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RY OF CULTURE
 
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संस्कृति मंत्र
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
PARASURAMA
 
Ridding the earth of Kshatriyas
twenty-one times, the Lord created nine
lakes of blood at Syamantapanchaka.
 
AVATARA
 
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पितुः कायेन सन्धाय शिर आदाय बर्हिषि ।
सर्वदेवमयं देवमात्मानमयजन्मखैः ॥
 
Taking the head of His father, He
joined it with the trunk, in the sacrifice
and worshipped with sacrifices the
Lord, the embodiment of all gods, His
own Self.
 
स्वदेहं जमदग्निस्तु लब्ध्वा संज्ञानलक्षणम्।
ऋषीणां मण्डले सोऽभूत् सप्तमो रामपूजितः ॥
 
Obtaining his body in the form of
effulgence, Jamadagni, who was honoured
by Rama, became the seventh in the
group of the (seven great) sages.*
 
जामदग्न्योऽपि भगवान् रामः कमललोचनः ।
आस्तेऽद्यापि महेन्द्राद्रौ न्यस्तदण्डः प्रशान्तधीः ॥
 
* The group of the seven great sages (Sapta Rishis)
is the constellation of the Great Bear. The seven
great sages are Kasyapa, Atri, Vasishtha, Visvamitra,
Gautama, Bharadvaja and Jamadagni.