"Dasha Avatar"

Varaha Avatar - The boar Incarnation

He started harassing the gods. He invaded Indra and the gods. They took shelter in the caves of the mountain ranges on the earth. Hiranyaksha invaded the earth also.

At that time Manu and his wife Shatarupa ruled over the earth. Hiranyaksha snatched away the earth from them and drowned it into the ocean. Mother Earth sank to the bottom of the ocean.

Seeing this Manu & his wife came to Lord Brahma, bowed and said, " Father tell us how we may serve you & ensure our happiness in this world & the next." Brahma blessed them and said, "Free your heart from jealousy and rule over the world, for you shall be the ruler of the men."

Hearing this Manu said " Where should I and Shatarupa live as Mother earth is submerged in the ocean?" Brahma became worried and thought that mother earth should be rescued so he prayed to Lord Vishnu for his help.

Manu and Shatarupa requested Brahma to get them the earth back.Brahma said, "Hiranyaksha will not be destroyed by me because I have granted him such a boon. Let's take the help of Vishnu!"

As Brahma meditated to Lord Vishnu a tiny Boar fell from his nostrils. Wondering what that creature was, it grew and grew till it was in size of a large Mountain. It was Lord Vishnu and he said, "I will enter into the ocean to lift the earth out of it."

Emitting a terrifying roar, it ( Lord Vishnu in the form of Boar) took one mighty leap into the air and tore the clouds with its hoofs and dived to the bed of ocean in search of Mother earth.

He reached the other end of the ocean and discovered in its depths the object of its quest - Bhoomidevi ( Mother Earth).

Meanwhile Hiranyaksha rushed to the sea shore where he encountered with Varuna, the lord of the ocean, and challenged him," O supreme Lord ! O guardian of the whole sphere ! come & have battle with me."  Varuna became very angry as he knew that at this moment Hiranyaksha was mightier than him so he curbed his anger & said, " I have given up fighting as I am too old. You must find out Vishnu; none but he alone would be an equal opponent for you. Go seek him out."

Suddenly Narad arrived there. Hiranyaksha asked him, "Do you know the whereabouts of Vishnu?" Narada told him that Lord Vishnu was in the ocean rescuing Mother Earth. Hiranyaksha charged towards the Ocean -bed.

Meanwhile the Boar had just dug his tusk into the ocean -bed and lifted Mother Earth onto it, and began rising towards the surface. Hiranyaksha rushed towards him with a mace in his hand saying, "You fraudulent fellow! Where are you carrying away the earth conquered by me? Stop or I'll crush your head with this mace!"

Hiranyaksha challenged Lord Vishnu in the Boar form to have battle with him but Vishnu ignored all his warnings and continued rising to the surface. Seeing this Hiranyaksha gave a chase, but the boar didn't even looked back.

Hiranyaksha said, "Wait ! You imposter ! I know you can defeat all with your magic power of Yoga but at present you are near me and without the magic power. So you're sure to be defeated." The boar escaped to put the earth at a safe place.

Hiranyaksha became very angry and shouted, "How can you run away like a coward? Return me my earth, if you love life."

The earth was already frightened but seeing Hiranyaksha it began to tremble more.

The boar brought the earth over the surface of the ocean and placed Bhoomidevi ( Mother Earth) gently on it and blessed her, May you support yourself in keeping with the divine order."

He then turned to face Hiranyaksha.The demon threw his mace at the boar but the boar stepped aside and raised his mace. They fought for a long while with their mace.

Now Brahma warned Vishnu, "You've only an hour before the sunset. Destroy the demon before it's dark so that he gets no opportunity to take resort to the black magic."

Hearing Brahma's word's Hiranyaksha hurled his mace towards Lord Vishnu but later flung it away. Having lost the mace, the demon began hitting out with his fists on the chest of the boar.

The boar hit the demon hard on his face with his fist and tossed him in the air. He fell over his head and died on the spot. Manu got his earth back and the gods their heaven.

The End