Aug 18, 2007

Chapter 61: Parashuram becomes Brahmin

Raja Janaka says sorry. Rama owns ownership of unintentional breakage. Lakshmana comes to rescue and speaks loosely and without respect. He says “If your father had power to make head and rest of body as one, don’t you have the power to make bow as one if its broken, instead of shouting around?”

Rama restrains him to talk further and tells P to kill him, but just before he asks him to reconsider the motive. “Its just a bow, for God’s sake!!” Also, P’s anger against Kshatriyas is supposed to be only because of Sahasrarjun. Why kill all Kshatriyas? If part of fruit is rotten, why punish rest? Why the ahankaar? says Ram. He even says he will be glad to kill to die under great Parashuram's Parish. Soft words hit hard.

P apologises for his outburst. He realizes the intention of breaking of Pinakini was to make Parashuram a Brahmin. He realizes Rama is another incarnation of Vishnu. He is now freed of his pride. It is the first time when two incarnations of Lord Vishnu talking to one another! P gives his bow to Rama and walks away a Brahmin.

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