DASHAVATAR – EVERY ERA HAS A HERO
Dashavatara (Sanskrit: दशावतार, daśāvatāra) refers to the ten incarnations or avatars of Lord Vishnu, the Hindu God of Preservation. Lord Vishnu is said to descend in form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. It is believed that whenever injustice and negative forces prevail on Earth, Lord Vishnu comes in various forms to uproot them. God Vishnu incarnates on Earth from time to time to eradicate evil forces, to restore the dharma and to liberate the worthy ones or devotees from the cycle of births and deaths.
All the ten avatars of Lord Vishnu are recognized in many of the sacred scriptures. It has been described in the Bhagavata Purana, shloka 12.2.16-17 that, “At that time, the Supreme Personality of Godhead will appear on the earth. Acting with the power of pure spiritual goodness, He will rescue eternal religion. Lord Viṣhṇu — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all moving and non-moving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all — takes birth to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly devotees from the reactions of material work.” The stories of the ten incarnations or Dashavatar are told in the Vishnu Purana and depict the theory of evolution represented through a story.
Lord Vishnu in his full avatar as Krishna announces the general principle governing His entry into this world in the Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4, Shloka 7-8: “Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to re-establish the principles of righteousness, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.”
Above all, Lord Vishnu Himself has said that, “I will take incarnation in the world at the end of the Kalyug. I will protect the good people and the end of miscreants and sinners is certain. I will re-establish the principles of righteousness and religion in the world. I will end the prevailing Kalyug and bring back Satyayug in the world.”
All the ten divine incarnations of Lord Vishnu are a symbol of His heroic lives in the world in different eras. That is why, He is also known as Yugandhar meaning the Hero of Every Yuga or Era. Most of all, He has been acknowledged as God in all of His ten divine incarnations in the world. Now, it is up to you to decide as to whom you want to support. Now, you decide, whether you want to be with a Hero, Star and God of the world or the Miscreants, Sinners and Villains of the world. Thank-you.
LORD VISHNU 