Avatara

[Radha Krsna]

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हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे
हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

(O God, O God's Great Power may I always be busy in service to You)


Bhagavata Purana 1.3.28:
ete camsa-kalah pumsah
krsnas tu bhagavan svayam
indrari-vyakulam lokam
mrdayanti yuge yuge
(All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.)


Bhagavata Purana 1.3.1:
suta uvaca
jagrhe paurusam rupam
bhagavan mahad-adibhih
sambhutam sodasa-kalam
adau loka-sisrksaya
(Sūta said: In the beginning of the creation, the Lord first expanded Himself in the universal form of the puruṣa incarnation and manifested all the ingredients for the material creation. And thus at first there was the creation of the sixteen principles of material action. This was for the purpose of creating the material universe.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.2:
yasyambhasi sayanasya
yoga-nidram vitanvatah
nabhi-hradambujad asid
brahma visva-srjam patih
(A part of the puruṣa lies down within the water of the universe, from the navel lake of His body sprouts a lotus stem, and from the lotus flower atop this stem, Brahmā, the master of all engineers in the universe, becomes manifest.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.3:
yasyavayava-samsthanaih
kalpito loka-vistarah
tad vai bhagavato rupam
visuddham sattvam urjitam
(It is believed that all the universal planetary systems are situated on the extensive body of the puruṣa, but He has nothing to do with the created material ingredients. His body is eternally in spiritual existence par excellence.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.4:
parsyanty ado rupam adabhra-caksusa
sahasra-padoru-bhujananadbhutam
sahasra-murdha-sravanaksi-nasikam
sahasra-mauly-ambara-kundalollasat
(The devotees, with their perfect eyes, see the transcendental form of the puruṣa who has thousands of legs, thighs, arms and faces — all extraordinary. In that body there are thousands of heads, ears, eyes and noses. They are decorated with thousands of helmets and glowing earrings and are adorned with garlands.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.5:
etan nanavataranam
nidhanam bijam avyayam
yasyamsamsena srjyante
deva-tiryan-naradayah
(This form [the second manifestation of the puruṣa] is the source and indestructible seed of multifarious incarnations within the universe. From the particles and portions of this form, different living entities, like demigods, men and others, are created.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.6:
sa eva prathamam devah
kauraram sargam asritah
cacara duscaram brahma
brahmacaryam akhanditam
(First of all, in the beginning of creation, there were the four unmarried sons of Brahmā [the Kumāras], who, being situated in a vow of celibacy, underwent severe austerities for realization of the Absolute Truth.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.7:
dvitiyam tu bhavayasya
rasatala-gatam mahim
uddharisyann upadatta
yajnesah saukaram vapuh
(The supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices accepted the incarnation of a boar [the second incarnation], and for the welfare of the earth He lifted the earth from the nether regions of the universe.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.8:
trtiyam rsi-sargam vai
devarsitvam upetya sah
tantram satvatam acasta
naiskarmyam karmanam yatah
(In the millennium of the ṛṣis, the Personality of Godhead accepted the third empowered incarnation in the form of Devarṣi Nārada, who is a great sage among the demigods. He collected expositions of the Vedas which deal with devotional service and which inspire nonfruitive action.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.9:
turye dharma-kala-sarge
nara-narayanav rsi
bhutvatmopasamopetam
akarot duscaram tapah
(In the fourth incarnation, the Lord became Nara and Nārāyaṇa, the twin sons of the wife of King Dharma. Thus He undertook severe and exemplary penances to control the senses.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.10:
pancamah kapilo nama
siddhesah kala-viplutam
provacasuraye sankhyam
tattva-grama-vinirnayam
(The fifth incarnation, named Lord Kapila, is foremost among perfected beings. He gave an exposition of the creative elements and metaphysics to Āsuri Brāhmaṇa, for in course of time this knowledge had been lost.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.11:
sastham atrer apatyatvam
vrtah prapto ‘nasuyaya
anviksim alarkaya
prahladadibhya ucivan
(The sixth incarnation of the puruṣa was the son of the sage Atri. He was born from the womb of Anasūyā, who prayed for an incarnation. He spoke on the subject of transcendence to Alarka, Prahlāda and others [Yadu, Haihaya, etc].)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.12:
tatah saptama akutyam
rucer yajno ‘bhyajayata
sa yamadyaih sura-ganair
apat svayambuvantaram
(The seventh incarnation was Yajña, the son of Prajāpati Ruci and his wife Ākūti. He controlled the period during the change of the Svāyambhuva Manu and was assisted by demigods such as His son Yama.a)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.13:
astame merudevyam tu
nabher jata urukramah
darsayan vartma dhiranam
sarvasrama-namaskartan
