Dasa Avatara of Sri Mahavishnu

[Padmanabhan.J]

Dasa Avatara of Sri Maha Vishnu




matsya kurma varaha nrusimha vamana parasurama rama balarama krishna kalki. kalkhi avatar.


The first four incarnations of Vishnu appeared in Satya or Krita Yuga, the first of the four Yugas, also called 'The Golden Age'. The next three appeared in Treta Yuga, the eighth and ninth in Dwapara Yuga and the tenth will appear in Kali Yuga. The time till completion for Kali Yuga is in 427,000 years. In the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana, the Kali-yuga is described as ending with the appearance of Kalki, who will defeat the wicked, liberate the virtuous, and initiate a new Satya or Krita Yuga.


Source:smartha Brahmin

[sridharv1946]

Re: Dasa Avatara of Sri Mahavishnu

in the twelfth Sloka of Sri dasavathara Sthothram , svâmi deśikan summarizes all the ten incarnations in one Sloka.
So I am including this Sloka and its meaning briefly.


ईच्छा-मीन विहार-कच्छप महा-पोत्रिन् यदृच्छा-हरे
रक्षा-वामन रोष-राम करुणा-काकुत्स्थ हेला-हरिन्  |
क्रीडा-वल्लव कल्क-वाहन-दशा-कल्किन् इति प्रत्यहं
जल्पन्तः पुरुषाः पुनन्ति भुवनं पुण्यौघ पण्यापणाः ||


Oh Lord! Those who speak your name daily as the One who took the form of a

1. fish by your own free will,

2. incarnated as a tortoise for the purposes of having fun,

3. took the form of a big boar,

4. appeared as Lord nṛsimha when no one (including you) expected it,

5. took the incarnation of vâmana just for protecting everyone (through the contact with your feet),

6. presented yourself as the angry paraśurâma and

7. also as râma - the personification of kindness and mercy,

8. had the sport with the plough in the balarâma avatâra and

9. as the cowherd in your kṛshṇa incarnation,

10. and will ride the white horse in your kalki incarnation,

make this world pure by the store-house of puṇya that they have accumulated, and are like the store where we can get all the puṇya we need (i.e., by merely associating with them).


SrI deśika again gives vent to his poetic sentiments in describing these noble souls as shop-keepers from whom we can get all the puṇya that we want by associating with them.

In the concluding Sloka, Sri deśika points out that even the desire to chant this stotram will lead to sarasvati-katâksham, in addition to the spiritual development, purity of thought, and all kinds fame.

courtesy : krishnamachary

[soundararajan50]

Re: Dasa Avatara of Sri Mahavishnu

அது சரி சார் இதில் புத்தா எங்கிருந்து வந்தார் கொஞ்சம் விளக்குங்களேன்