Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 7
Paraśurāma Avenges Jamadagni; Restoration Through Sacrifice; Viśvāmitra’s Line and Devarāta (Śunaḥśepha)
वरेणच्छन्दयामास प्रीत: सत्यवतीसुत: । वव्रे हतानां रामोऽपि जीवितं चास्मृतिं वधे ॥ ७ ॥
vareṇa cchandayām āsa prītaḥ satyavatī-sutaḥ vavre hatānāṁ rāmo ’pi jīvitaṁ cāsmṛtiṁ vadhe
Jamadagni, the son of Satyavatī, was very much pleased with Paraśurāma and asked him to take any benediction he liked. Lord Paraśurāma replied, “Let my mother and brothers live again and not remember having been killed by me. This is the benediction I ask.”
FAQs
This verse shows that by divine benediction a sage can grant extraordinary results—here, the slain are revived—and the boon can also remove traumatic memory, indicating both power and compassion within dharmic narratives.
He requested not only the restoration of life but also non-remembrance of death so that those revived would not suffer fear, shock, or social disruption from the memory of being killed.
Seek remedies that heal both the event and its aftereffects: not only solving problems externally, but also addressing lingering mental impressions through forgiveness, prayer, and inner healing.