Thursday 3 April 2014

Lord Vishnu - the Protector of Universe

As we all know that Lord Vishnu is known as the supreme God of Vaishnavism. Shri Vishnu is also known as Narayana and Hari. Goddess Laksmi is the wife of Lord Vishnu.

Lord Vishnu is usually described as having the divine blue color of water-filled clouds and as having four arms. He is depicted as holding a padma(lotus) in the lower left hand, gada(mace) in the lower right hand, a shankha(counch) in the upper left hand and Sudarshana Chakra(disk) in the upper right hand.


He owns pancha ayudham (5 Weapons): Sudarshanam, Panchajanyam, Komodaki, Nandakam, Shaarngam.
Lord Vishnu is the Supreme God who takes manifest forms or avatars across various ages or periods to save humanity from evil beings and some of the Avtaars are:-
  • Narayan
  • Narad
  • Hari 
  • Shri Ram 
  • Narshimha
  • Vaman
  • Dhanvatrari
  • Buddha
  • Kalki
  • Varah
  • Shri Krishna
  • Parsuram
 Lord Vishnu is considered to be the God of the worlds. There are two faces of Lord Vishnu. On one hand, He is shown as quiet, pleasant and gentle. But his second face is dangerous where he is shown in a comfortable posture on Kalswarup Sheshnag (king of snakes).

It is written in the scriptures about Lord Vishnu that -
'Shantakaram Bhujagshayanam’

This means quiet Vishnu resting on the serpent (Sheshnag).

Jai Shree Hari ...

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