1.

Matsya

2.

Koorma

3.

Varaha

4.

Narasimha

5.

Vamana

6.

Parasurama

7.

Rama

8.

Balarama

9.

Krishna

10.

Kalki (Avathar yet to come)

Matsya avathar

God's first incarnation was Matsya meaning: Fish. This goes

well with the concepts of evolution when the earliest multicell living beings were aquatic.

Once upon a time a demon called Hayagriva with the face of a horse stole all the Vedas
and sasthras from Brahma - the creator when there was the deluge.He took all those and hid
them deep in the sea. When Vishnu learnt about this he took the Matsya avathar incarnation as a fish which in time grew in size. When the deluge ended Vishnu in the form
of a huge fish like a whale killed Hayagriva and retrieved the scriptures and returned them to
Brahma.

The end of deluge also marked the end of night for Brahma and the beginning of the day.
Millions of years of our reckoning form a day and night for brahma and the Gods.

When the Vedas were returned and with the beginning of the day Brahma resumed his task
of creation. Another reason given to explain why God incarnated in forms other than human.
All creatures were created by the same compassionate God. His descent into the earth
should be the same for humans and sub-humans - other wise God becomes biased and
parttial an idea that is not accepted. This why God is shown as having incarnated as
aquatic creatures and animals as also humans. Thus it was that Vishnu took the first avathar
as 'Matsya' ie fish. This is the reason why god is shown as half-fish and half-god in the
illustrations of the 'dhasa-avathara'.

Koorma avathar
God's second incarnation was Koorma
Koorma means turtle.

God wished to create another creature one that could live in the water and on the land.The
turtle can live in the water
and land.So the turtle was his second creation in this world.
This is the reason why god is shown as half-turtle and half-god.It is called koorma
Avatharam(means his second incarnation was as turtle)

Many years ago there was a war between the devas (gods) and the daityas (demons) and
the gods lost this war. They prayed to Vishnu to rescue them from the oppression of the
demons. Vishnu told Brahma and the other gods that they should have a temporary truce
with the demons. The two sides should get together to churn the ocean.

Vishnu would ensure that the devas benefited more from this churning of the ocean than the
daityas did. The truce was agreed upon and the two sides got ready to churn the ocean. The
mountain Mandara was used as a churning rod and great sake Vasuki as the rope for
churning. The devas grasped Vasukis tail and the daityas grasped Vasukis head. But as the
churning began, the mountain Mandara which had no base, started to get immersed in the
ocean. What was to be done? Lord Vishnu came to the rescue. He adopted the form of a
turtle and the peak was balanced on the turtles back. As the churning continued, terrible
poison named kalkuta emerged from the depths of the ocean and was swallowed by Shiva.
Shivas throat became blue from this poison and he is therefore known as Nilakantha, blue of
throat. The goddess Varuni, the goddess of wine (sura), came out next. The gods readily
accepted her and thus they came to be known as suras. But the demons rejected Varuni
and were therefore known as asuras. She was followed by the Parijata tree, a beautiful tree
that came to occupy the pride of place in Indras garden. A jewel named koustubha emerged
and was accepted by Vishnu as his adornment. Three wonderful animals came out next - the
cow Kapila, the horse Ucchaishrava and the elephant Airavata. They were followed by the
apsaras, beautiful women who became the dancers of heaven. They were known as apsaras
because they emerged from ap (water). The goddess Lakshmi or Shri came out next and
was united with Vishnu.

