Mb045. Sage Parasurama Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

MAHABHARATA

In the course of the pilgrimage,
Told many stories Romasa the sage,
Of which the one of Parasurama,
It was heard by Yudhishthira.

Born to Jamadagni, his father
And Renuka his mother,
He was their fifth son,
The most obedient one.

One day a Gandharva,
Named as Chitraratha,
He fell for his mother
He did spoil her.

His sons, the first four,
The sage ordered to kill her.
But they all disobeyed
While Parasurama obeyed.

With his axe he cut her head,
As his father was the family head.
A boon his father granted,
To ask whatever he wanted.

Alive he wanted his mother,
And pardon to his brothers.
This boon granted his father.
To Parasurama as a favor.

By the king of Haihayas,
Named as Kartavirya,
His father was humiliated.
For this Parasurama retaliated.

The king Haihayas he killed.
The sage, the king's sons killed,
He vowed to destroy the king's race,
And to wipe it off the globe's surface.

His life-end quietly he spent,
At the foot of Mahendra Mount.
Blessed by this warrior saint,
Pandavas's tour smoothly went.