(The eighth incarnation was King Ṛṣabha, son of King Nābhi and his wife Merudevī. In this incarnation the Lord showed the path of perfection, which is followed by those who have fully controlled their senses and who are honored by all orders of life.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.14:
rsibhir yacito bheje
navanam parthivam vapuh
dugdhemam osadhir vipras
tenayam sa usattamah
(O brāhmaṇas, in the ninth incarnation, the Lord, prayed for by sages, accepted the body of a king [Pṛthu] who cultivated the land to yield various produces, and for that reason the earth was beautiful and attractive.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.15:
rupam sa jagrhe matsyam
caksusodadhi-samplave
navy aropya mahi-mayyam
apad vaivasvatam manum
(When there was a complete inundation after the period of the Cākṣuṣa Manu and the whole world was deep within water, the Lord accepted the form of a fish and protected Vaivasvata Manu, keeping him up on a boat.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.16:
surasuranam udadhim
mathnatam mandaracalam
dadhre kamatha-rupena
prstha ekadase vibhuh
The eleventh incarnation of the Lord took the form of a tortoise whose shell served as a pivot for the Mandarācala Hill, which was being used as a churning rod by the theists and atheists of the universe.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.17:
dhanvantaram dvadasamam
trayodasamam eva ca
apayayat suran anyan
mohinya mohayan striya
(In the twelfth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Dhanvantari, and in the thirteenth He allured the atheists by the charming beauty of a woman and gave nectar to the demigods to drink.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.18:
caturdasam narasimham
bibhrad daityendram urjitam
dadara karajair urav
erakam kata-krd yatha
(In the fourteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as Nṛsiḿha and bifurcated the strong body of the atheist Hiraṇyakaśipu with His nails, just as a carpenter pierces cane.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.19:
pancadasam vamanakam
krtvagad adhvaram baleh
pada-trayam yacamanah
pratyaditsus tri-pispatam
(In the fifteenth incarnation, the Lord assumed the form of a dwarf-brāhmaṇa [Vāmana] and visited the arena of sacrifice arranged by Mahārāja Bali. Although at heart He was willing to regain the kingdom of the three planetary systems, He simply asked for a donation of three steps of land.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.20:
avatare sodasame
pasyan brahma-druho nrpan
trih-sapta-krtvah kupito
nih-ksatram akaron mahim
(In the sixteenth incarnation of the Godhead, the Lord [as Bhṛgupati] annihilated the administrative class [kṣatriyas] twenty-one times, being angry with them because of their rebellion against the brāhmaṇas [the intelligent class].)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.21
tatah saptadase jatah
satyavatyam parasarat
cakre veda taroh sakha
drstva pumso ‘lpa medhasah
(Thereafter, in the seventeenth incarnation of Godhead, Śrī Vyāsadeva appeared in the womb of Satyavatī through Parāśara Muni, and he divided the one Veda into several branches and subbranches, seeing that the people in general were less intelligent.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.22:
nara-devatvam apannah
surya karya cikirsaya
samudra nigrahadini
cakre viryany atah param
(In the eighteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as King Rāma. In order to perform some pleasing work for the demigods, He exhibited superhuman powers by controlling the Indian Ocean and then killing the atheist King Rāvaṇa, who was on the other side of the sea.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.23:
ekonavimse vimsatime
vrsnisu prapya janmani
rama-krsnav it bhuvo
bhagavan aharad bharam
(In the nineteenth and twentieth incarnations, the Lord advented Himself as Lord Balarāma and Lord Kṛṣṇa in the family of Vṛṣṇi [the Yadu dynasty], and by so doing He removed the burden of the world.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.24:
tatah kalau sampravrtte
sammohaya sura-dvisam
buddho namnanjana-sutah
kikatesu bhavisyati
(Then, in the beginning of Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son of Añjanā, in the province of Gayā, just for the purpose of deluding those who are envious of the faithful theist.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.25:
athasau yuga-sandhyayam
dasyu-prayesu rajasu
janita visnu-yasaso
namna kalkir jagat-patih
(Thereafter, at the conjunction of two yugas, the Lord of the creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the son of Viṣṇu Yaśā. At this time the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.26:
avatara hy asankhyeya
hareh sattva-nidher dvijah
yathavidasinah kulyah
sarasah syuh sahasrasah
(O brāhmaṇas, the incarnations of the Lord are innumerable, like rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources of water.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.27:
rsayo manavo deva
manu-putra mahaujasah
kalah sarve harer eva
saprajapatayah smrtah
(All the ṛṣis, Manus, demigods and descendants of Manu, who are especially powerful, are plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord. This also includes the Prajāpatis.)