Finally,Dhanvantari emerged with a pot of amrita (the life giving drink) in his hands.
Dhanvantari was the originator of medicine (ayurveda). The daityas led by Jambha gave half
of the amrita to the devas and departed with the remaining half. But Vishnu quickly adopted
the form of a beautiful woman. So beautiful was the woman that the demons were charmed.
Pretty lady, they said. take the amrita and serve it to us. Marry us. Vishnu accepted the
amrita, but he had no intention of giving it to the demons. He served it to the gods instead.
There was only one demon who was somewhat clever. His name was Rahu. He adopted the
form of Chandra, the moon-god, and succeeded in drinking some of the amrita. The sun- god
and the moon-god noticed what was happening and reported it to Vishnu. Vishnu thereupon
cut off Rahus head with a sword. But Rahu had drunk the amrita, so he could not die. He
prayed to Vishnu and Vishnu granted him a boon. The boon was that occasionally Rahu
would be permitted to swallow up the sun.You can see this happening at the time of the solar
and the lunar eclipses. People who give alms during such eclipses are blessed. The gods
obtained the amrita and the demons did not. Thus, the gods became more powerful than the
demons. They defeated the demons and regained heaven.
Vishnus next incarnation was in the form of a boar.

Varaha Avathar
GOD decided to create a creature that could live on the land alone.
The boar lives on land only. This means in the order of evolution land
based animals evolved. It is called Varaha Avatharam

The mythological story behind this avathar is as follows:

The sage Kashyapa and his wife Diti had a son named Hiranyaksha. became the king of the
asuras. Hiranyakshas meditation pleased Brahma and Brahma granted him the boon that he
would be invincible in battle. Thus armed. Hiranyaksha went out to fight with the devas. He
comprehensively defeated the gods and conquered heaven. He also defeated Varuna, the
god of the ocean. Thus, Hiranyaksha became the king of the heaven, the earth and the
underworld. But the asura was not particularly fond of the earth. He himself had begun to live
in Varunas palace under the ocean. So he hurled the earth into the depths of the ocean. The
gods went to Vishnu and prayed that something might be done about Hiranyaksha. They
wished to be restored to heaven and they wished that the earth might be brought back from
the depths of the ocean. In response to these prayers, Vishnu adopted the form of a boar and
entered the ocean. Who should he meet there but Hiranyaksha himself? Hiranyaksha of
course did not know that this boar was none other than Vishnu. He thought that it was an
ordinary boar and attacked it. The two fought for many years. But finally, Hiranyaksha was
gored to death by the boars tusks. The boar raised the earth up once again with its tusks.
Vishnu thus saved the gods and the principles of righteousness or dharma.
The Lords fourth incarnation was Nara-simham

Narasimha Avathar
This incarnation was demi-human- Half human and Half
animal(lion). Nara means human simham means lion. There is an
interesting story to explain how and why God
took this
incarnation.

Once sage Doorwasa went to vishnu-lokha to worship Lord Vishnu. But the guards at the
gate - Jayan and Vijayan didn't allow the saint inside to see the lord. The sage got very angry
and cast a curse that the two should leave the heavens and be born in the earth as
rakshasa- cruel and violent human beings and went away. The two guards were very sad and
worried. After thinking for a long time they went inside and saw Lord Vishnu. They told him
about the curse cast by the sage Doorvasa. However even Lord Vishnu could not reverse
the curse. The guards should not have stopped sage Doorvasa at the gate. Vishnu said You
both should not have stoped that sage and I can do nothing about the sage's curse but I can

give a new boon that is: you both can come back to me as my enemy after 3 births or you
can come back to me as my devotee after 30 births. Take your choice. They said 'O lord
we don't want 30 births. Please we want to come back to you soon in 3 births even though
the three births would be as your enemies'. Lord Vishnu agreed to this. So in that order their
first birth was as Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasibu brothers. These brothers were very cruel.
Hiranyakasibu was the worst of the two. Once he rolled the earth like a mat and went with it
under the sea. God got angry and incarnated as a boar. He dived into the sea killed the devil
and raised the world above the sea on his snoot.
After his brothers death Hiranyaksibu became afraid for his life. He wanted long life and
power. One day he got the idea to go to the forest and do penance to get more life and also
ward off any trouble with any animal or the Gods. So Hiranyaksha went to the forest to do
penance. After a severe and devoted penance for a long time God appeared before him. He
asked God for immortality. But God said no. He said all men when born have to die some tim
e or the other and cannot live for ever. God said "ask something else" Then Hiranyakasibu
asked that he should not die either at the hands of any human or killed by any animal - in the
day or at night. God gave him the boon asked for and is appeared.

