Akashatpathitham Toyam Yadhagachati Sagaram Sarvadeva Namaskaraha Kesavam Prathigachathi Narayana or Vishnu is the God, the Supreme Power, for the preservation of the Universe and Dharma. As Wealth is needed for such preservation, the same is personified in Goddess Lakshmi as his consort. Vishnu is supposed to have already taken Ten Avataras (incarnations) to preserve Dharma on earth whenever it was on the decline. These ten incarnations (Dasavataras) symbolically represent the state of gradual and orderly physical evolution of human beings on earth from Matsyavatara (Fish) to Kalikavatara modern worldly Man. Some believe that they also represent the gradual spiritual evolution in Man from his birth to his end. The four hands represent the four aspects that function in human beings, the Mind, Ego, Intellect and Conscience. The articles in his hands are the symbols of the most essential types of energy required for the preservation of the Universe; Sankha (Conch) for sound energy, Chakra (Discuss) for heat energy, Padma (Lotus) for light energy, and Gada (Mace) for Electro-magnetic energy. As all water in the form of rain from the sky eventually merges into the ocean so also worshipping all gods leads only to one Supreme God who is known by the name of Vishnu or Narayana.