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Mohan Krishna
May 11, 2016, 6:56:38 AM5/11/16
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Vasu is a Graduate research
student in one of the reputed universities abroad. He made a Skype video call to his mother residing in India and wished her, “Amma, Happy
Mother’s Day”
“It feels so good to see you and hear your voice my son… thanks to technology evolution” – replied the mother. “People in neighbourhood ask me, what is Vasu doing these days… what should I tell them?” – Mother enquired.
"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.
Mother smiled, and continued, "I know Darwin, Vasu. I also know that what you think he discovered is old news in India."
"Yeah sure Mom!" Vasu said with sarcasm.
"Well if you think you are too smart then listen to this" - mother countered... "Have you heard of Dashavatar? The ten avatars of Vishnu that I used to tell you to put you to sleep?"
“Yeah…” Vasu nodded.
“It feels so good to see you and hear your voice my son… thanks to technology evolution” – replied the mother. “People in neighbourhood ask me, what is Vasu doing these days… what should I tell them?” – Mother enquired.
"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.
Mother smiled, and continued, "I know Darwin, Vasu. I also know that what you think he discovered is old news in India."
"Yeah sure Mom!" Vasu said with sarcasm.
"Well if you think you are too smart then listen to this" - mother countered... "Have you heard of Dashavatar? The ten avatars of Vishnu that I used to tell you to put you to sleep?"
“Yeah…” Vasu nodded.
"Then let me tell you what
you and Mr. Darwin don't know. Listen carefully! The first avatar was the Matsya avatar, it means the fish. That is because life began in the water. Is that not right?"
Vasu began to listen with a little more attention.
"Then came the Kurma Avatar, which means the tortoise, because life moved from the water to the land. The amphibian. So the tortoise denoted the evolution from sea to land.
Third was the Varaha, the wild boar, which meant the wild animals with not much intellect, you call them the Dinosaurs, correct?"
Vasu nodded wide eyed.
"The fourth avatar was the Narasimha avatar, half man and half animal, the evolution from wild animals to intelligent beings.
Fifth the Vamana avatar, the dwarf, who was intellectually as sharp as modern humans, but was physically weak, hence continued to compete, evolve and learnt to reproduce amidst all sort of adversity…"
Vasu could see that his Mother was in full flow and he was stupefied.
"The sixth avatar was Parshuram, the man who wielded the axe, the man who was a cave and forest dweller. Angry, and not social.
The seventh avatar was Ram, the first thinking social being, who laid out the laws of society and the basis of all relationships.
The eighth avatar was Krishna, the statesman, the politician, and the lover who played the game of society and taught how to live and thrive in thesocial structure.
The ninth avatar, the Buddha, the man who rose from Narasimha and found man's true nature through his quest of enlightenment.
And finally, my boy, will come Kalki, the man you are working on. The man who will be genetically supreme."
Vasu looked at his mother speechless. "This is amazing Mom, how did you… I mean… this makes so much sense!"
"Yes it does Vasu! We Indians had some sound beliefs. Just didn’t know how to put some sort of logic around them. So made them into mythological stories. What Darwin and the next generations have been doing is to explain scientifically what Indians believed looooong long ago…”
Vasu bowed his head!
Vasu began to listen with a little more attention.
"Then came the Kurma Avatar, which means the tortoise, because life moved from the water to the land. The amphibian. So the tortoise denoted the evolution from sea to land.
Third was the Varaha, the wild boar, which meant the wild animals with not much intellect, you call them the Dinosaurs, correct?"
Vasu nodded wide eyed.
"The fourth avatar was the Narasimha avatar, half man and half animal, the evolution from wild animals to intelligent beings.
Fifth the Vamana avatar, the dwarf, who was intellectually as sharp as modern humans, but was physically weak, hence continued to compete, evolve and learnt to reproduce amidst all sort of adversity…"
Vasu could see that his Mother was in full flow and he was stupefied.
"The sixth avatar was Parshuram, the man who wielded the axe, the man who was a cave and forest dweller. Angry, and not social.
The seventh avatar was Ram, the first thinking social being, who laid out the laws of society and the basis of all relationships.
The eighth avatar was Krishna, the statesman, the politician, and the lover who played the game of society and taught how to live and thrive in thesocial structure.
The ninth avatar, the Buddha, the man who rose from Narasimha and found man's true nature through his quest of enlightenment.
And finally, my boy, will come Kalki, the man you are working on. The man who will be genetically supreme."
Vasu looked at his mother speechless. "This is amazing Mom, how did you… I mean… this makes so much sense!"
"Yes it does Vasu! We Indians had some sound beliefs. Just didn’t know how to put some sort of logic around them. So made them into mythological stories. What Darwin and the next generations have been doing is to explain scientifically what Indians believed looooong long ago…”
Vasu bowed his head!
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