The SUBJECT may be changed .. Let us say :: Lord Krishna
Dasavatharam concept is evolution theory ....
Mathsya - Fish - in water.. Koorma .. Tortoise - in water and land; Varaha .. Land Narasimha.. Demi human Vaamana .. Infant human Parasu .. Metal Rama ... Civilised
Dear Sir, The first theory is ' Vanagi Mannagi Valiygi Oliyagi Oonagi Uyiragi' = creation of world The second comes Dasavatharam evolution theory. Every life comes to the world with its own papa and punya Karmas and lives. Again it takes rebirth according to its Karma This is the basic of all Dharma and Nyayas and principles of Hinduism. Sri Krishna's all deeds can be explained with this, and 'Avanindri oru anuvum asayadhu' concept.
I have heard this before too. But what complicates this theory is that Matsya avatar, as we expect to be, is not the first avatar. In fact Varaha Avatar is the first one, followed by Kurma Avatar and then Matsya Avatar.
Keeping the Hiranyakshan hiding the earth under water theory aside, Varaha avatar is a metaphor to indicate the Pralaya, when the world is submerged in water, and that the Creation starts after Vishnu lifts the land out of Water. This is symbolised by the fact that Vishnu holds the land (Boomi Devi) either in His lap or on his Tusk (Our Vijay has excellent photos of Mallai Varaha panel to support this). Why a boar, one may question. Boar is a strong representation for the Male-dom which comes in union with the Female-dom, the earth in this case depicted as a female, and then the creation springs out.
Wait, this does not mean that they both had a physical union of sorts, what one might suddenly think of. Remember I said that all these are more of Metaphorical indications, to the world, in the language in which they understand.
So once the world is created, all other actions follow. It is also said in Puranas that there are different types of Pralayas. Nithya, Naimitthika pralayas. Nithya Pralaya is the one which happens at the Yuga-intersection. i.e, between Krita and Tretha, Tretha and Dwapara and so on. While the Naimitthika Pralaya is the Maha pralaya that happens at the end of the Chatur Yuga. This is when the entire world is dissolved.
Thirumangai Azhwar explains this very beautifully in his Periya Thirumozhi.
manjADu varai - Sky rocketing Mountains Alin mEl Or iLam thaLiril - Refers to the Alilai Krishnan episode.
In fact one can say that even prior to Varaha Avataram, the Alilai posture was the first one. Remember that in Bhagavatham (we discussed this earlier) it is stated that the number of avathars of Vishnu is countless.
Well, after I wrote all these, I started thinking why I wrote all these and what am I trying to prove!! Nothing, just that I wanted to say this with respect to the evolution theory given by SPS sir. It is possible, but the confusion arises, when one places Varaha Avatar or Alilai Kannan avatar as the first.