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Parashurama or Bhargava Rama - Part VII, The Parashu (Axe). Did you know that Parashu, named Vidyudabhi, is a weapon of the epic times which was created by Lord Shiva as his weapon which he eventually gifted to Lord Parashurama, his devoted disciple for ten years, and taught him its use? Parashu Rama , Rama with Parashu, the battle axe - the divine weapon - got Parashu as a gift from its orignal creatoive owner Lord Shiva. Parashurama was a devoted disciple of Shiva for ten years, and as reward for his deep penance and devotion, Shiva gifted him the Parashu and also taught him its use. Parashu was thus the divine battle-axe or weapon of Parashurama. Parashurama after ecieving the parashu is reported to have said:"This divine axe that possesses the power to cut through any asurik maya have found me for a purpose." Parashu, in Hindu mythology, an astra, is a supernatural weapon created or gifted by the gods to someone who then p...

Parashurama or Bhargava Rama - Part VII, History of Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins Did you know that Parashurama or Bhargava Rama is treated as the the founder and creator of the Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins of the region of Parashruma Kshetra in the west coast of India, and they consider themselves as the best and the brightest of the historic brahmin families of Maharashtra? Parashurama, the axe (Parashu) wielding avatara of Hindu God Lord Vishnu, after exterminating most Kshatriyas of the land came to the west coast of India to settle down, and with blessings of Lord Varuna, god of the Seas, created the Parashurama Kshetra also known as the Konkan region. To expiate his sins, Parashurama reportedly did penance and unable to find Brahmins in the Konkan, created Chitpavan Brahmins by purifying a group of sixty fishermen (14 is also mentioned in some references) of foreign origin who had gathered at a fuenral pyre near the coast. These Brahmins got the name Chi...

Parashurama or Bhargava Rama - Part V (a), In epic Mahabharata Did you know that Parashurama a chiranjeevi, who was so far spanned three aeons, had many desxciples during the Dwapara Yuga in the epic Mahabharata times when he trained in warfare his iconic desciples starting with Bhishma, Drona and Karna?   Parashurama had after his encounter with Rama of Ayodhya, and following his surrender of his divine avatara powers to Rama, following the lifting and stringing and relesing of the arrow of the Vishnu dhanus by Rama, moved to Mahendra mountain for penance. His pitrurdevatas advised him only to do Tapas after a taking a holy dip in the Vadoosara River which restored his lustre; to take a dip at special spot in the river called Deeptoda. He did just that and thus regained his divine body.  The Pandavas of the epic Mahabharata period of the Dwapara Yuga, contacted Parashurama's desciple Akritavrana, after litening to Parashurama's esxploits ...

Parashurama or Bhargava Rama - Part VI, retirement home in Westcoast of India Did you know that Parashurama or Bhargava Rama, who has lived on from Treta Yuga to the present Kaliyuga, has reportedly settled down in many places in South India of which the Parashurama Kshetra in the areas demarcated by the Indian state of Kerala retrived from the Arabian Sea in one.? Parashurama or Bhargava Rama, born in early Treta Yuga to sage Jamadagni and his wife Renuka, as the sixth avatara of Lord Vishnu, is the divine and fiery man carrying his weapon Parashu, the primitive tool of the man in woods. He fullfilled the assigned role of eliminating most of the evil and despotic Kashatriya rulers of the land; He single handedly corrected the cosmic equilibrium by destroying the Kshatriya warriors twenty-one times. There is also a myth of extermination of kashatriyas by Brahamnical class or priestly caste which has been mythcalised to the legendary invasion of India from Eg...

Parashurama or Bhargava Rama - Part V (b), Training Karna In epic Mahabharata Did you know that Parashurama or Bhargava Rama, the Brahmin priest and warrior did train Karna, as a great archer and warrior but at the end cursed him also to forget the mantras to recall the astras as he lerned that Karna had decived him by saying he was a Brahmin?  Parashurama's foray in the Dwapara Yuga continues eventhough he had retired into the Mahendra parvat after his savage actions of slaying the Kashatriyas. Karna, the much misunderstood warrior, one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata and a tragic hero , went out of his way to somehow get trained by Parashurama. Karna had deceptively told Parashurama that he was Brahamana so that he could take him as disciple. Parasurama laid his palm on Karna's striking youth head, blessing him, He said I will teach you everything I know. Thus began the tutelage in Parashuaram's ashrama. Parashura...

