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Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

 

In the previous post we saw how raama can be considered by beauty also a champion of champions apart from his valour or warring capacity. Now we will go back to see how kaartha veerya arjunan was defeated by parasu raama. Again we have to go bhaagavatham to learn this in Navama skandham 9 th section, sargam 15 - chapter 15

 

Slokam 23, 24

 

sa Ekadhaa thu mrgayam vicharan vijanE vanE |

yadhrchchhaya aasrama padham jamadhagnEr upaavisath || 23

thasmai sa nara dhEvaaya munir arhanam aaharath |

sasainya amaathya vaahaya havishmathya thapODhhanah || 24

 

meaning: Once while Kaartha veerya arjuna was wandering unengaged in a solitary forest and hunting, he approached the residence of Jamadhagni.

The sage Jamadhagni, who was engaged in great austerities in the forest, received the King well, along with the King's soldiers, ministers and carriers. He supplied all the necessities to worship these guests, for he possessed a 'kaama dhEnu' cow that was able to supply everything.

 

Point:

  1. Any cow yielding milk and is thus useful for 'agnihOthram' – doing yagnaas

is generally called kaama dhEnu [kaama- desire, dhEnu – that cow which gives].

 

To do agnihothram by obtaining 5 materials – pancha gavi - from same cow is 'uththamam'

  1. Whether this cow is the same as that born in ksheera saagaram while churning for nectar is doubtful.
  2. Sage vasishta also had one 'khaama dhEnu' named 'sabhalaa' due to which visvaamithra fought with vasishta.
  3. Here kaartha veerya fights with son of jamadhagni for similar 'desire yielding' cow.

 

Slokam 25, 26

sa veeras thathra thadh dhrshTvaa aathma aisvarya athisaayanam |

thannaadhriyathaa agni hOthryaam sa abhilaashah sa haihayaah ||

havirdhaaneem rshEr dharpan naraan harthum achOdhayath |

thE cha maahismatheem ninyuh sa-vathsam krandhatheem balaath ||

 

meaning: Kaartha veerya arjuna thought that Jamadhagni was more powerful and wealthy than himself [the king of that place] because of possessing the jewel of a cow in kaama dhenu. Therefore he and his men, the Haihayaas, were not appreciating Jamadhagni's reception. On the contrary, they wanted to possess that kaama dhenu, which was useful for the execution of the agnihothram sacrifice.

Being puffed up by material power, Kaartha veerya arjuna encouraged his men to steal Jamadhagni's kaama dhenu. Thus the men forcibly took away the crying kamadhenu, along with her calf, to Mahismathi, Kaartha veerya arjuna's capital.

 

Slokam 27, 28

athha raajani niryaathE Raama aa srama aagathah |

s ruthva thath thasya dhouraathmyam chukrOdha aahir iva aahathah ||

ghOram aadhaaya parasum sathooNam charma kaarmukam |

anvaDhaavatha dhurgharshO mrgEndhra iva yoothhapam ||

 

meaning: After, Kaarta veerya arjuna left with the kaama dhenu, Parasu Raama [the youngest son of Jamadhagni], returned to the aasramam, heard about Kaartha veerya arjuna's nefarious deed, he became as angry as a trampled snake.

Taking up his fierce chopper, his shield, his bow and a quiver of arrows, Parasu Raama, exceedingly angry, chased Kaartha veerya arjuna just as a lion chases an elephant.

 

Point: So the desire yielding cows possessed by rishis become the reason for a fight between rishis and kings.

 

Slokam 29, 30

tham aapathantham bhrgu varyam Ojasa DhanurDharam baaNa para svadha aayuDham |

aiNEya charma ambaram arka Dhaamabhir yutham jaTaabhir dhadhrsE pureem visan ||

achOdhayadh hasthi rathhaa a sva paththibhir gadhaasi baaNa rsTi sathaghni s akthibhih |

akshouhiNeeh saptha dha sa athi bheeshaNaas thaa Raama EkO bhagavaan asoodayath ||

 

meaning: As King Kaartha veerya arjuna entered his capital, Mahismathi Puri, he saw Parasu Raama, the best of the Bhrgu dynasty, coming after him, holding a chopper, shield, bow and arrows. Parasu Raama was covered with a black deerskin, and his matted locks of hair appeared like the sunshine.

