{"id":21206,"date":"2024-09-03T21:43:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T21:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=21206"},"modified":"2024-09-04T06:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T06:55:43","slug":"21206","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=21206","title":{"rendered":"BEGINNING of the Law of Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">              Dasavatara Sloka or Pralaya Payodhi or Hymn to the Ten Incarnations !\n                                 \n\n\nPralaya-payodhi-jale dhruta vanasi vedam\nVihita-vahitra-charitramakhedam\nKeshava dhruta-meena-sarira jaya jagadisa hare 1\n\nHail, O Lord of the Universe,\nWho became Fish\nProtecting Vedas\nFrom malefic influences !\n\nImmersed as they were\nIn turbulent sea of deluge\nProtecing it like a boat !\nSaluations to Thee !\n\nKshitirathi vipulatare tisthtati tava prushte\nDharani-dharana-kina-chakra-garishte ,\n\nKeshava dhruta-kachapa-sarira jaya jagadisa hare 2\n\nTortoise Thou became\nMaking the mountain great\nRest on Thy back\nAllowing it churn\n\nOcean like a wheel\nHail O Lord\nLord of Cosmos\nTo Thee our salutations !\n\n\nVasati dasana-sikhare dharani thava lagna\nSasini kalanka-kaleva nimagna\n\nKeshava dhruta-sukara-rupa jaya jagadisa hare 3\n\nThou became Boar\nIn Thy Third Incarnation\nEarth was drowned\nThou redeemed Earth\n\nAs the Boar Supernal\nEarth rested on Thy Tusk\nHail O Lord of cosmos entire\nTo Thee our salutations !\n\n\nhava kara-kamala-vare nakha madbhuta-srngam\nDalita-hiranyakasipu-thanu-bhrngam\n\n\nKeshava dhruta-narahari-rupa jaya jagadisa hare 4\n\nIn Thy Fourth Incarnation\nThou became Lion\nHalf lion half man\nThou tore into demon\n\nHiranyakashipu, Ego\nObliterating him for ever\nHail, O Lord of Universe\nTo Thee our salutations !\n\n\nChalayasi vikramane balimadbhuta-vamana\nPada-naka-nira-janita-jana-pavana\nKeshava dhruta-vamana-rupa jaya jagadisa hare 5\n\n \nThou became a Dwarf\nTo chastise Bali\nBali, the righteous King\nWho became arrogant\n\nAnd was deceived by Thee !\nThe water emanating\nFrom Thy Lotus Feet\nMade all beings divine !\n\nMother Ganges originated\nFrom Thy Feet !\nHail O  Lord of the Universe\nAccept our obeisances !\n\nKshatriya-rudhira-maye jagad-apagata-papam\nSnapayasi payasi samita-bhava-tapam\nKeshava dhruta-bhrgupati-rupa jaya jagadisa hare 6\n \nThou became warror\nParasurama by name\nThe Kshatriyas, of regal blood\nBecame arrogant and proud\n\nThou taught them a lesson\nAs Parasurama, the warrior sage,\nEarth was bathed with blood\nOf the arrogant Kshatriyas\n\nThou washed the sins of this world,\nWith mighty Karma Yoga\nHail, O Lord of the Universe\nAccept our humble obeisances !\n\nVitarasi dikshu rane dik-pati-kamaniyam\nDasa-mukha-mauli-balim ramaniyam\nKeshava dhruta-rama-sarira jaya jagadisa hare 7\n \nThou became Dharma Personified\nAs Lord Rama, the Redeemer,\nThou destroyed emblem of Ego,\nRavana, with his ten heads\n  \nMighty Ego, ever at arms\nWith the world tumultous,\nKidnapping 0mental peace\nSeeta, the Mother Divine\n\nIn that war fierce\nOccurring in bosom human,\nVictorious emerged  Thou,\nAnd vanquished Ravana !\n \nVahasi vapusi visade vasanam jaladabham\nHala-hati-bhiti-milita-yamunabham\nKeshava dhruta-haladhara-rupa jaya jagadisa hare 8\n \nThou became Bala Rama\nBrother of Lord Krishna\nWith his weapon, plough\nAccept our humble obeisances !\n\nNindasi yajna-vidher ahaha shruti-jatam\nSadaya-hrdaya darsita-pasu-ghatham\nKeshava dhruta-buddha-sarira jaya jagadisa hare 9\n \nThou became Divine Man,\nBuddha, the Enlightened,\nIn Thy Ninth Incarnation,\nAs the ultimate culmination.\n\nThis incarnations theory\nDepict Evolution human\nEvolution of the species\nEvolution of Consciousness\n\nThou went against sacrifices\nDue to heart compassionate\nHail, O Lord of the Universe,\nAccept our humble obeisances !\n\nMleccha-nivaha-nidhane kalayasi karavalam\nDhumaketum iva kim api karalam\nKeshava dhruta-kalki-sarira jaya jagadisa hare 10\n \nThou will become Kalki,\nTenth incarnation,\nFierce warrior\nTo destroy Evil\n\nWill appear like comet\nDestroying barbarians !\nHail, O Lord of the Universe\nAccept our humble obeisances !\n\nThese verses divine\nWere composed by Jayadeva\nPoet Laureate, in consonance,\nWith Will Universal\n\nHearing these verses\nFills one with Bliss\nO Lord of the Universe\nBlessed be Thy Tenfold Form !\n \n \nSri-jayadeva-kaver idam uditam udaaram\nSrunu sukha-dam subha-dam bhava-saram\nKeshava dhruta-dasa-vidha-rupa jaya jagadisa hare 11\n \nTranslation By  Govind  Kumar\n     <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dasavatara Sloka or Pralaya Payodhi or Hymn to the Ten Incarnations ! Pralaya-payodhi-jale dhruta vanasi vedam Vihita-vahitra-charitramakhedam Keshava dhruta-meena-sarira jaya jagadisa hare 1 Hail, O Lord of the Universe, Who became Fish Protecting Vedas From malefic influences ! Immersed as they were In turbulent sea of deluge Protecing it like a boat ! Saluations to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/?p=21206\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BEGINNING of the Law of Evolution&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21206"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21224,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21206\/revisions\/21224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastrovedica.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}