||Om Namo Bhagavathe
Vasudevaya ||
Chapter – 137 – The legend
of Parashurama
King Gathi’s daughter Sathyavathi
was born in the clan of the Ikshuvaku dynasty. Once a Bhramin Rijika expressed his desire to the King Gathi to marry his daughter Sathyavathi.
The King could not accept the proposal of the Bhramin, he put forward a condition that the Bhramin should produce thousands
of horses before the assembly, moreover the horses should have ears white and black respectively. The intelligent Bhramin received thousands of
horses as a charity and produced before the King.
Thus the Bhramin married Sathyavathi, unfortunately, this couple had
no offspring. Once, Sathyavathi made a
visit to the Palace and passed on a message to her mother about her husband’s
desire to perform a Yajja for the offspring.
The mother of Sathyavathi expressed her desire to have a child of her
own. Thus, the proceedings of the Yajja
has begun, two vessels were prepared with ingredients/Manthra Pinda/ after invoking deities to get offspring, Bhramin left the place to make arrangements
for the remaining proceedings of the Yajja.
The mother of Sathyavathi insisted her daughter to swap the vessels to
get a superior child for her, eventually, the mother and daughter consumed the Manthra Pinda form the vessel. Later,
Satyavati told the truth to her husband Rijika about the swop of vessels with
her mother. The Brahmin felt infuriated and revealed the truth that her wife would give birth to a valorous and cruel
Kshatriya, different from his desire to have a virtuous child who is
proficient in Veda and Shastra. Thus Sathyavathi gave birth to Jamadhagni and
her mother gave birth to Vishwamithra.
Sathyavathi, who did not follow the command of her husband, became the river
Kaushiki.
Sage Jamadhagni was married
to Devi Renuka, this couple had Vasus and Rama who has charming appearance
considered as the incarnation of Lord Vasudeva.
Rama destroyed the wicked Kshatriyas of Heheya clan and numerous
unruly Kings, in this way he reduced the burden of Mother Earth.
Maharaja Pareekshith spoke “
Oh! Bhraman, Munishreshta, why did Parashurama kill the Kshatriyas?” Kindly narrate to me in detail.”
