Category:Visnu's Killing
Theme Analysis
When Śrīla Prabhupāda describes the pastimes of the Supreme Lord, he reveals the dual nature of His divine descent: to annihilate the miscreants and to protect the pious. Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, is universally neutral and the well-wisher of all, His apparent violence towards the demons is an act of absolute grace. Through His mighty weapons, such as the cakra and club, the Lord eradicates the material ego of envious entities like Hiraṇyakaśipu and Kaṁsa, granting them immediate spiritual elevation.
- The Dual Mission of the Supreme Lord: The Lord appears millennium after millennium to establish religious principles, simultaneously offering shelter to His devotees and administering justice to rebellious souls.
- Transcendental Weapons of Annihilation: The club and cakra in the hands of Lord Viṣṇu are non-different from His protective lotus and conchshell, as death by the Lord's weapons guarantees spiritual emancipation.
- The Futility of Demonic Envy: Asuras mistakenly perceive the Supreme Lord as their mortal enemy, desperately seeking benedictions for immortality, yet they inevitably succumb to His supreme will.
- Absolute Mercy in Disguise: Because the Lord is absolute, being killed by Him mitigates all previous offenses, allowing even envious demons to attain liberation such as sarūpya.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Lord Viṣṇu Kills the Demons to Protect the Devotees.
Pages in category "Visnu's Killing"
The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
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- Hiranyakasipu maintained his enmity and his anger against Lord Visnu until the point of death. He never forgot his vengeful attitude toward Visnu for having killed his brother, Hiranyaks
- Hiranyakasipu murmured to himself, "Lord Visnu, who possesses great mystic power, has made this plan to kill me, but what is the use of such an attempt? Who can fight with me?" Thinking like this and taking up his club, Hiranyakasipu attacked the Lord
- Hiranyakasipu was very much afraid of Visnu's becoming an animal to kill him because his brother had been killed by Visnu when the Lord took the shape of a boar. He was therefore very careful to guard against all kinds of animals
- His (Krsna's) business will be to kill all the atheists because ultimately the real protector is Visnu, or Krsna
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- In his previous birth, Kamsa had been a great demon named Kalanemi and been killed by Visnu. Upon learning this information from Narada, Kamsa became envious of everyone connected with the Yadu dynasty - SB 10.1.68
- In two hands Lord Visnu always carries a club and a cakra to kill demons, and in His other two hands He holds a conchshell and a lotus to give protection to His devotees
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- Narada had informed Kamsa that in his previous birth Kamsa was Kalanemi, a demon killed by Visnu. Consequently, Kamsa became a great enemy to all the descendants of the yadu-vamsa, the Yadu dynasty
- Narada informed him (Kamsa) that any one of the sons of Devaki might be Visnu. Because Visnu was to kill him, Kamsa should not spare any of Devaki's children, Narada Muni advised
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- Pariksit inquired: My dear brahmana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, being everyone's well-wisher, is equal and extremely dear to everyone. How, then, did He become partial like a common man for the sake of Indra and thus kill Indra's enemies?
- Paundraka's meditation was concentrated on the Visnu form, but because he thought himself Visnu, it was offensive. By his being killed by Krsna, that offense was mitigated. Thus he was given sarupya liberation, and he attained the same form as the Lord
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- Seeing her jubilant, pure and smiling, Kamsa thought - The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, who is now within her, will kill me. Devaki has never before looked so brilliant and jubilant - SB 10.2.20
- Suspecting each of the children to be Visnu, Kamsa killed them one after another because of the prophecy that Visnu would kill him
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- The demons killed by Lord Visnu's cakra disc and club are elevated to the spiritual world, just like the devotees who are protected by the hands holding the lotus flower and conchshell
- The killing of the demons in Vrndavana was carried out only by the Visnu portion of Krsna
- The way in which Lord Visnu kills the demons & protects the faithful is mentioned in BG 4.8: "In order to deliver the pious & to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium"
- There are three original deities - Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara. Hiranyakasipu knew that Brahma would not kill him, but he also wanted not to be killed by Lord Visnu or Lord Siva. Consequently, he prayed for such a benediction
- Thus the two associates of Lord Visnu who had become Hiranyaksa and Hiranyakasipu, the sons of Diti, were both killed. By illusion they had thought that the Supreme Lord, who is situated in everyone's heart, was their enemy
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- When Aghasura was killed & the demigods were looking on the incident with great surprise, Brahma, who was born of the lotus flower growing out of the navel of Visnu, also came to see. He was surprised how a little boy like Krsna could act so wonderfully
- When Hiranyakasipu teases the great devotee Prahlada, his own son, who is peaceful and sober and who has no enemy, I shall kill Hiranyakasipu immediately, despite the benedictions of Brahma
- When His incarnation is present on this planet or in this universe, the Lord kills the demons & protects His devotees simultaneously. Sometimes Visnu appears in His person as Lord Krsna or Lord Rama. All of these appearances are mentioned in the sastras