I am Manish Lodhia. i am 31 years old. i join Krishna conscious last year. Honestly I feel very good. i wants to know about vaman avtar.
can any body tell me about Vaman Avtar?
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I am Manish Lodhia. i am 31 years old. i join Krishna conscious last year. Honestly I feel very good. i wants to know about vaman avtar.
can any body tell me about Vaman Avtar?
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Hare Krishna prabhu.
Thank you. Hari Bol.
Hare Krsna,
His divine grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has written about the origins of Vaman Avtar in the Srimad Bhagavatam, 8th Canto. I will try to give you some quotes from this canto so you can understand. However, it is better to read the 8th Canto chapters to better understand since the whole origin and history is long and cannot be well described in a few paragraphs.
"The brahmana descendants of Bhrgu Muni were very pleased with Bali
Maharaja, who desired to conquer the kingdom of Indra. Therefore, after
purifying him and properly bathing him according to regulative
principles, they engaged him in performing the yajna known as Visvajit."
"When Maharaja Bali had thus performed the special ritualistic ceremony
advised by the brahmanas and had received, by their grace, the equipment
for fighting, he circumambulated the brahmanas and offered them
obeisances. He also saluted Prahlada Maharaja and offered obeisances to him".
"Brhaspati, the spiritual master of the demigods, said: O Indra, I know
the cause for your enemy's becoming so powerful. The brahmana descendants
of Bhrgu Muni, being pleased by Bali Maharaja, their disciple, endowed
him with such extraordinary power."
"Sukadeva Gosvami continued: The demigods, being thus advised by
Brhaspati for their benefit, immediately accepted his words. Assuming
forms according to their desire, they left the heavenly kingdom and
scattered, without being observed by the demons."
"When the demigods had disappeared, Bali Maharaja, the son of Virocana,
entered the heavenly kingdom, and from there he brought the three worlds
under his control."
"Actually, everyone is trying to please the Supreme Personality of
Godhead in various ways, but according to their methods of approach, the
Supreme Lord endows them with different benedictions. Thus Aditi appealed
to her husband by saying that since even the supreme controller favors
His devotees and since Indra, Kasyapa's devoted son, was in difficulty,
Kasyapa should bestow his favor upon Indra."
"The demons, our formidably powerful enemies, have taken away our
opulence, our beauty, our fame and even our residence. Indeed, we have
now been exiled, and we are drowning in an ocean of trouble."
"As explained in this chapter, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
being very pleased by the payo-vrata ceremony performed by Aditi,
appeared before her in full opulence. At her request, the Lord agreed to
become her son."
"When the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has a sac-cid-ananda body, appeared
as the son of Kasyapa and Aditi, both of His parents were very
astonished. After His appearance, the Lord assumed the form of a dwarf
(Vamana). All the great sages expressed their jubilation, and with
Kasyapa Muni before them they performed the birthday ceremony of Lord
Vamana. At the time of Lord Vamanadeva's sacred thread ceremony, He was
honored by the sun-god, Brhaspati, the goddess presiding over the planet
earth, the deity of the heavenly planets, His mother, Lord Brahma,
Kuvera, the seven rsis and others. Lord Vamanadeva then visited the
sacrificial arena on the northern side of the Narmada River, at the field
known as Bhrgukaccha, where brahmanas of the Bhrgu dynasty were
performing yajnas. Wearing a belt made of munja straw, an upper garment
of deerskin and a sacred thread and carrying in His hands a danda, an
umbrella and a waterpot (kamandalu), Lord Vamanadeva appeared in the
sacrificial arena of Maharaja Bali. Because of His transcendentally
When Bali Maharaja, thinking Vamanadeva to be the son of a brahmana,
told Him to ask for anything He liked, Lord Vamanadeva praised
Hiranyakasipu and Hiranyaksa for their heroic activities, and after thus
praising the family in which Bali Maharaja had been born, He begged the
King for three paces of land. Bali Maharaja agreed to give this land in
charity, since this was very insignificant, but Sukracarya, who could
understand that Vamanadeva was Visnu, the friend of the demigods, forbade
Bali Maharaja to give this land. Sukracarya advised Bali Maharaja to
withdraw his promise. He explained that in subduing others, in joking, in
responding to danger, in acting for the welfare of others, and so on, one
could refuse to fulfill one's promise, and there would be no fault. By
this philosophy, Sukracarya tried to dissuade Bali Maharaja from giving
land to Lord Vamanadeva."
"Despite his knowledge that Lord Vamanadeva was cheating him, Bali Maharaja gave
everything to the Lord in charity, and thus the Lord extended His body and assumed a gigantic
form as Lord Visnu."
"Manifesting Himself in this way, O King, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose activities
are wonderful, covered the entire surface of the earth with one footstep,
the sky with His body, and all directions with His arms."
"With the second step the Supreme Personality of Godhead reached the
topmost planet of the universe, Brahmaloka, which He diminished in beauty
by the effulgence of His toenails."
"Considering all these points, he decided to give his head in charity as the place for Visnu's third step. Bali Maharaja also considered how great personalities give up their family relationships and
material possessions to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
The Lord continued: Because of his great tolerance, I have given him a
place not obtainable even by the demigods. He will become King of the
heavenly planets during the period of the Manu known as Savarni.
Until Bali Maharaja achieves the position of King of heaven, he shall
live on the planet Sutala, which was made by Visvakarma according to My
order. Because it is especially protected by Me, it is free from mental
and bodily miseries, fatigue, dizziness, defeat and all other
disturbances. Bali Maharaja, you may now go live there peacefully."
Hari Bol,
Hare Krishna prabhu.
Thank you. Hari Bol.