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Balbhadra, Narayana and Prati-Narayana

Now, let us know about the Shalaka Purushs - Balbhadra, Narayana and Pratinarayana.

There are total 9 Balbhadras, 9 Narayanas and 9 Pratinarayanas born in 4th era of each Utsarpini and Avasarpini half-cycles. Each of these triplets of Balbhadra, Narayana and Pratinarayana are born together in same time-span; and thus discussing them together will become easy to understand.

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Narayana; with the help of his elder brother Balbhadra, defeat Pratinarayana and become the ruler of 3 Khands (continents) of Bharat/Aeravat/Videh Kshetra.

Interesting, right?

Below are the two most popular examples from the mythological history!

  1. ShriKrishna (Narayan) with the help of his elder brother Balram (Balbhadra) won over Jarasangh (Pratinarayan) and became the ruler of 3 Khands (continents) of Bharat-kshetra.

  2. Laxman (Narayan) with the help of his elder brother Ramchandra (Balbhadra) won over Raavan (Pratinarayan) and became the ruler of 3 Khands (continents) of Bharat-kshetra.

Some interesting facts about Balbhadras​

  • Balbhadras are the strongest amongst all men ever born in that era.
  • Ramchandra ji (Balbhadra) possessed:
    • 8000 Queens
    • 16000 countries
    • 16000 kings
    • 48 crore cities
    • 28 islands
    • 42 lakh elephants in army
    • 42 lakh chariots
    • 9 crore horses in army
  • By the rule of nature (vastu-vyavastha), Balbhadras attain salvation (become God) or go to Heaven.

Some interesting facts about Narayanas and Pratinarayanas​

  • They have a total of 7 Ratnas (Precious belongings) (remember, Chakravarti had 14?) that includes Sudarshan Chakra (which is used to win the 3 Khands), different weapons and precious jewels.
  • By the rule of nature (vastu-vyavastha), all Narayanas and Pratinarayanas go to Hell (Narak).
  • Narayanas by rule; are younger brothers of Balbhadras (eg. Balram and ShriKrishna, Ramchandra and Laxman)
  • Pratinarayana initially wins and rules over the 3 Khands. Narayana with the help of his elder brother Balbhadra defeats Pratinarayana in a war to take the rule of the 3 Khands with him. Pratinarayana dies from the hands of Narayana in the war by the Sudarshan Chakra (like how Ravana and Jarasangha were killed in war).