Even though his wife was pregnant Hiranya-kasibu went to the forest to do penance.In the
meantime Indra thought "If Hiranyakasibu gets the boon that he wants then we will all be in
deep trouble. Hence I should kidnap his wife and keep her in jail". So when he returned after
kidnaping Hiranyakasibu's wife Naradha the sage came and stoped him. Naradha told Indra
"you should not do this kind of coward acts. Hiranya-kasibu is definitely going to get the boon
and nobody can stop him. leave the lady with me and go to your 'lokha'. Indra left that lady
with Sage Naradha and went off. Naradha took that lady to his abode and told her good
moral stories.She would listen to him but sleep off. At that time the Sage would start to tell the
stories of God Vishnu and also Prayers to God Narayana. The child in the womb of the lady
listened to all the stories about Narayana and also the prayers. These got embedded firmly in
the mind of the child-to-be born. The child when born was named Prahalada and he grew up
as an ardent devotee of Lord narayana.
Hiranya-kasibu had ordered all his subjects and all around him to pray to himself and not to
any god.Hence was much annoyed by the devotion of his son to lord Narayana whom to God
Narayana whom he considered as his enemy.

Prahalada was ill-treated and tortured to forget god Narayana but could not get him to forget
the Lord. Rakshasa Hiranya- kasibu lost all his patience and one day in irritation asked
prahalatha "Ok my boy where is that god Narayana ? Can you show me"? "yes" said
Prahalada.He is everywhere and anywhere. The Rakshasa asked his son " pointing to a
pillar "is he in this pillar ?" "yes he is in this pillar" said the son. Immediately the rakshasa
took his huge club and hit the pillar. The pillar broke in to two pieces and from it appeared
Narasimha neither a human nor an animal ie (half man and half lion) and took the Rakshasa
on his lap and killed him with his claws. Thus came to end the evil called Hiranya-kasibu. God
took Narasimha avathar only to kill evil.
This was Lord's fifth incarnation to show people they should be devoted to the God.

Vamana
Vamana was his fifth incarnation

Vamana means a Dwarf There is an interesting story behind this avatharam. Emperor
Mahaballi ruled over the Pathala-loka. Instead of being confined to his-loka he captured the
other lokas and was ruling over them. The Gods and others from other lokas Implored to
God to put Mahabali in his place.
Once Mahabali was performaing a big "yaga"( offering things in the sacrificial fire) and at the
end of the yaga was giving away gold and other things in charity. Whoever went to the palace
on that day could ask whatever they wished and the king would certainly
oblige them.
God seized this opportunity and came to Mahabali's palace as a dwarf-mendicant. The dwarf
asked the King for just 3 foot- measure of land for himself. The king was perplexed and
wondering why the dwarf was asking for only a 3 foot-measure of land when he could ask for
acres and acres of land.
God seized this opportunity and came to Mahabali's palace as a dwarf-mendicant. The dwarf
asked the King for just 3 foot- measure of land for himself. The king was perplexed and
wondering why the dwarf was asking for only a 3 foot-measure of land when he could ask for
acres and acres of land.
However the king agred and asked the dwarf the measure the land with his feet. ho! God
assumed gigantic proportions his head reaching up to the sky - the highest world above and
his feet down at Pathala-loka the lowest of the worlds below the earth. God took one step and
that covered all the worlds above the second step covered all the worlds below and there was
no place left for his third foot measure. God asked king " Mahabali , I have taken two steps
and have covered all the lokas tell me where to keep my foot for the third foot-measure."
Mahabali realising that the dwarf was no other than God himself Bowed before the dwarf and
said " Please my lord you may keep your foot over my head as the third measure."
Accordingly God put his foot on Mahabali's head and pressed hard to push the King to
'Pathala'loka' and told him "O king! this is where you belong and you should confine your self
to this loka only." Mahabali realized his folly and ruled long over Pathala-loka.
This is to show the people that they should live in their own places and should not be so
greedy to occupy the other lands
This was the Lord's fifth incarnation - as a dwarf.

