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Nara-Narayana

When for the Immortal elixir the rapacious demons  clawed

Then appeared  Nara and Narayana, Supernal Man and God.

From Narayana's mind Sudarshan-Chakra stormed

Thought into Action instantaneously transformed

Demon-desire  destroyed by Narayana the Almighty-armed.

From Nara's hands speedy arrows  by his bow-celestial flew 

Right Action true to the Aim,  devouring Danavas in fiery spew 

By Nara the Divine in humankind  to godly stature renew.

Arrogance and Avarice - armour of Asura- pierced through

Sahasrakavacha felled by Nara and Narayana - the Sages Two.

Dambhodhabhava reborn as Karna with his morals askew

Till Naryana-Krishna and Nara-Arjuna this aberration slew.

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''The symbolic companionship of Arjuna and Krishna, the human and the divine soul, is expressed elsewhere in Indian thought... in the twin figures of Nara and Narayana, the seers who do tapasyā together for the knowledge... Arjuna and Krishna, this human and this divine, stand together not as seers in the peaceful hermitage of meditation, but as fighter and holder of the reins in the clamorous field, in the midst of the hurtling shafts, in the chariot of battle. The Teacher of the Gita is therefore not only the God in man who unveils himself in the word of knowledge, but the God in man who moves our whole world of action, by and for whom all our humanity exists and struggles and labours, towards whom all human life travels and progresses. He is the secret Master of works and sacrifice and the Friend of the human peoples.''

Sri Aurobindo - Essays on the Gita

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''He is Hari, He is Srikrishna, He is the Personal God whom we love and adore and whom we pursue and seize through the Ages. Then, descending a step farther, avataran, He is known to Himself not only as the universal Lord of the Lila, but as the individual, Narayana concealed in Nara, playing through him, different from him, one with him.''

Sri Aurobindo - Hymns to the Mystic Fire