Bhagavata Purana 1.3.28:
ete camsa-kalah pumsah
krsnas tu bhagavan svayam
indrari-vyakulam lokam
mrdayanti yuge yuge
(All of the above-mentioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the Lord, but Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead. All of them appear on planets whenever there is a disturbance created by the atheists. The Lord incarnates to protect the theists.)




Varaha Avatara

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One time, a demon named Hiranyaksha commit a crime with the earth drowning in the universe that is in the sea Garbhodaka, is due to taste aversion in Sri Visnu therefore he tries to do something that is not known by the Lord Sri Visnu. He forgot that Sri Visnu is God who infiltrated all things, he did not know that there is God in his heart. However he was trying to hide something from God, God will always know. As we know, the more levels down the planet, the place is dirty too. As a result of the earth is a dirty place, and we know that pigs like to raise anything from a dirty place, God incarnated as a boar to lift the earth with his tusks and also killed the giant Hiranyaksha.


Nrsimha Avatara

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Once upon a time there lived an atheist giant named Hiranyakashipu brother of Hiranyaksha, he wants to master the universe as a revenge from his brother's death. Therefore, he did hermitage. After a thousand years Brahma Deva finally pleasing to him and asked what was chilled by the giant Hiranyakashipu. Hiranyakashipu giant asked the Deva Brahma, "I want to be blessed to not be dead, by weapons, not by the Deva, or human, not above, or below, during the day, or night, outside, or inside". Deva Brahma then blessed the request would. Of these giants now have power. With the blessing, he killed the Rsi, asking that all people must worship him as Lord and leave Sri Visnu, helpless human being for it. But unlike his son Prahlada, his son was so strong heart to worship Narayana. The father who was a giant not like it. His father forced him to leave Sri Visnu worship but worship him as God. However, Prahlada refused. As a result, Hiranyakashipu trying to kill a disobedient child. First, children removed from a high cliff, but under existing Sri Visnu for help and saved the life of Prahlada. For the second time, Hiranyakashipu ordered his sister which is a giant who has the power of fire. Prahlada placed near his sister, then with his strength, out of the fire from burning his body with the intention of Prahlada. But Sri Visnu blesses Prahlada, even his own aunt could not stand the fire power of himself and his aunt finally burned to death. Hiranyakashipu despair, he spoke to her at length, a time Hiranyakashipu asked "Where is God?", "God is everywhere," said his son Prahlada. "Is God in this pole?" Asked Hiranyakashipu, "There" Prahlada said. "Fine, I'll prove it" Hiranyakashipu replied, taking a cudgel to destroy the pillar. Hiranyakashipu even hit the pole until destroyed, how shocked Hiranyakashipu when he see Nrsimha, God incarnate half-lion, on the pole, even Prahlada was so surprised. Soon later Nrsimha catch Hiranyakashipu have placed in her lap helpless he at the entrance. In Nrsimha lap, claiming Hiranyakashipu Brahma Deva, 'Am I not dead? ", Deva Brahma said to Hiranyakashipu," I bless you with a meeting request, but you have a lot of crime, now you're going to die, not with weapons, but with the nails He was, you did not die by Deva, as well as humans, but you will die by a half-lion, you do not die on, or below, but you will die in His lap, you do not die during the day, or night, but on sandikala (between afternoon and evening (maghrib)), you do not die out, and within, but you're dead in the entrance ". With a full sense of bhakti, Prahlada Nrsimha prostrate before seeing his father murdered. Prahlada was not upset but he was so happy to see God Nrsimha.


