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SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha 

SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha  

Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divyapadukasevaka Srivan Satakopa Sri 
NarayanaYatindra Mahadesikaya nama:

Dear Bhagavathas,

The writer would like to submit the following as the clarification and trust it 
would serve the purpose. 

Every Avatar of MAHA VISHNU teaches us something , which is vital for our 
emancipation from this world. If one studies in detail , the Avatars will 
definitely convey to us something , which we were not aware of earlier. If we 
analyse the Parasurama Avatar in that respect , we will see the following , 
which the writer has already sent through an article in this site itself as 
early as : 

 Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:16:56 +0100 (BST)

which is reproduced  for your benefit.

Quote:

Parasurama Avatar. ? a glimpse. - Battle between the Head and the Heart .

Sriman Narayanan , has taken number of Vibhava Avatarams , only to teach the 
mankind , the importance of righteousness, virtue, kindness , friendliness 
,principles of empathy , importance of performing one?s prescribed duties 
within the laid down norms etc.etc and bring the humanfolk into the right path 
by removing adharma in any form . In this Parasurama Avataram is one such 
Sakthi form of Vishnu. The Lord took up this form only to remove the arrogance 
of the Kshatriya rulers, who harmed the sages and unprotected mortals. If we 
try to analyze the sequences in detail , we can notice that this Avatar teaches 
us a lot.

Parasurama was born to Rishi Jamadhagni and his wife Renuka, as the fifth boy. 
He was initially named Bargava Rama and later on when he took to great penance 
, lasting over 10 years in the Himalayas ( Kailash) , Bargava Rama was renamed 
Parasurama by Lord Siva himself , who gave him his Siva Dhanus and the Parasu ( 
the Axe) as the boons for his deep penance and devotion and blessed him to 
achieve his objectives with the help of those gadgets . Parasurama , primarily 
did the penance to Lord Siva only to get enough powers to avenge the kshatriya 
rulers , who were harming the sages. 

When Parasurama came back from Kailash , he found his father in deep sorrow and 
distress . As his aim was only to remove the sorrow of the sage and avenge the 
person who created such distress to the Rishi , without even using his senses 
properly , he gave the word to his father that he would fulfill his wishes in 
the acts of revenge . This revengeful bent of mind put Parsurama in a deep 
predicament. 

So in life one should always use the sense organs properly , at the same time 
having full control over them , and take such prudent decisions , which would 
result in actions of glory and fame . 

The conversation between Rishi Jamadagni and Parsurama after the latter cutting 
the head of his mother Renuka , based on the orders of his father Jamadagni is 
quite revealing and educating . Parasurama regrets a lot for his impulsive and 
sinful actions. Then Rishi Jamadagni , uses his extraordinary powers of penance 
and rejoins the head of Renuka with her body to bring her back to life. Even 
though this action brings happiness to all the five children , Parasurama 
continues to regret and goes to his father questioning his actions. He wonders 
, how can , a Rishi , who is well educated , having a profound vision and 
accomplished lots of glory , could suspect his own wife. Is it just because 
Renuka Devi happens to be a woman ? Rishi does not have the right to suspect 
her actions and put her to such insult and cruel punishment. If a great Rishi 
can go ahead and do such a sinful act , in future how a common person , who is 
not blessed with such wisdom or education or vision can control
 his senses and ego. Rishi Jamadagni seeks the pardon of Parasurama number of 
times and Parasuram refuses. He categorically says that his father?s act cannot 
be pardoned by any one , except by his own mother Renuka devi , who was the 
then affected person . Rishi Jamadagni then seeks the help of Renuka Devi, his 
wife to pardon him . In the over all interest of the family to be together . 
She gracefully accepts the request, thereby establishing the kindness of a 
motherhood . 

Thus one can notice that while children should respect their parents and their 
orders , it should not be a blind faith . The actions should follow the laws 
laid down in society . Also, a righteous woman would always look into the over 
all interests of the family instead of her own self. 

