From the evolutionary angle this avatar marks the period when humans started a settled way of life taking to agriculture Balarama is a symbol of strength, an obedient son, an ideal brother and husband, an ideal man and god. He is a protector from desires, the divinity of strength or the strength of the divine, symbolizing duty, honesty and simplicity. Vishnu incarnated as Balarama when Indra and the other gods came to lord Vishnu and asked for release from the demon son Kamsa, king of Mathura. Vishnu took one black and one white hair from his head and promised that these two would come to fight against the demons. This way, first Balarama (the white hair) and then Krishna (the black hair). There was an overlap of two avathArams in time scale of BalarAma-KrishNAvathArams. Sriman NaarAyaNA took on the avathAram of BalarAman to enact the role of the elder brother of KaNNan . BalarAman was never away from KaNNan (apruthakbhUthan in Swamy Desikan's mangaLAsAsanam). Swamy Desikan goes on to salute the inseperable aspect of BalarAman and KaNNan from boyhood as sugar and milk mixed together for enhanced enjoyment of the BhakthAs (Ksheram sarkkarayEva).
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