Re: Avataaraas
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• January 4, 1996
Regarding Parasuraama: I also do not feel comfortable honoring this avataaram, considering how much violence he is said to have caused. I fully realize this may be ignorance on my part, considering Sri Vedanta Desikan composed a slokam on him. However, it is important to point out that none of the Azhvaars have sung on Parasuraama avataaram, while they have mentioned all the others now considered part of the canonical 10. There is also not a single divya desam dedicated to him. If he truly was an avataaram, it was only temporarily taken, as there are statements that the once Sri Raama met Parasuraama, what remaining strength the latter had was completely gone. Parasuraama did lose to Bheeshma in battle, and it is quite clear in the account in the Mahabharata that this was not due to any self-imposed limitation on his part. Is rOsham (anger) a kalyaaNa guNa? I do not know, and I tend to think not, but this quality pervades the being of Parasuraama. Mani
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