Krishna vishwaroopam vishnu
WHY DO THE DIVINE AVATARS DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER!
Our worshipful divine avatars differ from each other! If we take Lord Narasimha and Parasurama, though they are the two wonderful avatars of Lord Vishnu, yet, Narasimha is worshipped as powerful deity and lot of temples are also dedicated to him, whereas, only a few temples are dedicated to Lord Parasurama, and though he is an avatar of Lord Vishnu, yet, he still performs meditation in the holy mountain as a powerful sage!
Why there is a difference? Is there is any reason behind it?
In general, god takes the avatars not for disclosing themselves are “SUPREME”! They are taking the avatars in order to make some good changes in the earth! If we take the Varaha Avatar of Lord Vishnu, even after killing the demon Hiranyaksha, he didn’t return to Vaikunta, and he still remains in the Holy Tirumala Hills, by affectionately keeping his lovely consort, the earth mother, Ma Bhudevi on his lap! This can be known from the holy text, “SRI VENKATESWARA MAHATMYAM”.
Actually Lord Buddha was known as Mayamohan and he was an aspect of Lord Vishnu, the main purpose of his avatar is to avoid violence and to stop doing animal sacrifices in the form of worship! Lord Buddha is also known to be one of the avatars of Lord Vishnu, but, he didn’t disclose himself as a form of Lord Vishnu, but, however, he has attained salvation after his death.
While Lord Krishna has revealed his supremacy for many times during his avatar, Lord Rama has revealed his divinity only rarely, and this doesn’t means that Lord Krishna is greater than Lord Rama. Each and every avatar has its own significance! And all the avatars are very powerful and they contain extraordinary powers, and we cannot differentiate them from each other, since all the avatars are the precious forms of the great almighty!
Lord Hanuman is an avatar of Lord Shiva, but why he still worships Lord Rama who is an avatar of Lord Vishnu? Is Lord Hanuman contains lesser powers than that of Lord Rama?
Similar to ordinary human beings, gods would never disrespect each other. In some pictures, we could even see that Lord Shiva worships Lord Vishnu! Lord Hanuman is created in order to spread the sweetness of Bhakti among the world. Even the non-believers of Lord Rama begin to worship Lord Rama, since the great Hanuman himself worships him and he still considers him as Rama’s obedient and faithful servant!
When Narasimha has declared that Prahalada would attain supreme powers similar to him, then even after that, why Prahalada was defeated in the war held up with Lord Indra! Did his supreme powers didn’t work? Likewise when Prahalada had waged a war with Nara and Narayana, why can’t he defeat them?
The reason is, though Prahalada has attained the powers of the almighty, still he would never defeat the almighty, since almighty is always mighty. God differs from his creations, and we cannot become the god itself! Hence the divine aspects like Prahalada still worships the god even in their subsequent births also!
Hence let us be clear with the powers of avatars, and let us come to a conclusion that all the avatars shines brightly on their own way, and let us worship them faithfully, without keeping any doubts about their powers!
“OM”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR