Matsya Avatar

Matsya Avatar is the first incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

Lord Vishnu, taking incarnation as a fish, asked a sage to collect all kinds of animals and when the earth was drowning in water, God in the fish incarnation protected that sage’s boat. After this Brahma created life again.
According to another belief, when a demon stole the Vedas and hid them in the depths of the ocean, Lord Vishnu took the form of a fish and retrieved the Vedas and restored them.

Story of Matsya Avatar
Once, due to Brahmaji’s carelessness, a huge demon stole the Vedas. The name of that demon was Hayagriva. Knowledge got lost because the Vedas were stolen. The darkness of ignorance spread all around and sin and unrighteousness became prevalent.Then, to protect the religion, Lord Vishnu took the form of a fish and killed Hayagriva and protected the Vedas. How did God take the form of a fish?
Its astonishing story is as follows-
Before Kalpanta, a virtuous king was doing penance. The name of the king was Satyavrat. Satyavrat was not only a virtuous soul, he also had a very generous heart. It was morning. The sun had risen.Satyavrat was taking bath in Kritamala river. After taking bath, when he took water in Anjali for Tarpan, a small fish also came along with the water in Anjali. Satyavrat released the fish in the river water. The fish said- Rajan! Big water creatures kill and eat small creatures.Surely some big creature will kill and eat me too. Please save my life. Compassion arose in Satyavrat’s heart. He put the fish in his kamandalu filled with water. Then a surprising incident happened. In one night the fish’s body grew so much that Kamandalu became small for it to live. The next day the fish said to Satyavrat – Rajan! Find another place for me to live, because my body has grown. I find it very difficult to move around.Satyavrat took out the fish from Kamandalu and placed it in a pot filled with water. Here too, the fish’s body grew so much in the pot overnight that even the pot became small for it to live. The next day the fish again said to Satyavrat – Rajan! Make arrangements for me to live somewhere else, because even the pot is becoming small for me to live. Then Satyavrat took out the fish and put it in a lake, but the lake also became small for the fish. After this Satyavrat put the fish in the river and then in the sea.Wonder! Even in the sea, the body of the fish grew so much that it became too small for the fish to live. So the fish again said to Satyavrat – Rajan! This sea is also not suitable for me to live. Make arrangements for my stay somewhere else.
Now Satyavrat was astonished. He had never seen such a fish before. He said in a voice full of astonishment – ​​Who are you to drown my intellect in the ocean of astonishment?

Shri Hari in the form of a fish replied – King! A demon named Hayagriva has stolen the Vedas. The darkness of ignorance and injustice is spread all around the world. I have taken the form of a fish only to kill Hayagriva. On the seventh day from today, the earth will return to the cycle of destruction. The sea will rise. There will be terrible rain. The entire earth will be submerged in water. Nothing will be visible except water. A boat will reach you.You will take all the grains and medicinal seeds and sit on the boat with the seven sages. I will appear to you again at the same time and will impart to you the knowledge of the soul. From that very day, Satyavrat started waiting for the doomsday while remembering Hari. On the seventh day, the scene of the holocaust appeared.The sea also started rising and flowing beyond its limits. It started raining heavily. Within a short time the entire earth was filled with water. The entire earth was covered in water. At that very moment a boat appeared. Satyavrat sat on that boat along with the seven sages. They also filled the boat with whole grains and medicinal seeds.

The boat started floating in the ocean of destruction. Apart from that boat, nothing was visible anywhere in that ocean of destruction. Suddenly God in the form of a fish appeared in the ocean of destruction. Satyavrat and seven sages started praying to God in the form of Matsya.
Satyavrat’s life became blessed after attaining enlightenment from God.He became free from life while he was alive. When the wrath of the cataclysm subsided, God in the form of a fish killed Hayagriva and snatched the Vedas from him. God again gave the Vedas to Brahmaji. In this way, God not only saved the Vedas by taking the form of a fish, but also did immense welfare to the living beings of the world.