Vishnu is the
Lord of protection, sustenance & maintenance. His
consort Lakshmi is the possessor of wealth, which is
a necessity for maintenance. Goddess Lakshmi represents
not only material wealth, but the wealth of grains,
courage, valour, offspring,
success, luxurious life, eternal bliss. Vishnu and Lakshmi
thus help the souls introduced into the life cycle by
Brahma to survive in the cycle of life;
Lord Vishnu is also called Nilameghashyamalan - possessing
a complexion the colour of the dark clouds. As proof
that opposites attract, Vishnu's outer appearance is
dark while he is associated with the santha gunam, bringing
light & peace to the world.
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He rests on the ocean on his bed of Adisesha (serpent
with 1,000 heads). Any time Lord Vishnu sees great trouble,
He takes an avataram to rescue the people from evils.
He is all merciful, ever rushing to serve his devotees.
In the form of Mahavishnu he has four arms wielding
the chakra, conch, lotus & the gadha or mace in
his four arms. Some of the main avatarams of Vishnu
are enumerated as the Dasavataram (10 Incarnations).
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