Commentary on the Srimad Bhagavad Gita- Discourse- 8.5. - Swami Krishnananda.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, May 18, 2021. 07:41. PM. Chapter-8.The Fourth Chapter Begins: The Avataras of God-5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our thoughts and actions contribute, to a large extent, to the welfare or the suffering of mankind; and if they are very intense, they disturb the other layers of the cosmos such as Bhuvarloka, Svarloka, etc. When the Rakshasas were harassing the Devas, the Devas went to Rudra and Brahma, and finally they beseeched Narayana to take some action. Similarly, the fourteen worlds will cry for a redeeming power to act. Then the centre of the cosmos will work immediately, in a positive manner or a negative manner. The avataras of God are described in great detail in the Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana. It is said that Narayana had twenty-four avataras, but that is only in a manner of speaking. There can be twenty-four million av...