"Mom, I am a genetic scientist. I am working in the US on the evolution of man. Theory of evolution, Charles Darwin, have you heard of him?" Vasu asked. ๐ค
His Mother sat down next to him and smiled, "I know about Darwin, Vasu. "But Have you heard of Dasavatharam? The ten avatars of Vishnu?" ๐ค
Vasu replied "no". ๐
"Then let me tell you what you and Mr. Darwin don't know. ๐
Listen carefully... ๐ณ
The first avatar was the Machcha avatar, it means the fish. ๐ That is because life began in the water. Is that not right?" Vasu began to listen with a little more attention. ๐ณ
"Then came the Koorma Avatar, which means the tortoise, because life moved from the water to the land. ๐ข The amphibian. So the Tortoise denoted the evolution from sea to land.
Third was the Varaha, the wild boar ๐, which meant the wild animals with not much intellect, you call them the Dinosaurs, correct?" Vasu nodded wide eyed. ๐ณ
"The fourth avatar was the Narasimha avatar, half man and half animal, the evolution from wild animals to intelligent beings. ๐ฆ
Fifth the Vamana avatar, the midget or dwarf, who could grow really tall. ๐จ๐ป Do you know why that is? Cause there were two kinds of humans, Homo Erectus and the Homo Sapiens and Homo Sapiens won that battle." Vasu could see that his Mother was in full flow and he was stupefied. ๐ฒ
"The Sixth avatar was Parshuram, the man who wielded the axe, the man who was a cave and forest dweller. ๐ช Angry, and not social. ๐ก
The seventh avatar was Rama, the first thinking social being, who laid out the laws of society and the basis of all relationships. ๐น
The Eighth avatar was Balarama, a true farmer showed value of agriculture in the life. ๐พ
The Ninth avatar was Krishna, the statesman, the politician, the lover who played the game of society and taught how to live and thrive in the social structure. ๐ซ
And finally, my boy, will come Kalki, the man you are working on. The man who will be genetically supreme." ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ
Vasu looked at his Mother speechless. "This is amazing Mom, how did you? This makes sense!" ๐ค
"Yes it does Vasu! We Indians ๐ฎ๐ณ knew some amazing things just didn't know how to pass it on scientifically. So made them into mythological stories. Mythology makes sense. Its just the way you look at it - Religious or Scientific. Your call. ๐๏ธ