Upon seeing Parasu Raama, Kaartha veerya arjuna immediately feared him and sent many elephants, chariots, horses and infantry soldiers equipped with clubs, swords, arrows, rstis, sataghnis, saktis, and many similar weapons to fight against him. Kaartha veerya arjuna sent 17 full akshouhiNis of soldiers to check Parasu Raama. But Parasu Raama alone killed all of them.

 

Point: see here, like dhaasarathi raama killing single handed 14000 raakshasaas in aaraNyam, parasu raama killed 17 aksouhinee army again single handed. Why these details - is to highlight how much powerful is parasu - and our dhaasarathee raama overcame this parasu so easily, without a fight even.

 

Slokam 31, 32

yathO yathO~sou praharath-para svadhO manO~niloujaah para-chakra-sudhanah |

thathas thathas chinna-bhujOru-kandharaa nipEthur ooruvyaam hatha-sootha-vaahanaah ||

dhrshTvaa sva-sainyam rudhirougha-kardhamE raNaajirE Raama-kuThaara-saayakaih |

vivrkNa-charma-dhvaja-chaapa-vigraham nipaathitham haihaya aapathadh rushaa ||

 

Meaning: Lord Parasu Raama, being expert in killing the military strength of the enemy, worked with the speed of the mind and the wind, slicing his enemies with his chopper [parasu]. Wherever he went, the enemies fell, their legs, arms and shoulders being severed, their chariot drivers killed, and their carriers, the elephants and horses all annihilated.

By manipulating his axe and arrows, Parasu Raama cut to pieces the shields, flags, bows and bodies of Kaartha veerya arjuna's soldiers, who fell on the battlefield, muddying the ground with their blood. Seeing the reverses, Kaartha veerya arjuna, infuriated, rushed to the battlefield.

 

POINT: The speed of mind is greater than the speed of the wind. In the beginning, when the army of the enemy was full of fighting soldiers, elephants and horses, Parasu Raama proceeded amidst them at the speed of mind to kill them. Later he slowed down to the speed of wind and continued to kill the enemies vigorously.

 

Slokam 33

athhaa arjunah pancha- sathEshu baahubhir dhanuhshu

baaNaan yugapath sa sandhaDhE |

Raamaaya raamO~sthra-bhrthaam samagraNees

thaani Eka-dhanvaa ishubhir achchhinath samam ||

 

Meaning: Then Kaartha veerya arjuna, with his 1000 arms, simultaneously fixed arrows on 500 bows to kill Parasu Raama. But Parasu Raama, the best of fighters, released enough arrows with only one bow to cut to pieces immediately all the arrows and bows in the hands of Kaartha veerya arjuna.

 

Point: see the power of Parasu Raama and his 'vil aaLum thanmai' fighting mite with bow – any wonders now that bheeshma and karNa in mahaa bhaaratham underwent training with such a Parasu Raama – that too after his mite is taken over by dhaasarathee raama.  

 

Slokam 34

punah sva-hasthair achalaan mrdhE~nghripaan

uthkshipya vEgaadh abhidhaavathO yudhi |

bhujaan kuTaarENa kaTOra nEminaa chichchhEdha

Raamah prasabham thu ahEr iva ||

 

Meaning: When his arrows were cut to pieces, Kaartha veerya arjuna uprooted many trees and hills with his own hands and again rushed strongly towards Parasu Raama to kill him. But Parasu Raama then used his axe with great force to cut off Kaartha veerya arjuna's arms, just as one might lop off the hoods of a serpent.

 

Slokam 35-36

krththa-baahOh siras thasya girEh srngam iva aharath

hathE pithari thath-puthraa ayutham dhudhruvur bhayaath |

agnihOthreem upavarthya sa vathsam para-veera-haa

samupEthya aa sramam pithrE pariklishTaam samarpayath ||

 

Meaning: Thereafter, Parasu Raama cut off like a mountain peak the head of Kaartha veerya arjuna, who had already lost his arms. When Kaartha veerya arjuna's 10000 sons saw their father killed, they all fled in fear. Then Parasu Raama, having killed the enemy, released the kaama dhenu, which had undergone great suffering, and brought it back with its calf to his residence, where he gave it to his father, Jamadhagni.

 

Point: thus the valouraous parasu raama killed kaartha veerya having 1000 arms.

 

Dhasan

Vasudevan m.g.  



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