Parashurama or Bhargava Rama - Part IV, Encounter with Lord Rama of Ayodhya of epic Ramayana, Did you know that Parashurama or Bhargava Rama, during the Treta Yuga after he had earned the moniker as 'Kshatrantaka' following his slaying all Kshatriyas, has an encounter with young Rama, prince of Ayodhya of epic Ramayana in King Janaka's court where the Shiva Dhanus is broken? Did you know that Parashurama or Bhargava Rama, is present in the Ramayana epic due to the conflict with Rama (the protagonist of the Ramayana) over Shiva's broken bow, also appears later in Mahabharata epic as the guru of Bhisma, Drona, Rukmi, and Kar na?   Parashurama, the sixth avatara of Vishnu meets with the seventh avatara of Vishnu, in the Treta Yuga itself, at the breaking of his Shiva Dhanus which he had gifted to King Janaka in the epic Ramayana. This furious encounter of Parashurama with young prince Rama of Ayodhya takes place in the Swamyamvara event organised...

Parashurama or Bhargava Rama - Part IV Encounter with Ganesha Did you know that the moniker given to god Ganesha as Ekadanti was courtesy Parashurma's parasu (axe)? Parashurama, known as Kshatrantaka after his marauding revegeful action of slyaing the Kskatriya race, remorseful of his actions, sought as a favourite disciple of his guru Lord Shiva's comforting guidance and blessings. The sage found himself just outside Kailash, abode of Lord Shiva, and was surprised when he found Ganesha, the son of Lord Shiva and Parvathi wasoutside the door. Ganesha blocked Parashurama from entering the chamber of Shiva as he was sleeping. Ganesha refused to let Parashurama in to disturb the sleeping Shiva. Parashurama, who had thought that he could meet his favorite guru Shiva anytime anywhere) became furious and tried to force his way in,. But found Ganesha a determined opponent. Ganesha challenged Parashurama and a fight ensued between the two. Ganesha then ...

Parashurama or Bhargava Rama, - Part III Invincble destroyer of Kshatriya clan  Did you know that Parashurama, of Brahamanical class or priestly caste, waged war against the Kshatriya rulers twenty one times as he had seen 21 cuts on his father's body who was slain by King Kartvirarjuna;s sons and he had heard ethereally his mother's cry Rama! Rama! Parasurama! 21 times? Parashurama's life history takes a drastic and violent turn, during the period between Treta Yuga and Dwapara Yuga. This was when his encounter of the Bhrigu Bhargavas clan against their arch enemies Haihayas headed by Kartavirya Arjuna and his sons to start with and later against all the Kashtriyas of the land, started to unfold. It was also the time of unfolding of his sixth avatara of Vishnu as Rama with the axe ( parasu ) - Parashu Rama - in the Shaktyavesh Avatara to eliminate the Kshatriya dynasties who had excesively become despotic because of the material modes ...

Parashurama or Bhargava Rama, - Part II (b), Early life events Did you know that Parashurama as a young man had a traumatic experience of committing matricide by beheading his mother Renuka obeying his father Jamadagini's order? Parashurama,, after getting Shiva's blessings and favours of weapons following his intense mediaition in the Himalayas, returned to his father Jamadagni's ashram at Janapav in Narmada valley to continue his education and serve his parents. He had thus acquired dual characteristics of Brahmin and Kshatriya . It was during this time that calamities struck the family and dramatcially changed the course of Parashurma's life.  The first traumatic experience Parashurama faced related to his loving mother Renuka. It so happened that on one fateful day when Renuka went to the river, falls into an indulgence of an impure desire while watching a young royal couple romantically frolicking in the river where she had gone to fetch w...