Re: Relationship between mula rupa and avatara rupa
The reason for matsya avatAra should be obvious. The purpose of this avatAra was to save the veda and the saptaRishi-s from the floods of pralaya. With varAha avatAra, the reason was similar. bhUmi was submerged within the ocean and only boars and other "unclean" animals by tradition inhabit the ocean, so a form appropriate to this location was chosen. After all, He had to fight with and kill Hiranyaaksha.
Why could He not do it in the form of Raama or Krishna? He certainly could have. But what better way to show off His glories than by taking a transcendental from appropriate to the situation?
Philosoraptor
"Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something." - Plato
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