Talk:Matsyāvatara
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Swami Harshananda
Matsyāvatara is the first of the Daśāvatāras or Ten Incarnations of Viṣṇu. During this incarnation, the Lord appeared as a tiny fish that fell into the hands of Vaivasvata Manu who was praying. When sheltered by him in his palace, he gradually grew into gigantic proportions instructing him to release him into the sea. There he told him how he would save him and the Saptarṣis, the Seven Sages, at the time of the great deluge destroying the world.
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- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore