Other important qualities attributed to Vishnu are :Gambhirya (inestimatable grandeur), Audarya (generosity) and Karunya (compassion).‘Tejas’ (Splendor), which expresses self-sufficiency and the capacity to overpower everything by spiritual effulgence.‘Virya’ (Vigour), the power to retain immateriality as the Supreme Spirit or Being in spite of being the material cause of mutable creations.‘Bala’ (Strength), the capacity to support everything by will and without any fatigue.‘Shakti’ (Power or Energy), the capacity to maintain or challenge dharma.
‘Aishvarya’ (Sovereignty), derived from the word ‘Ishvara’ which means unchallenged rule over all.‘Jnana’ (Omniscience), defined as the power to know about all beings simultaneously.The actual number of Vishnu’s auspicious qualities is countless, although his six most-important “divine glories” are : Vishnu is commonly depicted as riding on his shoulders. Vishnu’s mount (Vahana : on which the Lord Vishnu travels) is Garuda, the eagle.the ‘Sudarshana Chakra’ ( the discus weapon) which is considered to be the most powerful weapon according to Hindu Religion, in his upper right hand.the ‘Panchajanya shankha’ (conch) in his upper left hand and.He holds a ‘padma’ (lotus flower) in his lower left hand, the ‘Kaumodaki gada’ (mace) in his lower right hand,.His incarnations of Rama and Krishna also have a similar depiction. Also known as Narayana (means the dweller of water and the dweller of human beings), Vasudeva and Hari, Lord Vishnu is usually depicted as a pale blue being having the dark complexion of water-filled clouds and having four arms.When Lord Vishnu incarnated on the Earth as the avatars : Rama and Krishna, Lakshmi incarnated as his respective consorts : Sita (Rama’s wife) and Rukmini (Krishna’s wife).Īccording to the extant Hindu texts and traditions, Lord Vishnu is considered to be resident in the direction of the “Makara Rashi” (the “Shravana Nakshatra”), which is about coincident with the Capricorn constellation. In some of the extant Puranas and Vaishnava traditions, Vishnu’s eye is considered to be situated at the infinitely distant Southern Celestial Pole. Being a part of the Trinity, He has taken ten incarnations to save the planet and the good people from the hands of evils, demons or Asuras time and again. Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity, is the wife and active energy of Vishnu. Vishnu in essence means the giver and provider of things.Īlong with Brahma, the creator and Shiva, the destroyer, Lord Vishnu is one of the three main male deities in Hinduism and they are together known as the TRIMURTI. He is the supreme self in Vaishnavism and one of the three supreme deities (trimurti) in Hinduism. Vishnu is the preserver and upholder of dharma in Hinduism.
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