

lump of flesh can develop into an infant who can possibly change human history

(Cancer-naisargika 4th house-Moon-the first "Jala" raasi).

The Vaitharani river delimits life and death, purges the soul of its past

memories and associations and readies it for its next sojourn. In

astro-parlance, isn't Scorpio, the naisargika 8th house (2nd water sign)

similar to this river, where life(moon) gets debilitated, and is lorded by

Mars(Agni-Aries) and Ketu(Moksha-pisces)...destruction leading to rebirth or

moksha.

When "prana" exits from Brahma-"randhra", the mouth of Rudra, Ketu would lead

the soul up to The Ganga, resident on Rudra's head (signifying overcoming of

death?), and navigating in the retrograde (Ketu) and swimming "upstream"

(gyanamaarga) all the way to the exalted origin of Ganga, the lotus feet of

Narayana, The Purest One, and the home of Guru...Pisces(last "jala raasi"). By

travelling thus, the thoroughly scrubbed "Nara" transforms into "Naarayana".

Matsyaavatara in a way denotes the beginning of life…begining of a divine recurring theme of

"paritraanaaya saadhunaam

vinaasayacha dushkritam

dharma samsthapanaardhaya

sambhavaami yuge yuge."

Paradoxically, it also marks a going back to the original simplicity,

tranquility, and pristine purity of life, which involves slaying the demons and

salvaging the Vedas- gyaana & dharma. It's a rediscovery & rightful restoration

of the original purpose of life; a pointer to one's roots & the final

destination...NARAYANA.

Regards,

Lakshmi

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