Vamana Avatara
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There was a wise king who had mastered three of the world named Maharaja Bali. Maharaja Bali has sworn to meet all demand a Brahmin. Once Maharaja Bali wanted to do a magnificent yajna ceremony. The gods will fret yajna performed by Maharaja Bali considering the power of the king. Therefore ask the gods to please Sri Vishnu down to cancel the yajna ceremony was massive. Finally, Sri Vishnu down to the ceremony in the form of dwarf Brahmin. He respectfully visit Maharaja Bali, and with full respect for all that wise king asked Vamana to the purpose of his presence. Finally, Vamana asked for a piece of land along the three steps he told the king to build asram. The king was so surprised, "let alone three steps of land, I could give more than that, O noble Brahmins." But Sri Vishnu in the form of Vamana kept asking all the three steps of land. However, before the king's demand, a subordinate said, "Oh King, do not fulfill the request, apparently he's not ordinary Brahmins, he must Narayana incarnate". The king said, "If he is correct Narayana, how this ceremony was perfect because He was pleased out directly." And finally the king's demand. At that time, Vamana showed the original form as Narayana or Sri Vishnu four-armed giant size and the king demanding appointments. Only with His two steps, three of the world has passed. Narayana said, "O king, I have to walk two steps and the whole of powers has passed, where I can put My third step so you can keep your promise?" With great surprise, the king said, "oh God, place your Padma foot on my head as the third step so that I can fulfill the promise servant "and finally Sri Vishnu put third step to Maharaja Bali's head. The king drowning in tears of joy emotion because the Lord desires falling directly in the ceremony, that is a real joy for the Maharaja Bali.


Kurma Avatara

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One time, the gods and the giants were busy fighting over a drink or Amertha eternity in the ocean. Overcome this, God incarnated in the form of a giant tortoise to take the Amertha. Mount Mandara used as a tool to shuffle Dates sea where the axle and Avatara at the same time God was on the mountain in order to balance it. Mount Mandara entwined by Basuki Dragon as a rope to move the mountain. On one side of the Naga Basuki held by the giants and the other side is held by the gods. At that time there came out a variety of goods, they are waiting Amertha it out, at that time also God incarnated as Dhanvantari carrying that Amertha forward to, to share equitably the Lord re-incarnated as a beautiful girl who was so stunning. With His greatness, He shares original Amertha to the gods and distributing false Amertha on the giants. This is known by a demon named Rahu. Therefore, he infiltrated the place of the gods in order to get the original Amertha. At that time, he got a turn and when Amertha going to realize in throat Sri Visnu know it and Hi throw His Cakra. When Amertha has reached in his throat, at the same time Cakra Sri Visnu had cut off his head so that the Rahu eternal life with his head only.

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Varaha Avatara

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One time, a demon named Hiranyaksha commit a crime with the earth drowning in the universe that is in the sea Garbhodaka, is due to taste aversion in Sri Visnu therefore he tries to do something that is not known by the Lord Sri Visnu. He forgot that Sri Visnu is God who infiltrated all things, he did not know that there is God in his heart. However he was trying to hide something from God, God will always know. As we know, the more levels down the planet, the place is dirty too. As a result of the earth is a dirty place, and we know that pigs like to raise anything from a dirty place, God incarnated as a boar to lift the earth with his tusks and also killed the giant Hiranyaksha.

[quote=Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3, Chapter 13]

SB 3.13.1: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, after hearing all these most virtuous topics from the sage Maitreya, Vidura inquired further on the topics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which he adored to hear.

SB 3.13.2: Vidura said: O great sage, what did Svāyambhuva, the dear son of Brahmā, do after obtaining his very loving wife?

SB 3.13.3: O best of the virtuous, the original king of kings [Manu] was a great devotee of the Personality of Godhead Hari, and thus it is worth hearing of his sublime character and activities. Please describe them. I am very eager to hear.

SB 3.13.4: Persons who hear from a spiritual master with great labor and for a long time must hear from the mouths of pure devotees about the character and activities of pure devotees. Pure devotees always think within their hearts of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, who awards His devotees liberation.

