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Nara : An incarnation of Visnu ; born ofDharma and Murti, daughter ofDaksa; a constant associate of Narayana while performing penance at Badarikasrama. The Mahabharata heroes Krsna and Aijuna are regarded as incarnations of Narayana and Nara. Vdvu Panina jetory to Vyasa,1 the son of Parasara and the gladdener of art of Satyavati—Vyasa from whose lotus-like mouth forth the nectar of words, which the whole universe sat* i lit I seek refuge in Lord Isana (Siva) , the eternal , great god of noble soul, the lord of steady, entire [verse. 4'4 HP f-6* Desirous of knowing {more about) Puranas, legends, WLtc,) I seek refuge in Lord Brahma, the creator of the worlds, j is) omniscient, unvanquished, the noble lord of (everythpast, present and future; God Brahma, the lord of universe in whom are inherent the four divine excellences, unparalleled knowledge, detachment, supremacy and virtue ) ; (Lord Brahma) who for ever visualizes all beings (irrespective of their being) manifest or unmanifest, which re-enter the Lord (Brahma) for cessation of activities (at the time of the dissolution of the universe); (God Brahma) the creator of the world, the knower of the reality of the world, the knower of the principles, who, resorting to Yoga, created all living beings mobile and immobile; the unborn lord, the creator of everything, the lord in the form of consciousness and the cosmic witness of the world.