PURNAVATAAR

Hiranyakashipu’s Penance Now continuing the story from where Varaha Avatar ended... Hiranyakashipu was sad after the death of Hiranyaksh. He wanted to avenge the death of his brother. He thought that the influence of the gods have made LORD VISHNU partial and HE used his magical charms to assume different appearances. So, Hiranyakashipu took a vow to kill VISHNU with his trishul (spear/trident). He also thought, with the end of Shri Vishnu, the power of the gods will also vanish as their power completely depends on the Lord. Thus, he decided to destroy all the people who are in the path of Dharma by following penance, charity, piety to make the gods powerless. He was determined to spread terror on earth, to make people afraid of following the Path of Dharma.  Hiranyakashipu knew that Penance is the Source from which all the Powers are born. So Hiranyakashipu decided to do arduous Penance without food and water to become the most Powerful King in the universe.  He...

The next Avataar shown in ‘Shri Krishna’ is Varaha Avataar.  After narrating about the Vamana Avataar , Shukdev started the story of Varaha Avataar and Narasimha Avataar.  Once upon a time, two ancestors of king Baali , Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha were two powerful kings. Their oppression and tyranny had unleashed universal terror. In order to slay them, the LORD, had to assume two extraordinary  forms in a single aeon (kalp ). At first Shukdev narrated the story of Hiranyaksha. . The Asuras knew that- gods gain strength from the pious rituals performed by people on earth . So Hiranyaksha stole/carried the earth from the solar system and hid it under primeval water. Gods went to LORD VISHNU for help .Then HE assumed the form of the Boar / Varaha ( shown as having a man’s body with a boar’s head) and appeared from the nostril of Brahma . HE went under the water in search of Mother Earth. At this, Hiranyaksha was very angry. They had a fierce battle under the se...

In the serial , Vamana avatar is shown after Kurma Avtaar , so I also decided to post it here before Varaha and Narasimha Avtaar . As we already know from the story of Kurma Avtaar that the king of Asuras - Raja Baali , was a pious devotee and a valiant warrior . he was also the grandson of the great devotee -- Prahlad . To avenge the defeat of the ‘ Dev-Asur Sangram’ – Daitya Guru Shukracharya suggested Baali to perform 100 yagnas . According to the Guru - unhindered completion of the yagna s was necessary for Baali to take over the throne of Indra . Guru Shukracharya also said- in this way, the reign of gods in the heaven would be over and the asuras would start ruling over the three worlds . Knowing about this , all the gods came to Lord Vishnu and asked HIM to stop Bali from being successful in his attempt .the LORD said – ‘penance’ will definitely reap its fruit . it is the ‘ law of nature ’. But if that rule starts to destroy the creation itself and power goes to wrong...

The story continues from the saagar manthan episode. When the asuras got the ' amrit' and left with it, the gods went to the LORD and asked HIM a way to save the divine Amrit. Then the LORD appeared to the asuras as a beautiful woman - MOHINI . Mesmerized by HER charm, the asuras gave away the nectar to MOHINI to distribute it between the gods and asuras according to her own wish. As she started distributing the Amrit among the gods, one asur maned Rahu noticed that, changed his appeearance and went to the side of the gids to have the amrit. Gods caught him. Now Mohini appeared as Lord Vishnu and cut Rahu's head with his Surdarshan chakra. Asuras felt deceived. thus a great war started between gods and asuras which came to be known as ‘ Dev-Asur sangram ‘ . Afterwards - - (we need to know this part of the story to relate it to next avtaars of the LORD ) – Gods were powerful because of the 'Amrit ' and won the battle ( 'Dev-Asur sangram ) . The king ...

Now we havw the story of Kurma Avtaar. Once the gods became 'shreeheen'(without prestige// honour/ lustre) and they went to Shri Hari for help. He advised them to churn the sea, along with the asuras,  to get the divine treasures, hidden in the depths of the sea. Then Devraaj Indra went to Asurraj Baali, with the proposal of churning the sea together.  Asur guru Shukracharya advised king Baali not to listen to the gods but Baali, because of his innate goodness, decided to attend and listen to Indra and all the other gods. At first Asuras were apprehensive about Indra's proposal of churning the sea, then they agreed to it. Shukracharya wanted the equal division of all the treasures to be found from the sea, to that Indra agreed. Mandraachal mountain was used to chrun the sea (as a 'mathni '), and when they were in a need for a solid base for the churning to take place, then Shri Hari appeared as a ' Kurma' (tortoise), so that His back could be u...

Following the tradition of   'Shrimad Bhaagwat' , before starting the tales of Krishna , the stories of all the previous incarnations of LORD VISHNU are shown in the serial . So, now I am starting to narrate the stories one by one, as shown in 'Shri Krishna' serial. We find about king SATYAVRAT in the tale of Matsya Avtaar . he was a noble king . One day when he was bathing in the river, he found one small fish asking for shelter. Satyavrat assured the fish that it can have ‘enough space’ in his palace and took it with him. But as he kept it in water, it started increasing it’s size very rapidly. The king became very confused and decided to return it to the river. When he went to the river, he asked the fish about its true identity . Then LORD VISHNU appeared. King Satyavrat was amazed! LORD VISHNU said that a deluge is going to take place. The king will have the responsibility of saving the lives of the famous seven sages, the minute bodies ( ‘sookshma shar...