SB 3.13.5: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa was pleased to place His lotus feet on the lap of Vidura because Vidura was very meek and gentle. The sage Maitreya was very pleased with Vidura's words, and, being influenced by his spirit, he attempted to speak.

SB 3.13.6: The sage Maitreya said to Vidura: After his appearance, Manu, the father of mankind, along with his wife, thus addressed the reservoir of Vedic wisdom, Brahmā, with obeisances and folded hands.

SB 3.13.7: You are the father of all living entities and the source of their subsistence because they are all born of you. Please order us how we may be able to render service unto you.

SB 3.13.8: O worshipful one, please give us your direction for the execution of duty within our working capacity so that we can follow it for fame in this life and progress in the next.

SB 3.13.9: Lord Brahmā said: My dear son, O lord of the world, I am very pleased with you, and I desire all blessings for both you and your wife. You have without reservation surrendered yourself unto me with your heart for my instructions.

SB 3.13.10: O hero, your example is quite befitting a son in relationship with his father. This sort of adoration for the superior is required. One who is beyond the limit of envy and who is sane accepts the order of his father with great delight and executes it to his full capacity.

SB 3.13.11: Since you are my very obedient son, I ask you to beget children qualified like yourself in the womb of your wife. Rule the world in pursuance of the principles of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus worship the Lord by performances of yajña.

SB 3.13.12: O King, if you can give proper protection to the living beings in the material world, that will be the best service for me. When the Supreme Lord sees you to be a good protector of the conditioned souls, certainly the master of the senses will be very pleased with you.

SB 3.13.13: The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Janārdana [Lord Kṛṣṇa], is the form to accept all the results of sacrifice. If He is not satisfied, then one's labor for advancement is futile. He is the ultimate Self, and therefore one who does not satisfy Him certainly neglects his own interests.

SB 3.13.14: Śrī Manu said: O all-powerful lord, O killer of all sins, I shall abide by your order. Now please let me know my place and that of the living entities born of me.

SB 3.13.15: O master of the demigods, please attempt to lift the earth, which is merged in the great water, because it is the dwelling place for all the living entities. It can be done by your endeavor and by the mercy of the Lord.

SB 3.13.16: Śrī Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahmā gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.

SB 3.13.17: Brahmā thought: While I have been engaged in the process of creation, the earth has been inundated by a deluge and has gone down into the depths of the ocean. What can we do who are engaged in this matter of creation? It is best to let the Almighty Lord direct us.

SB 3.13.18: O sinless Vidura, all of a sudden, while Brahmā was engaged in thinking, a small form of a boar came out of his nostril. The measurement of the creature was not more than the upper portion of a thumb.

SB 3.13.19: O descendant of Bharata, while Brahmā was observing Him, that boar became situated in the sky in a wonderful manifestation as gigantic as a great elephant.

SB 3.13.20: Struck with wonder at observing the wonderful boarlike form in the sky, Brahmā, with great brāhmaṇas like Marīci, as well as the Kumāras and Manu, began to argue in various ways.

SB 3.13.21: Is this some extraordinary entity come in the pretense of a boar? It is very wonderful that He has come from my nose.

SB 3.13.22: First of all this boar was seen no bigger than the tip of a thumb, and within a moment He was as large as a stone. My mind is perturbed. Is He the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu?

SB 3.13.23: While Brahmā was deliberating with his sons, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, roared tumultuously like a great mountain.

SB 3.13.24: The omnipotent Supreme Personality of Godhead enlivened Brahmā and the other highly elevated brāhmaṇas by again roaring with His uncommon voice, which echoed in all directions.

SB 3.13.25: When the great sages and thinkers who are residents of Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka heard the tumultuous voice of Lord Boar, which was the all-auspicious sound of the all-merciful Lord, they chanted auspicious chants from the three Vedas.

SB 3.13.26: Playing like an elephant, He entered into the water after roaring again in reply to the Vedic prayers by the great devotees. The Lord is the object of the Vedic prayers, and thus He understood that the devotees' prayers were meant for Him.

SB 3.13.27: Before entering the water to rescue the earth, Lord Boar flew in the sky, slashing His tail, His hard hairs quivering. His very glance was luminous, and He scattered the clouds in the sky with His hooves and His glittering white tusks.

