Parasrama

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Parasrama, the son of Jamadagni, who had been deprived of his axe and strength by Rama, sings the Praises of Guru Nanak Dev. (Swayye Mahle Pahle Ke, p. 1389)

Parasrama wept, when he came back to his home. (Var Ramkali M. 3, Shalok M. l, p. 953)

Parashurama was the sixth incarnation of Vishnu. He was the fifth son of the Brahmin sage Jamadagni and Renuka. When the thousand-armed Kshatriya king Kartavirya forcibly took away the cow Surabhi (Kamadhenu) from the hermitage of his father Jamadagni, Parashurama, in great rage, pursued him and in the battle! killed him. The sons of the king killed Jamadagni, the father of Parshurama. Because of his father\'s murder, Parashurama vowed vengeance against them and the whole Kshatriya race. He is said to have fought and cleared the earth of Kshatriyas in twenty-one bloody battles. In Mahabharata it is written that he was struck senseless by Ramachandra, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu; he was deprived of his axe and his strength by Ramachandra.

References

1. Kohli,Surindar Singh ed,Dictionary of Mythological References in Guru Granth Sahib 1993