Pattanaik's Secret Secrets of Vishnu: Part D (Trivikrama)

Ignorance breeds insecurity and arrogance. Lakshmi and Saraswati are usually never seen together. The Devas and the Asuras focus on either Lakshmi or Saraswati only one at a time. Vishnu, however, focuses on both goddesses simultaneously. Lakshmi is Vishnu's connection to the earthly needs of humans. Saraswati is Vishnu's connection to the spiritual needs of man. He knows that the two goddesses do not get along so he keeps Lakshmi at his feet and Saraswati in his mouth. The journey to Sarawati, the goddess representing peace, goes from finite to infinite, which is a journey of "what I have" to "what I am." From Brahma's nostrils, Vishnu is incarnated as a boar with long tusks which is Vahara. From that day, Vishnu is the guardian of the earth, which is why he is the color blue.


Bibliography: Seven Secrets of Vishnu (Trivikrama) by Devdutt Pattanaik (link)

Trivikrama. Source: Wikimedia Commons.