SB 3.13.28: He was personally the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu and was therefore transcendental, yet because He had the body of a hog, He searched after the earth by smell. His tusks were fearful, and He glanced over the devotee-brāhmaṇas engaged in offering prayers. Thus He entered the water.

SB 3.13.29: Diving into the water like a giant mountain, Lord Boar divided the middle of the ocean, and two high waves appeared as the arms of the ocean, which cried loudly as if praying to the Lord, "O Lord of all sacrifices, please do not cut me in two! Kindly give me protection!"

SB 3.13.30: Lord Boar penetrated the water with His hooves, which were like sharp arrows, and found the limits of the ocean, although it was unlimited. He saw the earth, the resting place for all living beings, lying as it was in the beginning of creation, and He personally lifted it.

SB 3.13.31: Lord Boar very easily took the earth on His tusks and got it out of the water. Thus He appeared very splendid. Then, His anger glowing like the Sudarśana wheel, He immediately killed the demon [Hiraṇyākṣa], although he tried to fight with the Lord.

SB 3.13.32: Thereupon Lord Boar killed the demon within the water, just as a lion kills an elephant. The cheeks and tongue of the Lord became smeared with the blood of the demon, just as an elephant becomes reddish from digging in the purple earth.

SB 3.13.33: Then the Lord, playing like an elephant, suspended the earth on the edge of His curved white tusks. He assumed a bluish complexion like that of a tamāla tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahmā, could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.

SB 3.13.34: All the sages uttered with great respect: O unconquerable enjoyer of all sacrifices, all glories and all victories unto You! You are moving in Your form of the personified Vedas, and in the hair holes of Your body the oceans are submerged. For certain reasons [to uplift the earth] You have now assumed the form of a boar.

SB 3.13.35: O Lord, Your form is worshipable by performances of sacrifice, but souls who are simply miscreants are unable to see it. All the Vedic hymns, Gāyatrī and others, are in the touch of Your skin. In Your bodily hairs is the kuśa grass, in Your eyes is the clarified butter, and in Your four legs are the four kinds of fruitive activities.

SB 3.13.36: O Lord, Your tongue is a plate of sacrifice, Your nostril is another plate of sacrifice, in Your belly is the eating plate of sacrifice, and another plate of sacrifice is the holes of Your ears. In Your mouth is the Brahmā plate of sacrifice, Your throat is the plate of sacrifice known as soma, and whatever You chew is known as agni-hotra.

SB 3.13.37: Moreover, O Lord, the repetition of Your appearance is the desire for all kinds of initiation. Your neck is the place for three desires, and Your tusks are the result of initiation and the end of all desires. Your tongue is the prior activities of initiation, Your head is the fire without sacrifice as well as the fire of worship, and Your living forces are the aggregate of all desires.

SB 3.13.38: O Lord, Your semen is the sacrifice called soma-yajña. Your growth is the ritualistic performances of the morning. Your skin and touch sensations are the seven elements of the agniṣṭoma sacrifice. Your bodily joints are symbols of various other sacrifices performed in twelve days. Therefore You are the object of all sacrifices called soma and asoma, and You are bound by yajñas only.

SB 3.13.39: O Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are worshipable by universal prayers, Vedic hymns and sacrificial ingredients. We offer our obeisances unto You. You can be realized by the pure mind freed from all visible and invisible material contamination. We offer our respectful obeisances to You as the supreme spiritual master of knowledge in devotional service.

SB 3.13.40: O lifter of the earth, the earth with its mountains, which You have lifted with Your tusks, is situated as beautifully as a lotus flower with leaves sustained by an infuriated elephant just coming out of the water.

SB 3.13.41: O Lord, as the peaks of great mountains become beautiful when decorated with clouds, Your transcendental body has become beautiful because of Your lifting the earth on the edge of Your tusks.

SB 3.13.42: O Lord, for the residential purposes of all inhabitants, both moving and nonmoving, this earth is Your wife, and You are the supreme father. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, along with mother earth, in whom You have invested Your own potency, just as an expert sacrificer puts fire in the araṇi wood.

