Essay name: Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas
Author:
Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
The essay studies the Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas by exploring the significance of the ten principal incarnations of Lord Vishnu as depicted in various ancient Indian texts like the Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas. The research also investigates the social, political, philosophical, and religious impact.
Chapter 4 - Significance of Vaishnava Myths
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that vast expanse of water in the form of a golden whale, possessed
of a horn and extending over an area of one lakh Yojanas. Fastening
the boat to the horn of the divine whale with the king of serpants
for a rope, as already enjoined by 艢ri Hari, king Satyav峁泃a full of joy,
hymned in the following words:
"People whose true knowledge of their own self stands obscure
by dateless ignorance and who are exhausted by the toils of worldly
existence, traceable to that nescience, realize you here when they
take shelter in you by your uncountable grace. 47 Such as you are,
may you act as our highest proceptor and prove to be the Bestower
of final beautitude on us. This ignorant Jiva bound by its own
karma, performs actions with great pains in the hope of happiness
and is able to get rid of that hope as well as its wrong notion in the
shape of identification with body etc. through your worship alone.
May that Lord who is our guide, snap our knot existing in the heart.
Through His worship alone can, an embodied soul shake of its
impurity in the shape of ignorance and regain its essential character
as silver and gold shed their impurity and regain their native brilliance
47. 啶掂啶ぞ啶え啷� 啶啶掂う啷嬥う啷囙ざ啶距 啶班啶︵啶多 啶ㄠぞ啶掂ぎ啶距啶むぞ啶 啷�
啶むぞ啶ぞ啶班啶班啶灌 啶掂た啶啶班啶ㄠ啶︵啶班啶班ぞ啶︵ぞ啶啶粪ぇ啶苦さ啷�啶班啶粪 啷�
啶むぎ啷佮啷佮ぐ啷嵿ぎ啷佮え啶 啶啶班啶むぞ 啶班ぞ啶溹え啷� 啶掂啶ぞ啶じ啷嵿さ 啶曕啶多さ啶 啷�
啶膏さ啷� 啶ㄠ 啶膏啶曕啶距う啶膏啶ぞ啶︵さ啶苦い啶� 啶多 啶掂た啶оぞ啶膏啶い啶� 啷�
啶膏啶掂啶洁え啷佮ぇ啷嵿く啶距い啶膏啶むい啷� 啶班ぞ啶溹啶炧ぞ 啶啶班ぞ啶︵啶班じ啷嵿お啶苦え啷嵿ぎ啶灌ぞ啶班啶｀さ啷� 啷�
啶忇啶多啶權啶椸ぇ啶班 啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啷� 啶灌啶 啶ㄠた啶啶むく啷� 啶溹え啶� 啷�
啶ㄠた啶ぇ啷嵿く 啶ㄠぞ啶掂 啶む啷嵿啷冟啷嵿啷� 啶ぅ啷嬥啷嵿い啷� 啶灌ぐ啶苦し啶� 啶啶班ぞ 啷�
啶掂ぐ啶む啶班啶｀ぞ啶灌た啶ㄠぞ 啶む啶粪啶熰じ啷嵿い啷佮し啷嵿啶距さ 啶ぇ啷佮じ啷傕う啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷�
啷�
啶呧え啶距う啷嵿く啶掂た啶︵啶啶粪す啶むぞ啶む啶じ啶傕さ啶苦う啶膏啶むえ啷嵿ぎ啷冟げ啶膏啶膏ぞ啶� 啶ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ啶む啶班ぞ啶�
啶う啷冟啷嵿啶啶灌啶じ啷冟い啶� 啶ぎ啶距お啷嵿え啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦ぎ啷佮啷嵿い啶� 啶︵ 啶ㄠ 啶ぐ啶 啶椸啶班啶班啶さ啶距え啷� 啷� [vy膩yan bhagavadode艣膩峁� rd峁浥沞 n膩vam膩gat膩m |
t膩m膩ruroha峁� vipraindrair膩d膩yau峁dhiv墨ru峁岣� ||
tamucurmunaya岣� pr墨t膩 r膩jan vy膩yasva ke艣avam |
savai na岣� sa峁僰a峁乨asm膩davit膩 艣a峁� vidh膩syati ||
svo'nudhy膩tastatau r膩j帽膩 pr膩duraspinmah膩r峁嘺ve |
eka艣峁涐箙gadharo matsyo haimo niyutayo jana岣� ||
nibadhya n膩va峁� tacch峁涐箙ge yathokto hari峁Ｄ� pur膩 |
varatre峁嚹乭in膩 tu峁ａ弓astu峁ａ弓膩va madhus奴danam ||
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an膩dyavidyo峁hat膩tmasa峁僾idastanm峁沴asa峁僺膩ra pari艣ram膩tur膩岣�
yad峁沜chayehopas峁泃膩 yam膩pnurvimukti dau na岣� paramo gururbhav膩n || ] Ibid., 42-46
