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Re: Dasa Avtatara
In article <4fvvcm$r3g@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
cramarao@neuron.uchc.edu (C S Ramarao) wrote:
>I do not think that there is any scriptural basis to say that BalrAm
>was an avtar of Vishnu.
Srimad Bhaagavatam 1.3.23
ekonavims'e vims'atime
vrishnishu praapya janmanii
raama-krishnaav iti bhuvo
bhagavaan aharad bharam
"In the nineteenth and twentieth incarnations, the Lord advented Himself as
Lord Balaraama and Lord Krishna in the family of Vrishni [the Yadu dynasty],
and by so doing He removed the burned of the world."
>I thought I was clarifying an earlier question posed by some gentleman
>as to how balarAma and krishNa can both be avatArs of vishNu at the
>same time, and offered my two cents worth. I am not an educated man
If God is indeed omnipotent, then it follows that He can be in more than one
place simultaneously. And although He expands Himself in this way, He does not
in any way lose potency as a result. This is the inconceivable nature of God.
>when it comes to scriptures, and can not vouch if there is a basis for
>the assumption or not. The bottomline now seems to be that balarAm is
>the incarnation of AdisEshu. I think a similar scenario existed with
>rAma avatAr when AdisEshu became lakshmaNa and the conch shell and
>cakra became the two other brothers of rAma.
This is also correct. But, at least according to Gaudiya Vaishnava
understanding, Adisesha is also an expansion of the Lord.
regards,
-- HKS