Parasurama
Parasurama was the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu

Parasurama was the fourth son of sage Jamadhagni and Vasugi. The sage was a highly
learned person and used to teach vedas and sasthras to a number of desciples. Those days
young princes and children of humble parents used to stay together without any distinction
with the master. Parasurama was one of the disciples and was extremely obedient to his
father besides being a very diligent student. He learnt all the sasthras taught by his father in
earnestness.
Vasugi sage jamadhagni's wife was very devoted to her husband and her children and ooked
after all the students with kindness and great care. Everday she used to go to the river closed
by very early in the morning to bathe. After taking bath she would make an earthern pot and
fetch water for the family.
One day as she was making the pot a 'gandharva' ( celestial beings) passed over-head in the
sky. She saw the reflection of the gandharva in the river water and was struck by the
handsome features just for a moment. That wavering of the mind was considered being
untrue to her husband. As a result that day however much she tried she could not make the
pot. It broke every time she shaped it. Vasugi was unnerved by this and was afraid to go
home. Sage Jamadhagni sensed this through his mental powers and became incensed that
his wife admired the beauty of some one other than her husband. Wanting to punish her he
ordered Parasurama to behead his mother. Being an obedient son he immediately carried out
his father's order.
However Parasurama was overcome with great grief and also felt very angry towards his
father. He developed a cruel nature though he remained a sage all his life.

Sri Rama Avathar

Rama avathar is called Dharma Avathar. He not only overcame 'adharma' (evil forces) but
also taught mankind how to lead a perfect life of truthfulness, kindness, obeisance to parents
etc.

Now we will go to the story. In the north of the Ganga was the great kingdom called Kosala.
Its capital was Ayodhya. King Dasartha ruled over the Kingdom. The people of Kosala were
very happy contented and virtuous. The land was protected by a mighty army and no enemy
could come anywhere near.
But the King Dhasartha was always very sad because he had no children. King hasaradha
wanted to perform asvamedha yaga in which a Horse is sacrificed in the alter to beget a
progeny and consulted his religious teachers for their advice. They agreed that performing
asvamedha yaga would bless the king with a heir to his throne. All arrangements were
completed and the cermonies were set in motion strictly as enjoined by the Shastras.
Out of the sacrificial fire came a goddess with a vessel of nectar which King dasaratha gave
to his queens.
In time Rama, Lakshmana, Bharatha and satrugun were born. The king was over-joyed and
brought them up with great care. They were schooled in all arts, vedas and sasthras. They
were so valorous that when the boys were only about 16 years old sage Viswamithra came
to the king and complained that 'rakshasas' were obstructing the sage from performing their
yagas etc and requested the king to to send Rama with him to kill the demons. Accordingly
Rama set forth with the sage and killed all the demons.
King Janaka 0f mithila kingdom was a very pious and righteous ruler. He was long without
and issue and prayed to Lord Vishnu for a child. One day when the king was getting his land
ploughed he found a female child with a strong bow the time when Rama with Sage
Viswamithra was in forests killing all the demons the news came that King Janaka was
conducting a 'swayam-vara'- ceremony to choose a bride-groom, for sita who was by then
grown up as an young maiden. The condition laid down by King Janaka was who-ever broke
the 'Shiva-dhanush' that was found along with sita in the field that person would be chosen to
marry Sita.
Viswamithra took Rama and Lakshmana to the 'swayamvara' where they were received with
the respect due to the princes. A number of princes tried their and in bending the bow but
they could not even lift it. However Rama effortlessly lifted the bow and broke into two to the
amazement of all present and the delight of sita who was watching the proceedings from a
balcony above the hall. Rama married sita with great pomp and pageantry and went back to
Ayodhya with his bride and Lakshman and Viswamithra.
When it was time king Dasaratha wanted to crown Rama as the king and retire to the forest
to devote his time to penance renouncing all pleasures of life. Called 'vana-prastha-asram
this is considered the last stage in a man's life.
Kaikeyi the third wife of dasaratha and a step-mother to Rama Long time earlier Kaikeyi
saved the life of King dasaratha when his chariot over turned. Pleased King Dasaratha
Promised kaikeyi two favours she would ask for. She however did not ask for anything at
however wanted her son Bharatha to be crowned the king that time but said that she would
make her wish known at the appropriate time later.
Now she invoked the promise that King dasaratha had made and asked that Bharatha be
crowned the King instead of Rama. Her second wish was that Rama should be banished to

