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As mentioned earlier, BhagvAn NArAyaN avatAr, their purpose, are listed in time sequence with reference to the era ( name of kalpa, sarga -- kumar sarga, Rushi sarga etc.) and explained in
Shrimad BhAgavt purAN Canto 1 Chapter 3. Must read.
However, if not as detailed shlokas, let me at least list the avtars here, for others.
1. sanak sanandan sanAtan sanatkumAr (4 bramhavAdi brAmhins)
2. varAha [yadnya-varAha] (pruthvi -- rasatAL -- hiranyaksha demon)
3. DevaRshi nArad (sAtvatra tantra, nArad pancharAtra, bhakti)
4. nar-nArAyaN (tapascharya, sayyam)
5. Kapil dev (sAnkhya-bhakti)
6. dattAtreya (guru-principle, compassion, bhakti, jnAna)
7. yadnya (protected living beings in svayambhu manvantar i.e. era)
8. Rshabh dev (vairAgya, kaivalya, svadharma)
9. King PRuthU (ideal king, brought balance to Pruthvi and nature)
10. matsya (taught vaivasvat manu the philosophy of being while demonstrating His enormity)
11. kUrma (churn and twist mandAr parvat to bring out the butter of good and strain out debri of evil)
12. Dhanvantari (Deva-physician, brought the celestial nectar of immortality for devas)
13. Mohini mUrti -- to delude asura (demons/asuri nature/forces) and give amrut (nectar) to sura (deva/divine)
14. NRsiMha (destroy hiraNyakashyapU - asur-birth#1 of Jay/Vijay)
without transgressing boon given to the demon by BramhA : killed the demon as neither man not beast, neither inside nor outside - on threshold, at neither day nor at night -- at twilight, using no weapons -- own nails...
15. vAman (dwarf bramhin) -- brought svarga back to Indra and all devatA from Bali's reign
16. ParshurAm - put an end to unrighteous, unjust and cruel kshatriya who misused their power
17. KRshNa dvAypAyana Veda VyAs (compiler and divider of vedas into 4)
18. Shri RAm -- maryAdA purushottam ideal
19. BalarAm
20. ~*~*~ Shri KRshNa ~*~*~
21. Buddha
22. Kalki
SB 1.3.26 O Rshis, just like a never-drying ocean gives rise to innumerable uncountable currents (pravAha), SattvanidhI BhagvAn Shri Hari takes numerous avtars [over a period of eternity]
NOTE: { The same avtars appear in each kalpa and the cycle continues, hence when we see 3-4 different stories about how something happened, it is to be understood as kalpa-bheda (slight difference in history of each era e.g. varAha dev of era 1 versus varAha dev of era 2 }
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ete cha amsha kalAh: punsah: , KRshNastu bhagvAn svayam |
indrArivyAkulam lokam mruDayantI yuge yuge || SB 1.3.28
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