dear PMN I have not come across that There is a popular belief that King Dasaratha married four times to avoid being killed by Parashurama since Parashurama would not kill any newly married Kshatriya. To the best of my knowledge King Dasharatha was yearning for children and married thrice. For a long time , Dashrath had pined to see the face of his children though he had 3 queens. Hence, to have sons, he organized Putreshti Yajna in which sage Sringi presided over the rituals. [image: King Dashrath accepting Kheer from YogyaPurush]All the Gods and the sages prayed Vishnu to take incarnation in Dashrath's home. He accepted their prayers and so YogyaPurush himself appeared from the altar carrying a golden bowl filled with Kheer(rice cooked in milk). Handing it over to Dashrath, the YogyaPurush said: " O king,Take it and feed it to your queens." Gladly, the king took the kheer and fed half of it to Kaushalya, the eldest queen. Dividing the remaining part into two, he fed one part to his favourite queen Kaikayee. Halving the remaining part again, he gave one each to Kaushalya and Kaikayee. However, they did not eat instead gave them to Sumitra, the youngest queen.
By the virtue of the kheer, Shri Rama was born to Kaushalya and Bharat was born to Kaikayee while Sumitra gave birth to Lakshman and Shatrughana. Thus, the god appeared in four different forms at Dashrath's home. However I pine my hope on vedic scholars to givecorrrect interpretation. with warm regards cnu.pne On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Nagendra > Dear Srinivasanji or any other learned member: > > It is said Parashurama took owe to kill all Kshatriyas and you have > explained it was due to the injustice caused to him by one of the > Kshatriya kings. You have logically asked us to assume that he only > killed or wanted to kill bad kings. > > There is a popular belief that King Dasaratha married four times to avoid > being killed by Parashurama since Parashurama would not kill any newly > married Kshatriya. Going by your write up, do we assume that Dasaratha was a > bad king or did Dasaratha marry four times for some > other reason? > > Best regards, > > Nagendra. > > > >
