Dear SrI RanganAthan:
BuddhAvathAram is not to be included in the
DasAvathAram.
BalarAmAvatharam however has a legitimate place
among the ten
avathArams of SrIman NaarAyaNa.
Adhi Sankara , AchArya RaamAnuja , MadhvAchArya
have
rejected Bhuddha matham ( Bhouddham) as an avadhika
matham that is untenable from their own
perspectives .
Swamy Desikan in His Para Matha Bhangam and SarvArTa Siddhi
has provided the most logical refutation of the
doctrines advocated
by Buddha. Hence the issue of Buddha being one
of the 10
avathArams of SrIman NaarAyaNa does not
arise.
Swamy Desikan's case against all the four kinds of
Bhouddham
has been covered in the recently concluded
postings on
Para Matha Bhangam (Desika Prabhandham
series).
BalarAmAvathAram:
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VishNu PurANam (amsa 5) , SrImad BhAgavatham
,
MahA BhAratham , Brahama , Agni , Koorma
,
VarAha and Brahma Vaivartha PurANams
salute the BalarAmaavathAram as one of
the DasAvathArams.
BalarAma is the 7th child of King VasudEva and
DEvaki.
Their 8th Child was exchanged with the VishNu
Maayaa
( the girl child ), the daughter of
YasOdha in the middle of
the night . BalarAma was trasferred secretly
shortly
before his birth from the womb of Devaki to that
of
RohiNi in Gokulam to keep him away from
destruction
by Kamsa .
Swamy Desikan has saluted
BalarAmaavathAram
in the 9th slOkam of His DasAvathAra
SthOthram.
He calls the joint leelais of BlarAman and
KrishNan
as Sugar mixed with MIlk in BhOgyam (Ksheeram
SarkarayA iva). In this slOkam , Swamy
Desikan
says that BalarAman ( the stronger Raaman)
never
left his little brother KrishNa( apruTak
bhUtha).
Of their joint leelais as children and grown ups
in KamsA's court , Swamy Desikan says:
" ThAlangasya vihrudhaya: bhadhrANi na:
tanavanthu/
May BalarAmAs' leelAs bless us with all
auspiciousness).
AzhwArs have also sung about BalarAma .Other
members
on the list might wish to cover those Paasurams
.
There is no question therefore about the
authenticity
of BalarAma as one of the 10 avathArams of SrIman
NaarAyaNa.
The best proof is at DasAvathAra Sannidhi
constructed by
Thirumangai AzhwAr at SrIrangam .
V.Sadagopan
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