21) BALARAM AVATAR (Incarnation
as Balrama) : Balrama is considered to be the twenty-first
incarnation of Lord Vishnu. In this incarnation he killed Pralambasura
the demon and he
killed many more demons.
22) KRISHNA AVATAR (Incarnation
as Krishna) : Lord Krishna born in Mathura was the
twenty-second incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He fought against the
exploitation right from his childhood and killed many demons like
Kalayavan, Kansa, Jarasandh etc. He gave a divine knowledge to Arjun
during the battle of Kurukshetra.
23) BUDDHA AVATAR (Incarnation
as Buddha) : The twenty-third incarnation of Lord
Vishnu was as Lord Buddha. In the Kaliyuga the demons were completely
subjugated by the deities. Shukracharya the teacher of the demons
instigated the demons to perform Yagya so that they could regain
power and authority. Fearing this the deities prayed to Lord Vishnu
for help. Lord Vishnu took incarnation as Buddha and dissuaded the
demons from performing Yagya as it involves violence the demons
stopped performing Yagyas.
24) KALKI AVATAR (Incarnation
as Kalki) : At the end of Kaliyuga, when the sins
would be 80, all pervading that the kings would themselves becomes
thieves then Lord Vishnu would take his twenty-fourth incarnation
as Kalki by taking birth in the village of 'Shambhal'. He would
take birth in a Brahmin family of Vishnuyash. By killing and destroying
the sinners, he would re-establish the superiority of Virtuosity
and religiousness.
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