the forest and live there for 14 years as an ascetic before returning to the kingdom. King
dasaratha was distressed in the extreme as he had a soft corner for Rama as his eldest son.
But he was cornered.
When Rama heard about his step mother's wishes he voluntarily steped down in favour of
Bharatha and also agreed to go to the forest for 14 years.King dasaratha was saved the
unhappy task of telling Rama to do these. But he was very sad at the thought of Rama going
to the forest and died broken hearted.
Rama was not shown the remains of his father but was hustled into going to the forest.
Lakshmana his brother and sita his wife insisted on going with him and reluctantly Rama
agreed. So the trio set forth on their 'vana-vasam' (residence in the forest).
Bharatha the son of kaikeyi was however not happy to reign over the kingdom as his mother
wanted him to but went into the forest in search of Rama to persuade him to return to
ayodhya take the crown.When Bharata did meet his brother Rama would not agree to return
to the kingdom but insisted that his step-mother's wishes should be fulfilled. So Bharata took
the pair of Rama's wooden slippers with him to Ayodhya, kept those on the throne and ruled
as the Vice-roy of Rama.
Rama set up an 'ashram' in the forest and settled down there with his brother and wife.One
day Rama went for a hunt and left Lakshmana behind as a guard for Sita.
The present day Srilanka was then ruled by the ten-headed demon king Ravana. He was an
ardent devotee of lord Shiva and had the distinction of having sung the whole of 'Rig veda' in
songs. He attained great prowess doing penance to Lord shiva became power- drunk and
mis-ruled over his kingdom leading a life of laxity.
Once Ravana's sister Soorpanagai was wandering around in the forest and ran into Rama
and Lakshmana and was struck by the handsome features of the princes. She went up to
Rama and spoke to him coyly to entice him but Rama was so much devoted to Sita that he
would not countanence any other women in his life. He chasticed her and drove her away.
She next went to Lakshmana with similar intentions. But Lakshmana did not like her obsene
manners and to spite her he cut off her nose with his sword. Soorpanaga vowed to take
revenge on both the brothers She ran to her brother Ravana and mis- represented her
encounter with Rama and Lakshmana. She also told him about the rare beauty of Sita and
kindled his desire to possess Sita.
So he took the form of a deer and went near the ashram. Sita was so struck by the beauty of
the animal and wanted to keep it in the ashram. She asked Rama to bring the deer to her.
Rama went after the animal which was running fast taking Rama away from the ashram. At
one point the deer gave out a cry "hey Lakshmana" mimicrying the voice of Rama.
Sita was panic stricken and thought Rama was in deep trouble and asked Lakshmana to
immediately go and see what was wrong. Lakshmana protested that his job was to guard Sita
and nothing would have happened to valorous Rama. On Sita's insistence Lakshmana left
the ashram to look for Rama. All the while Ravana was watching and when Lakshmana was
out of sight pounced upon Sita and carried her away in his sky-chariot to Lanka as his
kingdom was called.

