Avatars of the lord:
According to Sanathana Dharma, god took birth ten times in this world (referred as avatars) in our world to protect the good from evil. As the lord himself has said in Bhagavad Gita,
"Forever, whenever the evil arises, whenever the Saadhus (saints in the mode of goodness) are attacked, whenever the dharma is in danger, I will appear, to crush the evil and to re-establish faith."
The lord has taken 10 avatars (incarnations), those are in order. Also, my views about the avatar are also noted. a) and b) represent two different views.
1. Machhavatar (Fish)
a) The fish is one of the primitive form of evolution.
b) Child in mother's womb as fish is in water
2. Koormavatar (Turtle)
a) Turtle is next level of creature in water. It's an amphibian, which can live in Land and water. The creatures ventured into the land.
b) Child takes birth as water creatures became amphibians
3. Varahavatar (Wild boar)
a) Fully land animal but primitive.
b) Child is growing. He does not care about others and self-centered.
4. Narasimhavatar (man-lion)
a) Half man and half lion. Depicts the state of early man with the qualities of a man as well as an animal.
b) Humane qualities are getting in but still some rude qualiites exist in the child.
5. Vamanavatar (Dwarf priest)
a) Humane qualities have developed well but the body structure remains as dwarf. The body has not reached the full form. Might also represent those primitive species before homo erectus.
b) Learned but not grown into adult.Young adolescent.
6. Parasuramavatar (Priest with an axe)
a) A full grown man with a bend towards righteousness. He can't stand a crime. The fighting quality and the spirit for good.
b) The youth and its rage for right.
7. Ramavatar (The ideal king)
a) An ideal man. Able ruler. A shining example of how a man should live. Never in the history of the world that a man/ruler more complete than Rama has lived.
b) Man sets to live an ideal life with his family.
8. Krishnavatar
a) Man adaptable to the surroundings. Krishna was a winner is all the circumstances he faced in his life.
b) The later stage of life. He understands that he has to learn to adapt to the surroundings.
9. Buddhavatar
a) A man getting enlightenment and relinquishing from material comforts and pursuits. Preaches and practices meditation.
b) The older stage of life.
Thats gr8. Ofcourse the epics have a lot of scientific and moral informations. We will know as much as we study it(as the kural says). As we can see its all centered around one thing in life - "Self realization".
ReplyDeleteHere is one such instance as I understand it:
The food types can be broadly classified into three
1. Ratchasa
2. Thamasa
3. Sathuva
The Ratchasa type largely comprises of Non-veg food which kindles an aggresive behaviour. The thamsa type comprises of food with excessive oil n other drowsy items and the sathuva comprises of green vegies n fresh fruits. The type of food intake does has a say in shaping ones character. The three types can also be 3 types of characters.
1. Aggressive
2. Lethargic
3. The Ideal n modest.
In ramayana, the three brothers
1. Ravanan
2. Kumabakarnan
3. Vibhishnan
depicts three states of behaviour. Ravanan is aggressive, kumbakarnan is lethargic and Vibhishnan being good n modest. The ramanayam explains their sufferings n justice they got for their mental attitude.
That really was nice info Zealot.Thanks. Ya, our rishis and seers always told us about self-relalization and all our activities should be towards that. That society must be great to live in.
ReplyDeleteI have read that a greek traveller has marked in his account, that there none of the women in India, had been done any injustice and no women had any bad behaviour.
I long to have such a society now. May the lord lead us in rebuilding such god fearing, noble way of life.