Bhagwan vishnu ke avtar pdf

The deities were thus protected from the demons. Lord Vishnu took his fifteenth incarnation as Nrisimha, having an upper portion of his body in the form of a lion and the lower portion resembling a man. In this incarnation, he protected Prahlada from his father Hiranyakashipu the demon. He killed Hiranyakashipu by tearing his body apart by his nails. Lord Vishnu had to attain this form because Lord Brahma had blessed Hiranyakashipu, that a Human being could not kill him.

Once Lord Brahma becoming tired of his creative activities, he wanted to rest. The night of the Brahma was approaching. Because of his tiredness, Lord Brahma yawned. All the four Vedas came out from his opened mouth. A demon who used to live near him in disguise abducted the Vedas.

Lord Vishnu took his sixteenth incarnation as Hayagreeva to protect the Vedas. In this incarnation, his face resembled that of a horse and the rest of his body resembled that of Sri Narayan with all of his four hands.

He killed the demon and protected the Vedas. Lord Vishnu took his seventeenth incarnation as a Dwarf when Bali the king of the demons had captured the entire three worlds.

Indra and all the other deities were wandering all around after losing heaven. To help the deities regain control over heaven. Consequently, he covered all three worlds with his two steps. Ultimately he regained heaven for the deities.

When the Kshatriya kings became ruthless and started exploiting their subjects. Lord Vishnu took his eighteenth incarnation as Parshurama and annihilated the Kshatriyas kings for seventeen times and consequently donated the earth to the Brahmins.

His father was a sage Parashar. He made the division of Veda and made the extension of its branches. He also wrote eighteen Mahapuranas and the Mahabharata. Lord Rama is considered to be the twentieth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. In this incarnation, he constructed a bridge over the ocean with the help of the Vanars monkeys and after crossing over to Lankas killed many demons like Ravana, Kumbhakarna.

He accomplished many astonishing feats and saved the deities. He taught the value of morality. Balrama is considered to be the twenty-first Vishnu Avatar. In this incarnation, he killed Pralambasura the demon and he killed many more demons. Lord Krishna born in Mathura was the twenty-second incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Krishna is Avatar of Vishu and he fought against the exploitation right from his childhood and killed many demons like Kalayavan, Kansa, Jarasandh, etc.

He gave divine knowledge to Arjun during the battle of Kurukshetra. The twenty-third Vishnu Avatar as Lord Buddha. In the Kaliyuga the demons were completely subjugated by the deities. Shukracharya the teacher of the demons instigated the demons to perform Yagya so that they could regain power and authority. Fearing this the deities prayed to Lord Vishnu for help.

Lord Vishnu took incarnation as Buddha and dissuaded the demons from performing Yagya as it involves violence the demons stopped Kalki Avatarperforming Yagyas. When the fish became bigger, the king kept it in his lake, then on seeing the fish became bigger. The king understood that this was no ordinary creature. The king prayed to the fish to come back in its original form. Hearing the prayer of the king, Bhagwan Vishnu appeared in front of the four arms and he said that this is my Matsya avatar.

Bhagwan said to Satyavrat - Listen, King Satyavrat! There will be a holocaust Pralay after seven days from today. Then a huge boat will come to you by my inspiration. At that time, you should tie that boat to my horn with the help of Vasuki Nag. When you ask a question at that time, I will answer you, so that my glory, which is known as Parabrahma, will be revealed in your heart. Then when the time came, Bhagwan Vishnu, who is in the form of Matsya, preached Tatwgyan to King Satyavrat, which is famous by the name Matsyapuran.

Kurma Avatar: According to religious texts, Bhagwan Vishnu took the avatar of Kurma turtle and helped in churning the ocean Samudra Manthan.

When Indra went to Bhagwan Vishnu, he asked him to churn the ocean. Then Indra agreed to churn the ocean along with the demons and deities as instructed by Bhagwan Vishnu. For churning the ocean, Mandarachal mountain was made Mathani and Nagraj Vasuki was made the leader. The Bhagwan's and the demons, forgetting their differences, uprooted Mandarachal and carried it towards the sea, but they could not take it far.

Then Bhagwan Vishnu placed Mandarachal on the beach. The Bhagwan's and demons put Mandarachal in the sea and made Nagraj Vasuki the leader. But due to no base under Mandarachal, he started drowning in the sea. Seeing this, Bhagwan Vishnu assumed the form of a giant Kurma turtle and became the base of Mandarachal in the sea. Mandarachal started moving fast on the huge back of Bhagwan Kurma and thus the churning of the ocean was completed.

Varaha Avatar: According to religious texts, Bhagwan Vishnu took the second avatar in the form of Varaha. The story related to Varaha Avatar is as follows - In ancient times, when the demon Hiranyaksha took the earth and hid it in the sea, then Bhagwan Vishnu appeared in the form of Varaha from the nose of Brahma. Seeing this form of Bhagwan Vishnu, all the Bhagwan's and sages praised him. At everyone's request, Bhagwan Varaha started searching for the earth.

With the help of his snout, he traced the earth and by going inside the sea on his teeth, he brought the earth out. When the demon Hiranyaksha saw this, he challenged the Varaha form of Bhagwan Vishnu to fight. A fierce battle ensued between the two. In the end Bhagwan Varaha killed Hiranyaksha. After this Bhagwan Varaha pillared the water with his hooves and established the earth on it. Bhagwan Narasimha: Bhagwan Vishnu incarnated as Narasimha and killed Hiranyakashipu, the king of the demons.

The story of this avatar is as follows - According to religious texts, Hiranyakashipu, the king of the demons, considered himself stronger than Bhagwan. He had the boon of dying neither by man, nor by Bhagwan, nor by birds, nor by weapons, neither in the day nor in the night, nor on earth, nor in the sky, nor by weapons.

Under his rule, whoever worshiped Bhagwan Vishnu was punished. His son's name was Prahlad. Prahlad was an ardent devotee of Bhagwan Vishnu since childhood. When Hiranyakashipu came to know about this, he became very angry and tried to convince Prahlad, but still, when Prahlad did not agree, Hiranyakashipu gave him the death sentence.

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Dattatreya , also known as Trimurti, is a sage and the master of Yoga. He is depicted as a saint with three heads representing Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh, and six hands. He is a combined representation of the Trinity god of Hindus.

Also known as Yajneshwara, he is the personification of Yajna , a ritual where the fire is lighted, and sacrifice is made to make wishes to the deities. In few texts, Indra , the king of gods, has also been referred to as Yajna. Rishabha was a preacher and a spiritual leader. He is known as the founder of Jainism.

It was believed that he had escaped the cycle of birth and death. He used to guide people to the path of salvation or moksha. Prithu was the first sacred king. He is the one responsible for all the greenery and the cultivation of all crops on earth.

King Prithu dedicated his life to the service of God and taught people the ways of religion. Dhanavantari is the God who emerged, holding a pot of Amrit nectar of immortality in his hand after the gods and the demons finished churning the ocean.

He is also known as the God of Ayurveda and is worshipped for gaining sound health. Mohini is a female avatar of Vishnu.

She tricked the demons into handing her the Amrit, which they forcefully took from the gods after the churning of the ocean.

She, then, distributed it among the gods. Vishnu as Mohini was also responsible for cutting off the head of Rahu with Sudarshan chakra, which is today famous as the two planets in Jyotish Shastra as Rahu and Ketu. Hayagreeva is worshipped as the God of wisdom and knowledge.

Lord Hayagreeva defeated darkness by retrieving the Vedas stolen by demons known as Madhu and Kaitaba. He restored to light and wisdom.