Kurma
(in Vorbereitung)
Der Kurma (Koorm) - Avatar ist die zweite Inkarnation Vishnus als Schildkröte.
Die Götter hatten ihre Autorität über die Dämonen verloren, nachdem der Weise Saga Indra eine Blumengirlande gegeben hatte, die dieser seinem Elefanten gab, der der zertrampelte
Vishnu riet ihnen, den Ozean mit Medizin zu versetzen und ihn zu rühren und Amrita zu produzieren, welches sie stark und unsterblich machen werde. Sie sollten den Berg Mandara als Rührstoch benutzen.
Auf Vishnus Rat hin banden sie die Schlange Vasuki(Vasuki ist als um Shivas Hals hängend dargestellt wird) um den Berg und begannen − Götter auf der einen, Dämonen auf der anderen Seite − an der Schlange zu ziehen.
Beim herumwirbeln des Milchozeans wurde der Weltenberg Mandara als Rührstock benutzt, der auf den Grund des Ozeans zu sinken begann. Daher nahm Vishnu die Form des Schildkrötenavatars an, dessen untere Hälfte ein Schildkrötenpanzer war, und tauchte auf den Grund, wo sein Rücken eine Achse für den buttrigen Stock wurde.
- He requested them to ask them help of Asuras in lifting the mountain in exchange for offer of the share of nectar of immort ality that would ensue from the churning. Both the devatas and the asuras churned the ocean using the serpent Vasuki as the rope.
- At the start, playing a Machiavellian trick, Indra, king of the gods asked the asuras for the head end of vasuki.
But asuras suspecting foul play, took the head end, only to be deceived as the poison from Vasuki was s lowly weakening them. But as churning was proceeding the mountain was sinking and then Lord Vishnu took the form of the tortoise KURMA and kept the mountain afloat.
- As soon as the bowl of amrita, the nectar of immortality was out, the asuras grabbed it.
Then Lord Vishnu took the form of an Mohini, a beautiful maiden, and seduced the asuras into letting her distribute the nectar and also to abide by her order of distribution. As soon as the devatas were served the maiden disappeared thus totally deceiving the asuras and making them totally weak.
In the confusion one of the demons, Rahu, disguised himself as a god and drank some of the elixir. The Sun and Moon spotted the imposter, Rahu, and told Vishnu. Just as Rahu was swallowing the Amrita, Vishnu sliced off his he ad with his Sudrashan Chakra. Since the Amrita had passed into the throat the head had already become immortal and remained alive. Because the Sun and the Moon were responsible for reporting the misdeeds of Rahu, Rahu, the head, chases the Sun an d Moon across the sky and tries to eat them. Occasionally he catches and swallows one of them, causing an eclipse. But the victim quickly falls out of Rahu's throat and the e clipse ends. [1]
Literatur
Referenzen
- ↑ //www.lipilekha.org/docs/10_abatara.pdf
weblinks
- en Wiki über Kurma