Embodiments of Love!
वीरगोष्ठिप्रिया---Veera goshti priya
The above is the 898 th Namavali ( Name) of my Mother Lalithambika;
The meaning is “She who likes company of heroes”
When I was thinking of heroes and about what makes a hero, Hollywood, Bollywood, Kollywood and many other production house people came to my mind.
Are Heroes born or made?
Was Alexander the Great a Hero who travelled about 15000 miles to the east of Greece?
Is it about emotional courage?
One good thing happened because of my “heroic” research!
Man always tries his level best to degrade the opposite sex!
Let us see what happened to Renuka, mother of Parasuram.
We all know the Parasuram, the Sixth Avatar of Vishnu; he killed his mother at the behest of his father Jamadagni.
The usual reason is as follows:
Once, Parashuram’s mother Renuka went to the pond for a bath. At that time, she saw the reflection of a Kshatriya king in the water; Jamadagni came to know of this and got extremely furious.
He commanded his elder sons to behead their mother. The sons refused as it was their mother. Finally, Jamadagni asked Parashuram to kill all his brothers and his mother.
Parashuram obeyed his father’s orders and killed them. Jamadagni was extremely pleased with his son’s dedication and asked him what he wanted as reward.
Parashuram asked for the lives of his brothers and his mother.
Jamadagni granted his wish and Parashuram got his brothers and mother back alive.
Then Parasuram decided to kill Kshatriyas as a revenge!
Cinemas also project this angle!
Another story goes like this:
Parasuram’s father, Jamadagni, once hosted the Haihaya King Sahasrarjun (Arjun with 1000 hands), when he fed him and his army with the help of the divine cow Kamadhenu.
Awestruck by its qualities, the king demanded the cow from the Rishi. When he would not part with it, Sahasrarjun snatched the cow and destroyed the ashram. Parasuram came to know about this and killed the king, Sahasrarjun; in turn Sahasrarjun's sons killed Jamdagni when Parasuram was away.
When Parasurama returned to his ashram, he found what had happened and took a vow to rid the earth of the tyrannical Kshatriya Kings and started killing Kshatriyas.
When Parasurama returned to his ashram, he found what had happened and took a vow to rid the earth of the tyrannical Kshatriya Kings and started killing Kshatriyas.
So, I understand one angle of Heroism: to bend stories and twist them to show women in poor light at any cost, even if it is God or demigod!
Just imagine what would happen if the present day mothers ask their daughters to behead their fathers for seeing other girls!
धन्यवाद:
See you in the next episode
With lots of love
श्वस्ति , मङ्गलं भूयात्
राजगोपालः
rajagopal
22.08.2012
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