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separation from his wife, another avatâr /being naked danced before a Rishi who gave him a curse whereupon his male organ was broken into pieces, another avatar caused a battle to be fought and was himself engaged in it, another avatâr caused falsehood to be spoken, another avatar was tired of going, another avatâr went to eat gular fruits and not finding the fruits on the trees gave it a curse to be dried up and it was dried up, another avatar infused life in a dead body, at the time of his death had himself hanged, wished to remain alive but could not, died when the time of the death arrived, could not remain alive till now, that God created people of a certain community when those people did not act up to His dictates, He repented and having become angry destroyed certain cities and gave so many Curses etc. Many such statements are found in their books. Had not those avatars possessed those qualifications, the writers would have not made a mention of those improper things. The writers were not their enemies on account
