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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Another instance for an a峁兣浤乿at膩ra is V膩mana who was born
as a son of Aditi. 24 Similarly an instance of K膩l膩vat膩ra is K峁涐梗峁嘺
Dvaipayana who was born as son of Par膩艣ara and Satyavati.2
25 The Brahma峁囜笉a Pur膩峁嘺 contains a dialogue between Brahma
and N膩rada on the technique of avat膩ra. N膩rada interrogated his
father, 鈥榠f Vi峁ａ箛u is ever free from all blemishes, why was he born
among the men to be seen experiencing pangs of anxiety, fatigue,
wound and nescience. ?' 26
To this Brahma replied thus: 'Vi峁ａ箛u does not assume any bodies
born of men and women. On the other hand, the Lord manifests His
own eternal form which is made up of bliss and consciousness. This
sort of manifestation of the Lord is said to be His birth, and nothing
else. The Lord however, shows sometimes in his pure form such
impurities as pain and ignorance simply with a view to infatuating
the wicked. Full of wrong notions, the wicked are not to attain
emancipation. They get hell. One should therefore, know that the
avat膩ras are free from all defects.2
27 24. 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶傕ざ啷囙え 啶啶む啶班い啷嵿さ啶お啷囙い啷嵿く 啶む 啶膏啶むぞ啶ㄠ 啶椸啶啶むぞ啶膏啶た 啶ぞ啶班啶� - 啶むお啶膏啶ぇ啶苦し啷嵿啶苦い啶� 啷� [sv膩峁兣沞na putratvamapetya te sut膩n gopt膩smi m膩r墨ca - tapasyadhi峁ａ弓hita岣� || ] Ibid., VIII.17.18
25. 啶じ啷嵿く啶距 啶ぐ啶距ざ啶班ぞ啶む 啶膏ぞ啶︵ぞ啶︵た啶掂い啷�啶班啶｀ 啶灌ぐ啷囙 啶曕げ啶� 啷� [yasy膩峁� par膩艣ar膩t s膩d膩divat墨r峁噊 hare岣� kal膩 || ] Ibid., IX.17.18
26. 啶ㄠぞ啶班う 啶夃さ啶距 - 啶ㄠた啶班啶︵啶粪ざ啷嵿啷囙い啷嵿啶ム 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶班啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶粪啶粪啶︵お啶︵啶い 啷�
啶氞た啶ㄠ啶むぞ啶多啶班ぎ啶掂啶班ぃ啶距啷嵿 啷� 啶� 啶︵啶冟 啶啶椸 啶︵啶多啶い啷� 啶曕ぅ啶 [n膩rada uv膩ca - nirdo峁艣cetkatha峁� vi峁ａ箛urm膩nu峁峁Ｅ玠apadyata |
cint膩艣ramavra峁嚹乯帽a | na du岣ha yug d峁浥泍ate katham ] ?
(啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶距ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶啶班ぞ啶｀さ啶氞え啶 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶むい啶む啶掂え啶苦ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶 啶夃う啷嵿ぇ啷� 啶むぎ 啶啶粪啶犩ぎ啷� [brahm膩峁囜笉apur膩峁嘺vacanam vi峁ａ箛utatatvanir峁嘺ye uddh峁� tama p峁涐梗峁環am ] 94)
27. 啶膏啶啶傕ぎ啶侧ぞ啶た啶啶椸ぞ啶む啶ぞ 啶︵啶灌 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶班啶� 啶溹ぞ啶い啷� 啷�
啶曕た啶ㄠ啶む 啶ㄠた啶班啶︵啶粪啷堗い啶ㄠ啶じ啷佮啶距 啶ㄠた啶む啶ぞ啶� 啶膏啶掂啶距 啶むえ啷佮ぎ啷� 啷�
啶啶班啶距ざ啶い啶� 啶膏啶掂啶 啶溹ぞ啶ㄠた啶班啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶班啶� 啶氞ぞ啶ぐ啶�
啶むぅ啶距お啷嵿く啶膏啶班ぎ啷嬥す啶距く 啶ぐ啷囙し啶距 啶� 啶曕啶掂啶苦い啷�
啶︵啶冟啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠざ啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ啶︵啶ㄠ 啶� 啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶啶� 啶多啶︵啶� - 啶膏う啷嵿啷佮ぃ啶� [s墨pu峁僲al膩bhiyog膩tm膩 deho vi峁ａ箛orna j膩yate |
kintu nirdo峁caitanyasukh膩峁� nity膩峁� svak膩峁� tanum |
prak膩艣ayati saiveya峁� j膩nirvi峁ａ箛orna c膩par膩
tath膩pyasuramoh膩ya pare峁Ｄ佱箖 ca kvacit
du岣haj帽膩na艣ram膩d墨n sa dar艣ayeta 艣uddha - sadgu峁嘺岣� ] 鈫�
