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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鈥淲hose three steps filled with mead, unfailing, rejoice in bliss;
and who in three fold wise alone has supported earth and heaven,
and all beings. "163
"I would attain to that dear domain of his, where men devoted
to the all god rejoice; for that, truly akin to the wide-strider, is a well
of mead in the highest step of Visnu. 164
"We desire to go to those abodes of you two, where are the many
horned nimble kine; there indeed that highest step of the wide-
pacing bull shines brightly down."165
When the place of direction in which the three steps were taken
is described in vedic hymns, there we find three basic views :
a) In Rgveda I. 22.17, I. 154.3, I. 154.4, Visnu strides horizontally
across the earth with three steps.
b)
In VI.49.13, VII.100.3, 166 Visnu strides horizontally across
the earth three times.
163. 啶じ啷嵿く 啶む啶班 啶啶班啶｀ぞ 啶ぇ啷佮え啶� 啶う啶距え啶� 啷�
啶呧啷嵿し啷�啶ぎ啶距ぃ啶� 啶膏啶掂ぇ啶ぞ 啶う啶ㄠ啶むた 啷�
啶 啷� 啶囙い啶� 啶む啶班た啶оぞ啶む 啶啶ムた啶掂啶 啷�
[yasya tr墨 p奴r峁嚹� madhun膩 pad膩ni |
ak峁Ｄ珁am膩峁嚹� svadhay膩 madanti |
ya岣� o峁� iti tridh膩tu p峁泃hiv墨m |
] I
啶夃い 啶夃い 啶︵啶ぞ啶 啷� 啶忇啶� 啶︵ぞ啶оぞ啶� 啶啶掂え啶距え啶� 啶掂た啶多啶掂ぞ 啷� [uta uta dy膩m | eka岣� d膩dh膩ra bhuvan膩ni vi艣v膩 || ] Ibid., 4.
164. 啶むい啷� 啶呧じ啷嵿く 啶啶班た啶ぎ啷� 啶呧き啶� 啶ぞ啶ム 啷� 啶呧ざ啷嵿く啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶ㄠぐ啶� 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶︵啶掂く啶掂 啶う啶ㄠ啶むた 啷�
啶夃ぐ啷佮啷嵿ぐ啶じ啷嵿く 啶膏 啶灌た 啶え啷嵿ぇ啷佮 啶囙い啷嵿ぅ啶� 啷�
啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶� 啶う啷� 啶ぐ啶 啶ぇ啷嵿さ啶� 啶夃い啷嵿じ啶� 啷� [tat asya priyam abhi p膩tha岣� | a艣y膩m |
nara岣� yatra devayava岣� madanti |
urukramasya sa岣� hi bandhu岣� itth膩 |
vi峁ａ箛o岣� pade parame madhva岣� utsa岣� || ] Ibid., 5.
165. 啶むぞ 啶掂ぞ啶 啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶ㄠた 啶夃ざ啷嵿ぎ啶膏た 啶椸ぎ啶о啶 啷�
啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶椸ぞ啶掂 啶啶班た啶洁ざ啷嵿ぐ啷冟啷嵿啶距 啶呧く啶距じ啶� 啷�
啶呧い啷嵿ぐ 啶呧す 啶むい啷� 啶夃ぐ啷佮啶距く啶膏啶� 啶掂啶粪啶｀ 啷�
啶ぐ啶ぎ啷� 啶う啶 啶呧さ 啶ぞ啶むた 啶啶班た 啷� [t膩 v膩m v膩st奴ni u艣masi gamadhyai |
yatra g膩va岣� bh奴ri'艣r峁涐箙g膩岣� ay膩sa岣� |
atra aha tat urug膩yasya v峁涐梗峁嘺岣� |
paramam padam ava bh膩ti bh奴ri || ] Ibid., 6.
166. 啶 啶班啶距啶膏た 啶掂た啶ぎ啷� 啶ぞ啶班啶ムた啶掂ぞ啶ㄠた 啶む啶班た啶多啶氞た啶� 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶班啶え啶掂 啶ぞ啶оた啶むぞ啶� 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿く 啶む 啶多ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啶う啶︵啶ぎ啶距え啷� 啶班ぞ啶ぞ 啶う啷囙ぎ 啶むえ啷嵿さ啶距す啷� 啶むぞ啶ㄠぞ 啶� || [yo raj膩峁僺i vimame p膩rthiv膩ni tri艣cida vi峁ａ箛urmanave b膩dhit膩ya |
tasya te 艣armannupadadyam膩ne r膩y膩 madema tanv膩he t膩n膩 ca || ] Rgveda - VI. 49.13 鈫�
