The most-awaited Sri Vishnu Dasavatharam Tamil showcases the very first love story of the universe between lord Vishnu and goddess Lakshmi. In the ninth avatar of Lord Vishnu, he incarnated himself as Balarama, elder brother of Lord Krishna.Text 7 in Chapter 4 of Srimad Bhagawat Geeta - the religious scripture of the Hindus states thatDasavatharamsofLordVishnu.pdf (file size: 345 KB, MIME type: application/pdf) File history Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.Sri Vishnu Dasavatharam is a brand new mythological show that will be telecasted on ZEE Tamil from October 22, 2018. Appearing as King Rama, he defeated demon-king Ravana after a fierce battle. The famous Hindu mythology, Ramayana where the good prevailed over the evil saw the seventh form of Lord Vishnu.

In Sanskrit language the word 'dasa' means 10 and 'avataram' means incarnation. But 10 of His incarnations became popular as Dasavaratara. SB - 1.3.26 But these ten are only the prominent ones especially because they Abhyuddhanam adharmasya, tadaatmaanam srujamyaham'Lord Krishna addresses Arjuna - the Pandava prince and says, 'Whenever and wherever there is a decline in dharma (righteousness) and there is predominance of adharma, during such time I descend Myself on to Earth to protect dharma'.It is believed that Lord Vishnu has taken several avatars and descended on to Earth to protect and re-establish dharma. In fact, His avatars are innumerable: O brhmaas, the incarnations of the Lord are innumerable, like rivulets flowing from inexhaustible sources of water.

According to one story, it is said that in Satya Yuga, the Vedas (the religious scriptures of the Hindus) were taken away by one Asura (demon) who hid himself and Vedas under the ocean floor. There are two mythological stories connected to this avatar. Starting from the species of Pisces (fish), there is a gradual evolution of these incarnations to higher / complex organisms.Matsyavataram is the 1st incarnation of Sri Maha Vishnu.

When this small fish started growing extraordinarily in size, the king realized that it could be Lord Vishnu in the form of fish. He took a handful of water and was surprised to find a small fish which requested him for rescue. ' for Sankalpam while performing various poojas and vratas.Once King Manu was under strict penance and was performing ablutions in the waters of River Kritamala (River Vaigai). Later, Satyavratha Maharaja came to known by the name of Vaivaswatha Manu (son of Sun).It is after his name only we read ' vaivaswatha manvantare, kaliyuge, pradhama pade, jambu dweepe, Bharata varshe, Bharata Khande. Satyaratha Maharaja was the noblest man and was a staunch devotee of Lord Vishnu. So Lord Vishnu incarnated as a gigantic fish (matsya) to protect the three lokas from getting submerged and preserve the life on Earth.Lord Vishnu selected Satyavratha Maharaja for assigning the task of preserving life on Earth.

Once Sage Durvasa presented a flower garland to Lord Indra who just gave it His elephant Airawatam which trampled the garland. The mythological story is almost similar to the Biblical story of Noah's Arc.Kurmavataram is the 2nd incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Everything went according to the prediction and thus King Manu, being a noble man and an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu could become successful in this allotted work. Lord Vishnu ordered Manu to carry each species in a huge boat and HE would appear as a gigantic fish (matsya) to propel the boat to Mount Himavat.

Once while Lord Brahma was in deep meditation, Hiranyaksha snatched Mother Earth (Bhoodevi), the four Vedas(viz. During the ancient time these two powerful demon brothers created havoc in the three worlds. There is also a small temple named Kachapeswara Alayam in the famous temple town of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu.Varaha Avatara (incarnation as a wild boar)The 3rd and 4th avatar of Lord Vishnu are in connection with the powerful demon brothers named Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashyapa respectively. Thus Lord Vishnu incarnated taking the form of an amphibian which shows a gradual evolution to higher form than the previous incarnation of Pisces which is totally aquatic in nature while an amphibian can live both in water and on land.There is a famous temple in this turtle form of Lord Vishnu in Srikurmam - a small village in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh bordering the state of Odisha. For this great job they asked the Asuras (demons) to help them in lifting the Mandara mountain and placing it on the back on the hard shell of the tortoise or Kurma roopam of Lord Vishnu.The divine serpent Vasuki was used as a rope for churning or drilling the ocean to bring out nectar from the ocean depths. In order to regain their lost immortality, the Devas approached Lord Vishnu to help them in their great task of churning the Milky Ocean to extract Amrutam (nectar) from the depths of ocean.

After a fierce fighting with the asura, Lord Vishnu in the form of wild boar killed the demon with His sharp tusks, got Mother Earth back by placing her on His tusks and re-positioned Her. In order to re-position Mother Earth, Lord Vishnu had to incarnate in the form of a wild boar / Varaha to dive into the deep oceans. He pushed all these into the depths of ocean.

Hiranyakshipa who was a dictator, asks his people to worship him and not God.When his own son turns out to be a staunch devotee of Lord Vishnu, the asura feels that his son is his enemy and thus makes various attempts to kill his son Prahlada. Prahlada who was the son of Hiranyakashipa, was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. Hence the avatar is named Narasimha (Nar in Sanskrit means 'man' and simha means lion). Hence Lord Vishnu takes the form of a strange creature with the head of a lion and body of a man to bring an end to Hiranyakashipa. As Hiranyakashipa gets a boon from Lord Brahma that his defeat and death is highly impossible and that neither a man nor an animal can kill him.

In a fit of anger Hiranyakashipa asks his son who is this Hari and where does He live. Finally, when the father asks his son how could he remain alive despite of his several attempts, the son replies that it is Hari who saved him each time. In an outfit of anger Hiranyakashipa wants to kill his son by hitting him with his mace (gada).

As always, Indra and other devatas feared their positions and thus sought help from Lord Vishnu who took the form of a dwarf ascetic. This avatar of Narasimha signifies the gradual evolution of a wild beast to a beastly human form.Bali Chakravarti or King Bali who was the grandson of Prahlada was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, conquered the Trilokas or the three worlds. Thus the demon king meets with his end. Now when the outrageous demon king hits the pillar with his mace, it slits into two halves and from within comes the strange creature with lion's head and animal's body roaring and pouncing on Hiranyakashipa. To which Prahlad says yes. Pointing out to a nearby pillar, the father asks whether Hari is existing in it or not.

Lord Vamana when asked for the third foot, King Bali, who was fully aware that it was Lord Vishnu, happily offered his head and asked to place the third foot on his head. In Kancheepuram or Kanchi, Tamil Nadu, there is an ancient temple of Lord Trivikram where you can see the awesome idol of the Lord with one leg fully up pointing towards the sky. When the King accepted to offer three feet (foot of Vamana) of land, Lord Vishnu who was in the form of a dwarf took a gigantic form and covered the entire Earth with one foot, the entire heaven or sky with the second foot.The unique form of Lord Vamana with the posture of one leg on the Earth and with the other leg fully lifted up to the sky is known as Lord Trivikrama. King Bali was well known for his dana gunam or charitable nature.

Dasavatharam Of Lord Vishnu