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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"you all go their and make a peace with the demons, put all the
medicinal herbs in the milk ocean, with mountain Mand膩ra on the
churning rod and serpent V膩suki as the rope, taking all the demons
with you, churn the ocean, I would be there to help you, out of the
churning, would came out 'am峁泃a', the exiler of life by drinking which
within no time the gods would be fortified with strength and valour.
By the advice of the Lord of the Universe, in full co-operation
with demons they exerted all their strength in churning the ocean.
88 With mountain Mand膩ra as the churning rod and the serpent V膩suki
as the rope they started churning out the 鈥榓m峁泃a' from the ocean.
In fact of churning in the region facing the mouth of V膩suki, Vi峁ａ箛u
engaged the demons and in the region facing its tail gods were engaged.
In course of churning, mountain Mand膩ra, without any support
started sinking down in the ocean. At this, for the good of the
universe, Lord Hari assumed the form of a K奴rma and supported the
Mand膩ra. Placing Himself under it,89 when the ocean was churned
there came out, most deadly poison known as 鈥榢膩lak奴ta'. All the
88. 啶え啷嵿ぅ啶距え啶� 啶え啷嵿う啶班 啶曕啶む啶掂ぞ 啶ㄠ啶む啶班 啶曕啶む啶掂ぞ啶� 啶掂ぞ啶膏啶曕た啶 啷�
啶むい啷� 啶ぅ啶苦い啷佮ぎ啶距ぐ啶啶о 啶ㄠ啶い啷� 啶むぐ啶膏ぞ啶啶む 啷�
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶侧啶曕す啶苦い啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距く 啶曕啶班啶ぐ啷傕お啶ぇ啶距ぐ啶い啷� 啷�
啶嗋い啷嵿ぎ啶距え啶� 啶膏ぎ啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啶掂啶多啶ぞ啶� 啶え啷嵿う啶班じ啷嵿く 啶椸た啶班啶班ぇ啶� | [manth膩na峁� mandara峁� k峁泃v膩 netra峁� k峁泃v膩tha v膩sukim |
tato mathitum膩rabdha峁� n峁沺ate taras膩m峁泃a峁� ||
sarvalokahit膩rth膩ya k奴rmar奴pamadh膩rayat |
膩tm膩na峁� samprave艣y膩tha mandarasya gireradha岣� | ] Ibid., 17.20.
89. 啶曕啶粪啶班啶︵ぎ啶о啶 啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ啶曕啶班啶ぐ啷傕お啶� 啶膏啶掂く啶� 啶灌ぐ啶苦 啷�
啶え啷嵿ぅ啶ㄠぞ啶︵啶班啶班ぇ啶苦し啷嵿啶距え啶� 啶啶班ぎ啶む啶洁き啷傕え啷嵿ぎ啶距す啶距ぎ啷佮え啷� 啷�
啶班啶啶｀ぞ啶ㄠ啶啶� 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶ぇ啷嵿く啷� 啶氞啷嵿ぐ啶椸う啶距ぇ啶班 啷�
啶氞啶班啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぐ啶距啶距え啶� 啶︵啶む啶ぎ啶о啶啶洁お啶班啶� 啷�
啶夃お啶班啶ぞ啶曕啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶むさ啶距啷嵿啶涏啶侧 啶啶灌う啷嵿ぐ啷傕お啷囙ぃ 啶曕啶多さ啶� 啷�
啶むぅ啶距お啶班啶� 啶啶む啶班啶� 啶え啷嵿え 啶︵啶粪啶熰 啶膏啶班ぞ啶膏啶班啶� 啷�
[k峁Ｄ玶odamadhye bhagav膩nk奴rmar奴pi svaya峁� hari岣� |
manthan膩dreradhi峁ａ弓h膩na峁� bhramato'bh奴nm膩h膩mune ||
r奴pe峁嚹乶yena dev膩n膩峁� madhye cakragad膩dhara岣� |
cakar峁 n膩gar膩j膩na峁� daityamadhye'pare峁嘺 ||
upary膩kr膩ntav膩帽cachaila峁� b峁沨adr奴pe峁嘺 ke艣ava岣� |
tath膩pare峁嘺 maitreya yanna d峁涐梗峁璦峁� sur膩surai岣� ||
] Visnu Pur膩na 88-90.
