Re: the significance of avatars
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• June 18, 2001
Dear Sir: (vitesse_iyengar@yahoo.co.in) wrote: > The scriptures mention that God assumes various > manifestations from time to time to protect > "virtuous people".Also the Bhagwad Gita says.. > yada yada hi dharmasya glanir bhavati > bharaata > abyuthanam adharmasya tada atmanam srjamyaham > paritrnaya sadhunam vinashaya cha dushkrutaam > dharma samsthapanarthaya sambhavami yuge yuge > my question is why should Lord come down to punish the > "evil" ? > Can't he do it from vaikuntam itself..by his mere > sankalpa? Your question is very valid. He could have done it very easily.He does not do like that because while trying to kill the adharmam, he also has tried to show how Human Beings have to upheld values in life to reach his abode, as he did with Rama Avatara(obeying Parents' words), Parasurama (Listened to Father's words), and also in line with the boons that Asuras enjoyed, like Hirayan can only be killed by some superior being which is not a living, non-living thing, this that etc.. The question that you have posted actually relates to His Avatara Rahasya too. If you could read the verses that precede and follow the verse you have stated from Gita, He says the following to Arjuna's questions: 1. He assumes body in his avatara which is true(like Human Being) 2. His Body is always called Tirumeni, which does not loose its charm by taking any form, unlike ordinary human body 3. He does not loose His Qualities whenever and wherever he is born. This can be known from Alwar's Anubavam of Varaha Peruman, TiruVikraman, Narasimhan etc.. 4. Whenever there is Adharmam, He comes into this world in some form to kill it. 5. Finally, to protect the People who uphold Dharmam, He comes to the world to protect them.(Parithranaya Saadhunam.. verse) I have few more thoughts on this topic which I am not able to exress in words now, but will write them too. Pardon me if there is any mistake, Thank very much, Adiyen, Ramanan Rajagopalan ---------------------------------------------------------------- iruppidam vaikundham vEnkatam * mAlirunchOlaiyennum poruppidam mAyanuk enbar nallOr * avai thannodum van thiruppidam mAyan irAmAnusan manathinRavan van thiruppidam * enRan idhayaththuLLE thanakkinpuRavE. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________ Get your own "800" number Voicemail, fax, email, and a lot more http://www.ureach.com/reg/tag -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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