Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Lord Parasurama was born to Sage Jamadagni
and Renuka, was the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu in Satya Yuga.
There
was a King Kritaveerya in the lineage of lunar dynasty. King Kritaveerya had a son Karthaviryarjuna,
an ardent devotee of Lord Dattatreya.
Karthaviryarjuna attained extra-ordinary boons with his devotion and it
added his arrogance. He turned out powerful,
tyrannical and haughty. Once, King Karthaviryarjuna and his men were went out
for hunting in woodlands and arrived in a beautiful serene place. There they found the hermitage of Sage
Jamadagni. King Karthavirjaruna and his
men were tired of hunger and thirst. They
were approached the hermitage, Sage Jamadagni received his guests with due honor
and respect. Sage Jamadagni earnestly
invited his guests for lunch. The divine cow Kamadhenu who was sent by Lord
Indra for assisting Sage with the Yagna/Yaga procedures was grazing in front of
the hermitage. He requested Kamadhenu to
help him in preparing meal for the royal guests. Kamadhenu
enthusiastically
assisted Sage Jamadagni to prepare ceremonial lunch for the guests. Soon
the guests were served with a sumptuous meal.
King Karthaviryarjuna was surprised to notice the whole procedures and
enquired Sage about how could he serve these large number of guests with the
extravagant meal. Sage Jamadagni
revealed the reality that it was the grace of Kamadhenu made him serve his
guests with delicious meal and pointed at the divine cow grazing in front of
his hermitage.
After
listening to the glories of the divine cow Kamadhenu, King Karthaviryarjuna had
a strong selfish desire to get custody of her.
He became too irrational, he readily offered Sage Jamadagni with many
precious jewels and gifts in place of Kamadhenu. But Sage Jamadagni gracefully refused all the
precious gifts offered to him. The most
infuriated King Karthaviryarjuna ordered his men to get hold of the cow and forcefully
taken to his capital Mahishmati. Sage
Jamadagni was totally distressed and lamented over her absence, whilst Parasurama
was assigned with the job of collecting woods and materials for Yagna
procedures. Shortly, Parasurama arrived
at the hermitage and alarmed to see his father brokenhearted. He learned from his father what had happened in
his absence. He was mounted with anger,
got hold of his axe and left the hermitage searching for King Karthaviryarjna
and his men.
Parasurama
had a fierce battle with the King Karthaviryarjuna and his men. He mercilessly chopped off King
Karthaviryarjuna’s warriors. Finally,
King Karthaviryarjuna appeared before parasurama and in the ferocious battle
King Karthaviryarjuna lost his thousand arms and killed instantly. The remaining warriors and his sons were run
off from the battle field. Parasurama victoriously brought back the divine cow
Kamadhenu from their custody and respectfully handed to his father Sage
Jamadhagni.
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