Doubts and Discussions from the Ramayan - Page 119

Originally posted by: Vibhishna

I wonder what an avtaar really is. In Matsya Avtaar Lord Vishnu appeared as a fish. In Kurma Avtaar, as turtle but then he was available for Devi Lakshmi to garland him. He also took the form of Mohini. Varahaa Avtaar and Narasimha Avtaar he appeared as a boar and lion respectively. As Vamana, he was born to Aditi (that makes Lord Narayan and the Devas brothers and the Daityas, Danavas, the serpents, Garuda, Aruna, the creepers, the trees and plants, the animals, the cows and cattles his half - siblings, doesn't it?) and humbled Bali. In the end of that Avtaar he also took the form of Janarthana and stood to guard the gates of Sutala. It was for this reason (to see the Lord at all times) that Prahalad wanted to remain with Bali. He was born as Parasuram but again appeared as Ram and Krishna when Parasuram was still alive. He will be born as Kalki again. I wonder who his siblings will be. Parasuram will still be there to be his Guru.

To think of it all . . . 😕

I came to the conclusion that an Avtaar is an aspect of the God and not the God himself. There were many others who were worshipped as avtaars of Gods - Jnaneshwar and his siblings (sorry, I forgot their names 😭) were considered to be avtaars of Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva, Lord Brahma and the Mother of the Universe, Datatreya was considered to be an avtaar of Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma put together.