| Sages,Rushis & Saints |
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| Biographies of Great Indians & Hindus |
PARASHURAMA |
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| An ExchangeKing Gandhi had only one daughter and no sons. He was worried about
succession to the throne. His daughter Satyavati also knew his father's worry. One-day
sage Rucheeka asked her: "Tell me what is worrying you. I will give you a boon to
solve your problem."
Gladdened, Satyavati requested him to bless her and her mother that they might beget male children to perpetuate the line age. The sage gave them a consecrated herbal concoction separately to each and asked them to drink it. Satyavati's mother, thinking that the sage may have given her daughter something special, took the offering intended for her daughter while the latter consumed that meant for her mother. Thus the sage's offerings were reversed in consumption. |
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