SB 3.13.43: Who else but You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, could deliver the earth from within the water? It is not very wonderful for You, however, because You acted most wonderfully in the creation of the universe. By Your energy You have created this wonderful cosmic manifestation.

SB 3.13.44: O Supreme Lord, undoubtedly we are inhabitants of the most pious planets — the Jana, Tapas and Satya lokas — but still we have been purified by the drops of water sprinkled from Your shoulder hairs by the shaking of Your body.

SB 3.13.45: O Lord, there is no limit to Your wonderful activities. Anyone who desires to know the limit of Your activities is certainly nonsensical. Everyone in this world is conditioned by the powerful mystic potencies. Please bestow Your causeless mercy upon these conditioned souls.

SB 3.13.46: The sage Maitreya said: The Lord, being thus worshiped by all the great sages and transcendentalists, touched the earth with His hooves and placed it on the water.

SB 3.13.47: In this manner the Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, the maintainer of all living entities, raised the earth from within the water, and having placed it afloat on the water, He returned to His own abode.

SB 3.13.48: If one hears and describes in a devotional service attitude this auspicious narration of Lord Boar, which is worthy of description, the Lord, who is within the heart of everyone, is very pleased.

SB 3.13.49: Nothing remains unachieved when the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased with someone. By transcendental achievement one understands everything else to be insignificant. One who engages in transcendental loving service is elevated to the highest perfectional stage by the Lord Himself, who is seated in everyone's heart.

SB 3.13.50: Who, other than one who is not a human being, can exist in this world and not be interested in the ultimate goal of life? Who can refuse the nectar of narrations about the Personality of Godhead's activities, which by itself can deliver one from all material pangs?

[Radha Krsna]

Thanks Prabhu, can you tell me others Avatara story?

[NikolaiI]

"The history of Prahlada Maharaja, the great devotee of Nrsimhadeva, is narrated in the Seventh Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Prahlada Maharaja, a small child of only five years, became the object of envy for his great father, Hiranyakasipu, only because of his becoming a pure devotee of the Lord. The demon father employed all his weapons to kill the devotee son, Prahlada, but by the grace of the Lord he was saved from all sorts of dangerous actions by his father. He was thrown in a fire, in boiling oil, from the top of a hill, underneath the legs of an elephant, and he was administered poison. At last the father himself took up a chopper to kill his son, and thus Nrsimhadeva appeared and killed the heinous father in the presence of the son. Thus no one can kill the devotee of the Lord. "

Srimad-bhagavatam, 1:15:16 Purport


"Following the instructions of Prahlada Maharaja, all the sons of the demons became attached to Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. When this attachment became pronounced, their teachers, Sanda and Amarka, were very much afraid that the boys would become more and more devoted to the Lord. In a helpless condition, they approached Hiranyakasipu and described in detail the effect of Prahlada's preaching. After hearing of this, Hiranyakasipu decided to kill his son Prahlada. Hiranyakasipu was so angry that Prahlada Maharaja fell down at his feet and said many things just to pacify him, but he was unsuccessful in satisfying his demoniac father. Hiranyakasipu, as a typical demon, began to advertise himself as being greater than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but Prahlada Maharaja challenged him, saying that Hiranyakasipu was not God, and began to glorify the Supreme personality of Godhead, declaring that the Lord is all-pervading, that everything is under Him, and that no one is equal to or greater than Him. Thus he requested his father to be submissive to the omnipotent Supreme Lord.


The more Prahlada Maharaja glorified the Supreme personality of Godhead, the more angry and agitated the demon became. Hiranyakasipu asked his Vaisnava son whether his God existed within the columns of the palace, and Prahlada Maharaja immediately accepted that since the Lord is present everywhere, He was also present within the columns. When Hiranyakasipu heard this philosophy from his young son, he derided the boy's statement as just the talk of a child and forcefully struck the pillar with his fist.


As soon as Hiranyakasipu struck the column, there issued forth a tumultuous sound. At first Hiranyakasipu, the King of the demons, could not see anything but the pillar, but to substantiate Prahlada's statements, the Lord came out of the pillar in His wonderful incarnation as Narasimha, half lion and half man. Hiranyakasipu could immediately understand that the extraordinarily wonderful form of the Lord was surely meant for his death, and thus he prepared to fight with the form of half lion and half man. The Lord performed His pastimes by fighting with the demon for some time, and in the evening, on the border between day and night, the Lord captured the demon, threw him on His lap, and killed him by piercing his abdomen with His nails. The Lord not only killed Hiranyakasipu, the King of the demons, but also killed many of his followers. When there was no one else to fight, the Lord, roaring with anger, sat down on Hiranyakasipu's throne.


