Bhagwan Parshuram Samarthak Samiti
Jai Mahakaal. Jai Parshuram.
Lord Parshuram: God Vishnu occupies an
integral place in Hindu religion. God Vishnu is known for his many incarnations.
Parshuram is believed to be his sixth incarnation. The story of Parshuram
belongs to the Treta yug. The word Parshuram means Lord Ram with an axe.
Parshuram was the son
of Jamadagni and Renuka. Parshuram had received an axe from God Shiva after
undertaking terrible reparation. God Shiva had also taught his methods of
warfare and other skills. Born in a Brahmin family, he was unlike the other
Brahmins. Instead, Parshuram carried traits of a Kshatriya. He carried a number
of Khatriya traits, which included aggression, warfare and valour. Hence, he is
called as a “Brahma-Kshatriya‟ as he had skills from both the clan.
(Kamdhenu
Cow)
(Kamdhenu
Cow_2)
One story associated with Parshuram is that
once King Kartavirya Sahasrarjuna and his army forcibly tried to take away
Parshuram's father's magical cow named Kamdhenu. Kartavirya Arjuna or
Sahasrabahu Arjuna was a legendary king of an ancient Haihayas kingdom with
capital at Mahishmati which is on the banks of Narmada River in the current
state of Madhya Pradesh. Kartavirya was son of Kritavirya, king of the
Haihayas. According to the Puranas, Haihaya was the grandson of Sahasrajit, son
of Yadu. This is his patronymic, by which he is best known, he is also referred
to simply as Arjuna. He is described as having a thousand hands and a great
devotee of god Dattatreya.
(Kartavirya
Arjuna or Sahasrabahu Arjuna)
Being angry and
revengeful, he killed the entire army and King Kartavirya. In revenge for their
father's death, the king's son killed Jamadagni in Parshuram's absence. Furious
and hurt by their act, he went ahead killing all the king's sons and corrupt Haihaya
Kings and warriors on the earth. He conducted the Ashvamedha sacrifice and gave
away his entire holdings to the priests who conducted the ritual.
(The angry form of Parshuram)
Parshuram is also known
as immortal, who fought back the advancing ocean, which was going to hit the
lands of Konkan and Malabar. The area between Maharashtra and Karnataka is
known as ParshuramKshetra.
Parshuram was known for
his love for righteousness. He was known to be the Guru to Bhishma, Dronacharya
and Karna. However, in advance, Parshuram knew that Karna would do injustice to
Duryodhan in the Kruskshetra war. So as the duty of a good guru, he decides to
teach him the Brahmashastra, but he also cursed Karna that the knowledge will
not be any useful to him.
According to the
folklore, Parshuram gave the Sudharshan Chakra to Lord Krishna. It is believed
that the main motto of Vishnu‟s sixth incarnation was to free the earth‟s
burden by assassinating the sinful and irreligious kings who neglected their
duties.
According to another
legend, Parshuram once went to meet God Shiva. As he reached the door, Lord
Ganesh confronted Parshuram and stopped him from meeting with God Shiva. Angry
and furious, Parshuram threw the axe given by God Shiva on Ganesha. Knowing that
the axe was given by God Shiva, Ganesha allowed the axe to cut away one of his
tusks.
Another story mentioned
in the Kalki Purana believes that Parshuram still resides on the earth. It
states that Parshuram will be the martial guru of Shri Kalki, who is going to
be the last avatar of God Vishnu. He instructs Kalki to perform a long
sacrament to please God Shiva. After being pleased God Shiva will bless Kalki
with the celestial weaponry.
(Some pictures are taken from https://www.hindugodwallpaper.com/ & http://www.harekrsna.de/)
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