The raged Parasurama , regretting his cruel action and in deep despair ,feels 
ashamed and curses his own fate , for bringing such a blemish to his life and 
seeks the blessings of Lord Siva to explain to him , why He gave that Parasu ( 
the axe) to him and made his mother to be the first victim .

If one ponders a bit more , we can realize that , this is what happens to a 
person , when he is driven by his high ego and the ego centric desires , and 
takes up actions with only revenge as the motive , without having restraint and 
self control . 

Parasurama wanted to avenge the Kshatriyas , who were giving trouble to the 
sages. His main aim in life was only that. But to achieve that aim , he chose 
to follow a path , with only anger and revenge in mind , without any self 
control, which tripped him to the trap of giving word to his father without 
even thinking of the consequences and thus got into a situation which brought 
him such a bad name. 

Again , with such a distressed mind and anger , Parsurama goes to the King?s 
palace , who was responsible for his father?s despair , to avenge him . When 
Parsurama tries to kill the King , the King?s wife intervenes and stops 
Parsurama from another cruel act and says that she will not allow him to take 
revenge against the King till she is alive. She wanted Pursurama to kill her 
first before proceeding further. Even though the King was disloyal to his wife 
, the greatness of the queen is well revealed by her own selfless actions. 

The story thus reveals how the two ladies , Rishi?s wife Renuka and the king?s 
wife protect their husbands , when they were in despair. They used their heads 
properly to arrive at decisions which would benefit the entire family . If 
people are upright , straight forward and devoted to their respective duties , 
no force on earth can keep those people suppressed and their glory will come 
out automatically with full force and vigour. 

In Vaikuntam , Mahavishnu and Mahalakshmi are in dialogue. Goddess Lakshmai 
rightly questions her husband Mahavishnu , how He could take an avatar like 
that in the world , where He is forced to cut His own mother?s head based on 
the orders of His father and how can He give word to His father without 
understanding the details of the wishes of His father. Was it not an act of 
arrogance or immature behaviour ? She says she was unable to understand the 
significance of this Avatar. While this may look a bit strange , actually the 
Goddess Lakshmi wanted the Lord Himself to convey to the world , the 
significance of this Avatar . 

As usual Lord Vishnu then replies calmly and says that He wanted to prove to 
the world how even a well read and accomplished person can succumb to the ego , 
if he does not have self control. While the saying "Pithru Devo Bhava" is to be 
observed , so also the saying "Mathru Devo Bhava" , which is equally important. 
When He talks of Mathru here , the Lord covers all the Women folk in the 
universe. He even says , because of the impulsive action of Parasurama , in 
only desiring to fulfill his promise to his father , he engaged himself in such 
a cruel action , which when goes in history , is not going to bring him a big 
fame and despite all his other achievements and accomplishments it would remain 
as a blemish in his life history. Also the path chosen by any one to achieve 
his objectives should be bounded by the laid down laws of the universe. 
Moreover , persons should never be self centered and impulsive in their actions 
. Persons should use their head more than their heart while
 taking crucial decisions in life . 



Sarve Jana Sukhino Bhavantu ! ! 



Adiyen Dasan--G.Sampath. 

Unquote. 



rojatraders <rojatraders@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



I have some doubts on parasuram avathar.Some vaishnavites believe 
that lakshmi and vishnu are inseperable and in every avathar of 
vishnu, lakhsmi always followed him.But as far as I know in 
parasuram avathar and vamana avathar this did not happen.Also we 
have read that parasurama was defeated by bheeshma in vyasa 
bharatham.Why was this so?"Also parasuram avathar reminds more of a 
kalki avathar--destroying kings.Every avathar of vishnu is filled 
with karunya and love even to his enemies.But parasuram avathar 
destroyed all ksathriyas indiscriminatly.He even came to kill king 
dasaratha,who was a benign ksathriya king.Is there any reason behind 
this?

Also is Balarama an avathar of vishnu?










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