Rama was disconsolate when he returned and found sita missing. He upbraided Lakshmana
for leaving sita un-guarded. On regaining composure they both set forth in search of sita. On
their way they saw the wounded jatayu the eagle who told them that he saw Ravana the King
of Lanka carrying away Sita south-ward. Jatayu was wounded by Ravana when he tried to
rescue sita.
So Rama and Lakshmana went south-ward towards Lanka in search of Sita. On the way they
met Hanuman who became most faithful and devoted to Rama. Through Hanuman Rama got
the following of Sugriva and his army of monkeys. Sugriva and his brother Vali had some
family quarel and rama siding with Sugriva killed vali. This act bound Sugriva to Rama.
Rama sent Hanuman to search for sita in the south-ward region and scourging around
Hanuman found sita in the asoka-vana in Lanka disconsolate and sorrounded by evil-ladies.
Hanuman met sita and took from her a ring to show to rama that he had indeed found sita
and returned to Rama who was over-joyed that his sita was still alive. Rama set forth with the
army of monkeys to rescue sita. Knowing the prowess of Ravana Rama prayed to lord for
strength to fight Ravana and his hordes. Shiva granted him the boon. Armed with this Rama
invaded Lanka. After an epic battle he vanquished Ravana and his army and rescued Sita.
By this time the prescribed peiod of 'vana-vasa' was over. So Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and
Hanuman the ever-faithful flew back to Ayodhya in a 'pushpaka-wimana' (sky-chariot
bedecked in flowers) They were received by the people of Ayodhya with pomp and
pageantry. Rama was crowned the king of Kosala and commenced his glorious rule.
This in short is the epic story of Rama the perfect.
Maha-vishnu took this incarnation to show to the world an example in virtuous living. From
another angle this marks the period when humans evolved as a perfect being in the long
process of evolution.

Balram Avathar
While all avathars are incarnations of Lord Vishnu it is Adisesha
the five hooded of snake on which Mahavishnu reclines in his
'yoganidhra' that incarnates as Balarama.

Balarama was born to

Vasudeva and his first wife Rohini. Thus he becomes the elder brother of Lord Krishna.
.

There is not much significance in this avathar. From the evolutionary angle this avathar
marks the period when humans started a settled way of life taking to agriculture- Balarama is
pictured as carrying a plough on his shoulders.
Being a contemporary of Krishna the spot light is more on Krishna than on Balarama.

Sri Krishna Avathar

Sri Krishna avathar is completely Divine. In this avathar Lord Krishna gave Bhagavat Gita to
mankind - a compilation that is a religious classic with profound philosophical thoughts. Gita
has taught many things to mankind - to lead a life of love, affection, devotion, duty to parents,
duty to country etc.
God Sri Krishna says he liberates mankind from their sins when they completely surrender to
him and helps them attain perfection. He also says in Gita "abandoning all rites and duties
take refuge in me alone. Do not grieve for I shall liberate you from all sins.
Kamsa the king of Madhurapuri was a cruel ruler. He imprisoned his father
and took over the reign.
He got his sister Devaki whom he loved very much married to Vasudeva
and was bringing them home when Yogamaya appeared in the sky and
warned Kamsa that the eighth child of Devaki born with the astrologoical
star "Rohini" would kill him.
Immediately kamsa was very restless and consulted his friend Jarasanda
and according to his advice imrpisoned both Devaki and Vasudeva. When
ever devaki gave birth to a child he would immediately kill the baby. Devaki and Vasudeva
were very sad and prayed to God Vishnu. The God appeared before them and said "I will be
born as your 8th child and I will kill Kamsa Do not worry and have peace of mind." So saying
God disappeared.
Aside to the story of Krishna avathar: In the mean time Sri Vishnu ordered
Aadhi-sesha his five-hooded snake to go into Devaki's womb to be the seveth
child. But He said this child would in time be transfered to the womb of Rohini
the first wife of Vasudeva and would be born as Balarama - another avathar of
the God. God again ordained that Yokamaya Shakthi would be born as a girl
child to Yasoda a lady in the yadava clan in Gokulam at the same time when
Sri vishnu would be born as Lord Krishna to Devaki. When Devaki gave birth
to
Lord Krishna God ordered Vasudeva to take the baby to Gokulam
leave it with Yasoda and bring the female child born to Yasoda to the prison to
be with Devaki.

