The 10 avarars of lord Vishnu

1.VISHNU-FISH

When the great flood came and the Earth vanished, our vast ocean covered all, and then  did not remain on the Earth any single living creature, except the Manu, elect of the gods.  The great Vishnu turned into a huge fish, saved from destruction not only Manu, but many of the divine sages-rishis and the seeds of all terrestrial plants, with which Manu loaded his ship. That's why today our land is green and blooming.








2. VISHNU-TURTLE

Another time, the great Vishnu incarnated on Earth in the form of a huge turtle. That was when the gods are conceived to beat the great ocean to get a drink of immortality Amrita. For that cause the gods even made lasting peace with their eternal enemies - the asuras. Amrita was worth it - because not only people needed immortality, but also the gods. And began the great churning of the ocean, that continued many hundreds of years.

Then lord Vishnu came to the rescue. He appeared in the form of a huge turtle and sank to the bottom of the ocean. The asuras seized for the head of the serpent Vasuki, and the gods - the tail of it, and then began the great churning of which were composed hymns.

3. VISHNU-BOAR

Another avatar of Vishnu came when he saved our land, embodied into the fearless boar Varaha. One demon-asura Hiranyaksha lived in ancient times. He was often in the underworld, which is called Patala, in that huge country, which is larger than the sky and where the palace of the great serpent Vasuki built of precious stones rises. And it  happened that our land, burdened by people, herds, forests and mountains, fell out of our world into a mysterious Patala, in its great ocean and slowly began to sink into the abyss of its dark.

Found out about this, insightful Vishnu was troubled, and turned into a mighty boar Varaha, darted like lightning into the subterranean country. Boar was so strong that one of its canine teased the drowning Earth and pulled it out of the water. But when Vishnu- Boar returned the Earth to our world,  Hiranyaksha attacked him  to take the land and become its complete owner. A great battle broke out between them and continued  thousand of years. The Boar Varaha smit the malign demon and lifted the Earth from the realm of Patala in our world. So it stills in the middle of the great ocean, and never fails in a terrible Patala.

4. VISHNU-LION

The demon Hiranyaksa had an older brother - the king of the Asuras Hiranyakasipu. Brahma himself patronized the king and granted him the divine right to win always. No one could beat Hiranyakasipu - neither men nor beasts, the asuras or the all-powerful gods. Invincible king of the Asuras prouded. He became to oppress everyone and ordered to slaughter to his son Prahlada.

But Prahlada praised Vishnu, and the prayer helped him. Swords of the soldiers blunt and could not harm him. Then the king ordered to throw him into a pit of poisonous snakes, but even their deadly bites were powerless. Angry elephants failed to stamp out the Prahlada and even thrown to the bottom of the ocean, he continued to offer up a prayer to his patron Vishnu. Asura's king was angry at the rebellious prince and locked him in an impregnable prison.

Vishnu came here to help to the faithful Prahlada. He knew that no one living couldn't win the cruel king of the Asuras, and for this Vishnu incarnated neither into a beast nor at a man, but in Narasinha with the body of a lion and a human head. Enraged Hiranyakasipu rushed at him, but mighty Narasinh ripped the king of Asuras with his sharp claws into small pieces.

5. VISHNU-DWARF

The king Asu Bali was a mighty grandson of Prahlada that surpassed his grandfather with the virtue. That's why he got the power over the sky, the earth and the underworld, over all the three worlds called Triloka. And it so happened that the whole universe - Triloka- was owned by the asuras.
Even the gods had to submit to Bali. The mother of all gods Aditi pleaded:
- My son, Vishnu! Great sorrow has befallen us! Flouted the law of justice! Only you, O the wiseted of my sons will be able to return justice to the world!
- Oh great mother of the gods, Aditi! I'll do your will. I'll return the kingdom to my brother, Indra!
Then Vishnu incarnated into a little dwarf Vamana , and it was his most artful Avatar.

The dwarf Vamana  asked the mighty king of the asuras  not too much - just a piece of land, which he will be able to measure with his small steps. Asura's king Bali laughed and readily agreed. Instantly the dwarf turned into a giant. Vamana covered the entire sky with his first step, with the second - the whole earth. But he didn't made the third step, sparing the virtuous king Bali. Therefore only the underground country Parala remained in the possession of the asuras and the sky with the earth belong to the great gods.

6. PARASHURAMA

Parashurama was emerged in the universe for the exceptional purpose regarding to brahmans and kshatriyas. In Tretayuga, all kshatriyas had become very arrogant and were repressing the all brahmans, therefore he strong-willed to revenge and protect the all brahmans from Kshatriyas in the universe.

Parashurama who was a son of saint Jamadagni and Renuka, belonged to the Brighu clan (gotra). He was a fervent devotee of Lord Shiva from whom he blessed with an axe after his strong penance (devotion) therefore Parashurama preferred to preserve an axe presented by Lord Shiva. Parashurama is immortal ( Chiranjeevi ).

One day when Parashurama was not at home, Kartavirya-arjuna who was a powerful king, visited to Jamadagni's home with his army once. Saint Jamadagni welcomed them with loyal heart and fed them all by offering milk and foods through his divine cow Kamadhenu and the King was satisfied with the meal. Jamadagni's cow Kamadhenu was really almighty as it had the capability to provide endless food according to the desire.

