In passages of extraordinary beauty, Dattatreya introduced Parashu Rama to the Goddess within. By learning to see the Goddess of beauty and bliss inside himself,Parashu Rama overcame his violent tendencies and finally found peace.
Parashu Rama is also honored for leading a community of north Indians to colonize the south. The Vedic god Varuna promised him as much land as he could cover with an arrow shot. Then realizing Parashu Rama was so strong his arrow might fly over the entire earth, Varuna sent an to gnaw loose his bow string. Because the bow was damaged, Parashu Rama's arrow only flew as far as the southern tip of India.
Thousands of years later, Parashu Rama is still enthusiastically worshipped in South India. I have been told these days he lives quietly in a cave in Central India.
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