By Gods will the jail gates unlocked by themselves, the guards fell asleep to facilitate
Vasudeva to take the child to Gakulam as divinely ordained. Further the river Yamuna which
was in spate parted to open a path for vasudeva to pass with the child on his head. It was
raining also. By Gods instruction a five-hooded snake opened its hood like an umbralla over
the child to protect it from the rain. He reached to gokulam and exchanged the children and
he came back to the jail with Yogamaya born as a female child. The doors closed and locked
itself automatically. All the gaurds woke up from deep slumber.
As soon as he left the child with devaki Immediatly the child began to cry. The guards
immediately informed to Kamsa that a child was born to Devaki. Kamsa immediately went to
the jail and was surprised and confused to find that the eighth child was a baby girl. However
he snached the baby and dashed it head against the jail wall. The baby rose up and
appeared as Devi Yokamaya and said "Ho merciless king why are you trying to kill me ? The
one to kill you is already born and is growing up somewere. You cannot escape from death."
saying this Yogamaya disappeared.Kamsa was stunned and went to his palace a worried
person. He felt very restless.
In the mean time grand celebrations were going on in Gokulam over the birth of Sri Krishna.
Kamsa heard about this and sent his men to Gokulam to find out how many children were
born with Rohini as their zodiac star. They went to Gokulam and found that 25 such children
were born and informed Kamsa accordingly. They also told him that grand celebrations were
going on in one Nandan's house
Kamsa somehow felt very uncomfortable about the birth of Krishna to Nandan and Yasoda
and tried various means to kill the child but did not succeed. In time Lord Krishna killed the
cruel king.
Nandan sent young Krishna to a hermit for 'gurukula-vasam' for his formal education. Krishna
learnt all the sasthras and all the arts. On finishing his education he shifted to Dwaraka from
Madhura. He distroyed all the evil forces and and established Dharma.
Krishna helped the 'Pancha-pandavas' the five brothers among whom Arjuna was Krishna's
very close friend.He helped them win the war with 'Kowrawas' - the evil 100.During the war
between the 'Kowravas" and the 'Pandavas' Lord Krishna gave the message of Sri Bhagvat
Gita to Arjuna and to the world.
The essance of Gita:
The Bhagavad-Gita describes to us how the aspirant to the heavens avoids bodily excesses
and indulgence and practices abstinence. He goes to a quiet place, regulates his breathing
focuses his mind on one point and becomes harmonized with God and detaced from all
desire for the fruit of action. When one attains this unity of mind he arrives at a perfect
understanding with his fellow beings through sympathy and love.
He is the supreme lord of spiritual experience who conveys those moments of celestial glory
when man gets beyond the veil of the flesh and also indicates their true relation to the
problems of daily existence. As a rule these qualities should be associated with Bhakti,
love, dovotion, mercy and tenderness,

Krishna's exhortation in Gita is enshrined in millions of hearts as the words of God. It is

acknowledged by all as one of the supreme treasures of human literature. Its gospel of
devotion to duty without attachment or desire for reward, has shown the way of life for all
human rich or poor learned or ignorant - those who seek light in the darkness of the problems
of life.

Kalki bhagavan
(Avathar yet to come)

paritranaya saadunaam vinashayasa dushkrudham dharma

samsthaba narthaya sambavami yuge yuge
(meaning)
Whenever evil over-takes the good and the world is sinking with sins
at that time I will come to annihilate the evil and establish
righteousness.

quote by
Lord Sri Krishna from Bhagavat Geeta