When King Kartavirya-arjuna saw this miracle, he surprised and thought about to bring that cow into his palace. So he demanded to saint Jamadagni to take Kamdhenu with him but Saint Jamadagni refused as Kamdhenu was needed to him in his all religious ceremonies. The king got angry and ordered his soldiers to snatch Kamadhenu cow which was supposed to give eternal quantity of milk and food.

Jamadagni was enraged as king’s soldiers took away Kamadhenu, therefore he brought Kamadhenu back by killing the King. When King’s son came to know this, he turned to Jamadagni’s home and killed him. On hearing this all things, Parashuramawas much angered and went for revenge of his father’s death and killed the whole clan of Kartavirya-arjuna and all kshatruas in 21 battles.

7.RAMA

He played a vital role as a main character in the epic Ramayana in the era of Tretayuga. The main purpose of this incarnation was to present the ideal character in every role such as an ideal person, an ideal son, an ideal husband, an ideal king.

Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, was the son of great king Dashrath and queen Kaushalya. Lord Vishnu was incarnated himself as Rama to destroy the all demons (asuras) main the King of Lanka (presently known as Shree Lanka) named Ravana-with ten head who had blessed with a boon from Brahma and also from some other celestial beings. Ravana had so proud of his power and illusion that no body can kill him and he was vainglorious by nature and wished to be vanquished or won by man.

In Tretayuga Lord Vishnu was in form of Rama and his consort (wife) Goddess Laxmi - in form of Sita. In Ramayana, the story of war between a Demon Ravana and Lord Rama is so exciting. Rama was banished by his step mother to a forest so he went away with her wife Sita and brother Laxmana. As Ravana snatched Sita, Rama released her with Hanuman - his loyal devotee and Laxman - his brother by a war. By this war he removed all evil elements from the Universe including the main Demon Ravana.

In Ramayana, the role of Shree Rama epitomises the ideal behavior of man. In this incarnation he focused on the relation of man-wife, son-father, son-mother, brother-brother, master-loyal sevak (servant) and main relationship between king-people (Raja-praja) with his rules for ideal governance as a king.

Lord Rama is one of the most famous gods in the Hindu religion as he was the mythical, fabulous and real King in the ancient India. He has given the message of equality, Hindu devotion and mainly the rules of Dharma.

Lord Vishnu's incarnation as Rama was really in ideal form..

8. KRISHNA

 Avatar, is the eighth incarnation Lord Vishnu with his brother “Balarama” in the form of cowherd as Krishna who had played a vital role as a central character in the epic Mahabharata in the era of “Dwaparyuga”. In the major epic of Indian legends a countless of topics are covered, including brotherhood, love, war, politics etc.

It is basically the story of two warring groups of cousin brothers, the Pandavas and the Kauravas. During the war, as a main part of the Mahabahrata, Krishna gives a long discussion to his disciple Arjuna that communally termed as “Bhagvad-Gita” in that he repeated his words again as he is a preserver of the Universe.

He said,
“Whenever Dharma, the situation of law and order is endangered on this world, I incarnate onto this world to re establish Dharma, truth, law and order; protect the Sadhus, sages or saints and destroy the evil elements of the earth.”

During his child-hood, Krishna became a slayer of King Kansa.  As Krishna was so charm, he captivated to all by playing flute including Gopikaas that’s why he is considered to be an ultimate Playboy but he spread the message of love and humankind. Lord Krishna, the perfect incarnation of Lord Vishnu also famed as "Shyam" according his names meaning: Krishna-black as well as charming (attractive).

This was differ than Ramayan as Mahabharata conducts with more, down to the earth issues such as human weaknesses, politics, human nature and moreover does not effort to idealize the noble characters as in Ramayan.

Lord Krishna is the most worshiped deity and great incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

9.BUDDHA

''Buddha'' means 'the enlightened one' and he proved his name. He was the great abstainer in a form of prince who abdicated the coronation to lead the universe on the path of peace and became the founder of the Buddhist religion that well-known across the globe.

He was son of Suddhodana and Maya, born the crown prince of the Kapilavastu. He was named as “Siddhartha” means "All things fulfilled" by the king. After his birth in very short time his mother died. Fortunately Prajapati - the sister of Maya brought Siddhartha up.

Buddha was saddened by death of living creatures, since his days of childhood. He used to question: "Alas! Do all living creatures kill each other?" He wasn't satisfied with any answers that were given to him and he decided to find out the meaning and the absolute truth.

He taught and observed that all sorrow comes from attachments and desires, so it's better to curb all attachments in order to remain happy.
So one day he left his wife and child and decided to live as a hermit's life and went away in the forest and became the enlightened one. His sermoning spawned off the religion of Buddhism now admired across the whole world.

Lord Buddha is considered as a noble and a divine incarnation (avatar) of Lord Vishnu in assured sects of Hinduism.


10. KALKI

Avatar is the tenth, last and great incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The Lord Vishnu will be emerged as Kalki incarnation. Yet this incarnation is not appeared on the universe but it is expected that lord Vishnu will incarnate at the end of Kali yuga. The period which is currently exist, is Kali Yuga and will be ended when lord Vishnu will incarnate as Kalki and destroy the foulness.

In Kalki Avatar, Vishnu will be in the form of powerful machine-man with extra ordinary strength and will be looked as awesome man who will come in the pose of riding on his white horse with his blazing sword in his hands.

This all things are supposed that to be happened in a future means at the end of "Kali Yuga - present in incarnation of Lord Vishnu. As Lord Vishnu is the preserver, he will incarnate himself in a form of Kalki, destroy the evil spirits punishing them and again reestablish the golden age with the Dharma, order, truth and law