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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worthy of being sought for instruction. Kindly, therefore, with your
words throwing light on the truth, existing in the heart and reveal
your own self to me.
Sporting in that vast expanse of water in the form of a whale,
Lord Vi峁ａ箛u taught the truth to the king. Further he revealed to the
royal sage Satyav峁泃a in its entirety the mystery of His own self in
the form of a divine collection of pur膩峁噄c lore dealing with S膩nkhya
philosophy, Yoga and rituals. Seated on board, the vessel with the
the king listened to the discourse on the truth of the self, the
eternal Brahma, delivered by the Lord in the form of Matsya, so
attentively as to leave no doubt in his mind, having killed the demon
Hayagr墨va and recovered the vedas. He restored the vedas to Brahma
when the latter rose from his slumber at the end of the pralaya, that
proceeded the current kalpa known as Sweta Var膩ha Kalpa.
seers,
49 The same king Satyav峁泃a, who was thus endued with spiritual
knowledge and wisdom by the grace of Lord Vis峁噓 figured the
present kalpa as the Vaivasvata Manu. A man is rid of all sin by
hearing this great story consisting of the dialogue between the royal
sage Satyav峁泃a and Lord Vis峁噓 disguised as a fish through His
creative energy. He who recites from day to day the story of that
49. 啶囙い啷嵿く啷佮啷嵿い啶掂え啷嵿い啶� 啶ㄠ啶い啶苦 啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶︵た啶啶班啶粪 啷�
啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶班啶 啶す啶距ぎ啷嵿き啷嬥ぇ啷� 啶掂た啶灌ぐ啶傕じ啷嵿い啶む啶掂ぎ啶啶班さ啷�啶む 啷�
啶啶班ぞ啶｀じ啶傕す啶苦い啶距 啶︵た啶掂啶ぞ 啶膏ぞ啶傕啷嵿く啶啶椸啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶距さ啶む啶 啷�
啶膏い啷嵿く啶掂啶むじ啷嵿く 啶班ぞ啶溹ぐ啷嵿し啶班ぞ啶む啶啷佮す啷嵿く啶ざ啷囙し啶む 啷�
啶呧ざ啷嵿ぐ啷屶し啷�啶︵啶粪た啶た啶� 啶膏ぞ啶曕ぎ啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶むい啷嵿さ啶膏じ啶傕ざ啶え啷� 啷�
啶ㄠぞ啶掂啶ぞ啶膏啶ㄠ 啶啶掂い啶� 啶啶班啶曕啶む 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶膏え啶距い啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷�
啶呧い啷�啶むお啷嵿ぐ啶侧く啶距お啶距く 啶夃い啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啶距く 啶� 啶掂啶оじ啷� 啷�
啶灌い啷嵿さ啶距じ啷佮ぐ啶� 啶灌く啶椸啶班啶掂 啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶班い啷嵿く啶距す啶班う啷嵿ぇ啶班た啶� 啷� [ityuktavanta峁� n峁沺ati峁� bhagav膩n膩dipuru峁岣� |
matsyar奴p墨 mah膩mbhodhau vihara峁僺tatvamabrav墨t ||
pur膩峁嘺sa峁僪it膩峁� divy膩 s膩峁僰hyayogakriy膩vat墨m |
satyav峁泃asya r膩jar峁r膩tmaguhyama艣e峁ta岣� ||
a艣rau峁Ｄ玠峁涐梗ibhi岣� s膩kam膩tmatatvasasa峁兣沘yan |
n膩vy膩s墨no bhagavat膩 prokta峁� brahm膩 san膩tanam ||
at墨tapralay膩p膩ya utthit膩ya sa vedhase |
hatv膩sura峁� hayagr墨va峁� ved膩n praty膩haraddhari岣� || ] Ibid., 45-47
