Who were Nar Narayan?

Answer 1

Nar and Narayan were two brothers who were "Rishis " as mentioned in Mahabharat. Again Arjun(Nar-man) and Krishna(Arjun) is also refered as Nara and Narayana.

The story goes:

" An interesting story is told that once an asura, who had pleased Brahma with his devotion, was granted a boon by the Creator of this universe, “Your life exists in the thousand kavachas (armours) that I have bestowed upon you and because of which none can kill you. But, if any one of your enemies were to remove the kavachas from your body, then you would lose all your powers. I also grant you another boon-one who takes away even one kavacha from you will have to fight you for a hundred years.”

With such powerful boons granted to an asura, it was enough reason for this to go to his head. He began to exercise his powers for both good and evil purposes, as a result of which all came to dread him and gave him the name Sahasrakavacha (a hundred armours). The devas were so disgusted with his behaviour that they decided to approach Lord Vishnu to seek his intervention. On hearing their pleas, Lord Vishnu agreed to help them and descended on earth in the form of two men, named Nara and Narayana.

Now these two men challenged Sahasrakavacha to a battle, which the asura willingly accepted, conscious as he was of his prowess and the hundred kavachas that he wore.

The day of the battle arrived. Nara engaged Sahasrakavacha in the confrontation for a hundred years while Narayana sat down to do penance. After a hundred years, Nara managed to force one kavacha off from the asura’s body by piercing through it and then embarked on penance. Meanwhile, Narayana took up the battle from where Nara had left. Thus alternating with each other, Nara and Narayana continued fighting with the asura, till he was left with only one kavacha upon his body.

Now Sahas-rakavacha realised that he was left with the last kavacha and if that too was ripped off his body, he would die. So, he went and hid himself behind the Sun-god. With Sahasrakavacha having left the field, Nara and Narayana returned to heaven.

After a long time, a son was born to Kunti with the blessings of the Sun-god. The child was named Karna and he was born wearing a single kavacha upon himself. This evidently proved to the shocked people around him that Karna was none other than Sahasrakavacha who had taken rebirth as Karna.

As we all know, in the battle of Mahabharata, Karna supported Duryo-dhana. Lord Indra disguised himself as a poor Brahmin and approached Karna for alms. Karna was a kind-hearted man, so he willingly took out his kavacha to hand over to the poor Brahmin. With the last kavacha off, Karna went to the battlefield and was killed by an arrow directed at him by Arjuna, who rode his chariot with Lord Krishna driving it. Arjuna and Krishna were Narayana and Nara respectively, in earlier life and were responsible for killing Karna.

Thus, as promised by Brahma, Sahasrakavacha lived so long as he wore the kavachas. "

Answer 2

Nar Narayan

Answer 3

In Hindu mythology,every personality . has some symbolic meaning.NAR- Narayan,Krishna,Vishnu means the same meaning ie. the first KING of this World(when it was at the highest values of Peace, Prosperity and Purity).Difficult to digest but it seems to be anonymous with Adam Eve(Laxmi Narayan).It is said that NAR(man) can become NARAYAN, and NARI (woman)can become LAXMI with their good deeds.Moreover it is also said that BRAHMA (after transformation of this old world) becomes VISHNU at the start of the new World (Satyug) ,and again VISHNU becomes BRAHMA at the end of this World (ie Kalyug) , and this Cycle goes on repeating.It is based on the Godly knowledge of BRAHMAKUMARIS.Know in details.

Answer 4

Nar & Narayan were two rishis who did their tapasya on two hills near Badrinath.

Indra sent one his apsaras to allure them, but they created the most beautiful women with the help of their ear-wax..thus Indra was ashamed

Narayan rishi had reached the highest of Samadhi and had become one with God, while Nar rishi was still in lower stages...when both died

Nar and Narayan took re-birth as Arjuna and Krishna

Answer 5

Asuras were always in the quest of Immortality. As brahma would not grant the boon of immortality they put up cluses for their death which was agreed to by Brahma.
one such Asura asked a boon that he shall be killed by only such a person who can do penance while engaged in war with him for 1000 years The battle should go on for 100000 years. He was now certain that no one can kill him so he subjugated the world and devas became homeless. They prayed to Vishnu who on their behalf was born as twins. One was named narayana and the other as nara. They went to fight the Asura. narayana told Nara to be in penance for 1000 years when he will engage the asura in battle. After athousand years he took to penance and Nara engaed the asura in battle. like this alternating they completed 100000 years of battle and killed the asura.
Nara means human and naarayana is vishnu. They re incarnated as Krishna and Arjuna and again as sri Rama krishna and Vivekananda

Answer 6

Bhagwan Swaminarayan (April 2, 1781 - 1830) is the central figure of the Uddhav Sampradaya (also known and referred to as, the Swaminarayan Sampradaya), a relatively recent Hindu sect, considered by many as a Vaishnavite sect. This faith's attraction for its followers lies in its deep philosophy based in the Vedas, purity of purpose, ethics and strong belief in social work with a respect for all religions.

Bhagwan Swaminarayan was born Ghanshyam Pande in Uttar Pradesh (North India) in 1781 AD, renounced his home at the age of 11, performed austerities in the Himalayas and traveled through India for the next seven years across 8,000 miles, before settling in an ashram in Gujarat (Western India). He then preached his doctrine of love, peace, purity and non-violence until his death in 1830. Followers believe that he lives on beyond his mortal form.

Answer 7

Nara Nara were teeth bitters in Tamil