The entire universe was thus relieved of the rule of Hiranyakasipu, and everyone was jubilant in transcendental bliss. Then all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, approached the Lord. These included the great saintly persons, the Pitas, the Siddhas, the Vidyadharas, the Nagas, the Manus, the prajapatis, the Gandharvas, the Caranas, the Yaksas, the Kimpurusas, the Vaitalikas, the Kinnaras and also many other varieties of beings in human form. All of them stood not far from the Supreme Personality of Godhead and began offering their prayers unto the Lord, whose spiritual effulgence was brilliant as He sat on the throne."

Srimad-bhagavatam, 7:8 Summary



"Prahlada Maharaja, while praying to Lord Nrsimha, said, "O my Lord, I am very much afraid of the materialistic way of life, and I am not the least afraid of Your present ghastly ferocious feature as Nrsimhadeva. This materialistic way of life is something like a grinding stone, and we are being crushed by it. We have fallen into this horrible whirlpool of the tossing waves of life, and thus, my Lord, I pray at Your lotus feet to call me back to Your eternal abode as one of Your servitors. This is the summit liberation of this materialistic way of life. I have very bitter experience of the materialistic way of life. In whichever species of life I have taken birth, compelled by the force of my own activities, I have very painfully experienced two things, namely separation from my beloved and meeting with what is not wanted. And to counteract them, the remedies which I undertook were more dangerous than the disease itself. So I drift from one point to another birth after birth, and I pray to You therefore to give me a shelter at Your lotus feet."

Srimad-bhagavatam 1:19:20 Purport
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.

[Radha Krsna]

Srimad Bhagavatam 7.5.23-24: Prahlāda Mahārāja said: Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one's best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words) — these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service. One who has dedicated his life to the service of Kṛṣṇa through these nine methods should be understood to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete knowledge.


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Golden Avatara Sri Krsna Caitanya Mahaprabu

[blazeofglory]

In fact I got overjoyed at what I have read here; as I have undergone the kind of experiences, spiritual experiences you have gone thru in life. I grew up in a very religious environment resonant with Vedic hymns and resounding with ancient prayers in Sanskrit. I always was excited to read these sacred texts and fashioned the idea that God lives physically in heaven. I had the idea or imagination of the physicality of God; Gods in all shapes and sizes or structures really allured me and I spent all my moments on prayers and that have refined my minds. I was a great devotee of Lord Krishna and still I am. In those days I had images of Gods in my mind, Ganesh with an elephant trunk, Vishnu with four hands and the like. In point of fact such beliefs are deep. Now I am thru western education a little bit corrupted and cannot be a strong believer. Now I cannot subscribe to the mythological structures of God. I believe in the symbolic aspect of God. At times if one is innocent, unlearned and uneducated he can be a great devotee

[Mrig]

I also believe in Lord Krishna.... The Lord of Dance.

[blazeofglory]

Reading all the things of inspiration and sublime writings have distilled my mind and I again feel liking stepping in the domain once I lost, a domain of spirituality, mysticism. Just confining myself to a world of reason and logic and empirical science cocoons me insulating me from the world of knowledge and spiritual revelation. I never tire myself of reading such granaries of revelatory ideas and it really fortifies me against defilements. I am happy to read such great treasuries of ideas

[Pryderi Agni]

Rama Krsna, you're giving me an inferiority complex here!!! What an amazing talent you have, of gathering all this information...

You know, the movie Avatar takes off pretty much from the Krsna part of the Vishnu-avatara cycle. Think about it (if you guys have seen it); you'll realize the similarities.

[Radha Krsna]

Rama Krsna, you're giving me an inferiority complex here!!! What an amazing talent you have, of gathering all this information...

You know, the movie Avatar takes off pretty much from the Krsna part of the Vishnu-avatara cycle. Think about it (if you guys have seen it); you'll realize the similarities.

I have ever watched the Avatara of Visnu movies...