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Vamana was a great Avataraas He reclaimed the Triloki from
the Asuras.
Parasurama and Buddha did work, which revolutionised the
whole humanity.
Kalki will give the final blow to the Asuric element in us.
Matsya is important with reference to our own Manvantara.
Every Manvantara is followed by a deluge, which destroys the
existing continents and swallows up all living beings. When the
last Manvantara was over, our Manu saved the germs of creation
with the help of Matsya. Opinion is divided as to whether there is
Pralaya after every Manvantara. The Bhagavata Purana says when
there was deluge (sanplava) following the Chakshusha Manvantara,
Vishnu assumed the form of Matsya. Commenting on this, Sridhara
says there is no Pralaya at the end of a Manvantara. There may
not be such a Pralaya at the end of a Manvantara as happens at the
end of a Kalpa. But other Puranas speak of some sort of Pralaya
on the expiry of every Manvantara. Surya Siddhanta, the renowned
work on Astronomy, also says: "There is a period called Sandhi
(the meet between two Manvant ras) measured by the period of one
Satya Yuga, followed by another Manvantara. There is deluge by
water then."
The Avataras of Vishnu infuse more and more of Satva into
men, that they may become Satvika. Increasing Satva put down
Rajas and Tamas in man and makes him divine.
But of all these Avataras two stand out most prominently
one the ideal and the other the apostle of unselfishness. The bright-
est luminary of the solar line held out in His life, an example of
unselfishness, of purity of character and of scrupulous regard to duty,
an example that is the admiration of all people in all ages, as perfect
as the limits of humanity will allow and as elevated as the loftiest
ideal of human character may be, unsurpassed in its pathetic
grandeur, unrivalled in the straight forward pursuit of duty along a
most thorny and uneven path. The divine founder of Dvaraka of
the Lunar line asserted Himself as the supreme Isvara, He took up
the reins of Triloki in His own hands, the Devas installed Him as
the king of Svarga or Govinda, and men on earth had now to look
up to Him only and not to the Devas for their guidance. For men
had now to pass the limits of Triloki, and the friend of Puranjana
came down Himself to hold out the torch of divine light. Sri
Krishna laid down the triple path of Karma, Bhakti and Jnana, and
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