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RY OF CULTURE
 
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संस्कृति मंत्र
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
PARASURAMA
 
R
idding the earth of Kshatriyas
for
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.