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God's full manifestation 


CHENNAI AUG.26 . Among the several incarnations of the Lord in this 
world, that of Krishna is unparalleled. The Purana tradition recounts 
that in this manifestation the Supreme Being manifested His divinity 
fully and hence refers to Lord Krishna as the eternal Dharma. He is 
also hailed as the teacher of the entire humanity. He taught the 
ultimate truth to mankind using Arjuna as a pretext on the 
battlefield, which has come to be revered as the Bhagavad Gita. 
Jayadeva in his Gita Govinda sings the glory of the 10 main 
incarnations of the Lord in which he does not enumerate Krishna 
incarnation along with the rest as he contends all of them to be 
Krishna. A philosopher-saint of the Advaita tradition, Madhusudana 
Saraswati, was a great devotee of Lord Krishna and he glorifies Him 
as the Absolute Reality. 

Narayana Bhattatiri praises this incarnation as the very embodiment 
of merit (Punya). Why did he say so? It is to convey that only a 
person who has acquired great merit in his previous lives would 
develop devotion to Lord Krishna that he uses this phrase both at the 
outset and also in the canto describing this incarnation in his work 
Narayaneeyam. While the purpose of God's incarnations like protecting 
the virtuous, re-establishing Dharma and punishing those who violate 
Dharma were evident in Krishna manifestation, one that stands out was 
His teaching the eternal truth. 

In his discourse, Sri Jayarama Sarma said the Bhagavata Purana 
recounted that it was to reduce the burden of Mother Earth that the 
Almighty incarnated as Lord Krishna. Oppressed by the sins 
perpetrated by the arrogant Daitya kings towards the end of the 
Dwapara Yuga, Mother Earth approached the creator, Brahma, in the 
form of a desolate cow and told him about her distress. Brahma and 
Siva escorted her to Lord Vishnu and prayed to Him for intercession. 

It was in answer to Brahma's prayer that an ethereal voice told them 
that the Supreme Person was already aware of the affliction of Mother 
Earth and commanded the celestials to be born in the world among the 
Yadus. It presaged that Lord Vishnu would manifest in the house of 
Vasudeva and with the intent to do what pleased Him, the thousand-
headed serpent Adisesha would precede Him as His elder brother. 
Commanded by the Lord, His potency (Maya) by which the entire 
universe stands bewitched also manifested in part for carrying out 
His work. 

copy right-The Hindu-daily





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