(In this episode, the story of the birth of Parashurama is narrated.
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The story of Parashurama.
Obviously, Seetha Devi possessed more qualities than what Brahma and
other Gods possessed. Sri Rama is beyond attributes. Indeed, Sri Rama and
Seetha Devi are parents of all beings in the universe.
When Sri Rama and Seetha Devi, along with all other people, had
travelled a short distance, Parashurama appeared there. Before taking birth as
Sri Rama, Lord Hari had taken the incarnation of Parashurama in the dynasty of
Sri Bhrugu Maharishi. Parashurama had decided to make the universe aware of the
fact that Sri Rama was an incarnation of Lord Narayana and therefore he appeared
in front of Sri Rama as though he was trying to confront the Ayodhya Prince. Parashurama told Sri Rama: “Oh Rama, the bow I possess
is the bow of Sri Narayana. If you can tie the string to it and pull the string
once, all of us will be convinced that you are an incarnation of Lord Narayana.”
Sri Rama took the bow, tied the string and even set an arrow on the string. Owing
to a boon bestowed by Lord Brahma, a demon had managed to hide in the stomach
of Sri Parashurama. He was then ousted out of the stomach by Sri Parashurama.
Sri Rama killed that demon with the arrow he had already set.
Background of Bhargava Rama
As already stated, Sage Rucheeka belonging to the dynasty of Bhrugu Rishi
married Satyavati Devi, daughter of King Gadhi. His mother-in-law sought his
blessings to have a son and wife sought to become the mother of a spiritually
awakened son. Accordingly, Sage Rucheeka made up his mind to grant a son with
the attributes of a prince like cruelty to his mother-in-law and a saintly, calm,
patient and sobre son to his wife Satyavati. Accordingly, he gave a bowl of
gruel each to his mother-in-law and wife by chanting relevant Mantras and then
went away to have bath.
Thinking that her son-in-law had cheated her by granting a son of noble
qualities like patience, knowledge and intelligence, the mother-in-law exchanged
her bowl of gruel with the bowl of Satyavati. On his return, Sage Rucheeka saw
the face of his wife Satyavati. He could immediately notice that the face of
Satyavati had all indications of bearing a son with Kshatriya attributes. With
his mystic powers, he could understand what had happened. He revealed to his
wife that her mother had interchanged the bowl of gruel with an evil motto. He
also told his wife that her son would be cruel and stubborn.
Satyavati was frightened by this development and appealed to her husband to
somehow save her. Rucheeka said: “You will have a calm and patient son since my
chanting of Mantra cannot fail. Because of this Havis, one of your grandsons
will be very cruel. Accordingly, Satyavati gave birth to Jamadagni. After the
birth of son, Satyavati went away to flow as a holy river called Kaushiki.
Jamadagni, who became a Brahmarishi, married Renu’s daughter Renuka, whose
youngest son was named Rama, an incarnation of Sri Narayana. Since he was born
in the dynasty of Bhrugu Rishi, he came tobe known as Bhargava Rama.
Even though he was born as the son of Jamadagni Rishi, he had imbibed some
cruelty only to make what Rucheeka Rishi had uttered. To make the world aware
that he had taken birth as a Kshatriya to kill all the demons, he was always carrying
an axel and a bow and came to be known as Parashurama.
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