Character

Jamadagni

जमदग्नि

verses
442
books
26
chapters
184
Parent of
Parashurama
Consort of
Renuka

What the texts say

In the Mahabharata, Jamadagni is a Bhargava sage, a descendant of Bhrigu, born to Satyavati and devoted to austerities. Mahabharata 3.115.28, 12.49.27 The Bhagavata Purana tells how he married Renuka, daughter of Renu, and their youngest son was Parashurama. Bhagavatam 9.15.12 There, Kartavirya Arjuna and his men, the Haihayas, wanted Jamadagni's sacred cow Kamadhenu and carried her, crying, to Mahishmati, Kartavirya Arjuna's capital. Bhagavatam 9.15.25, 9.15.26 The Mahabharata says that Parashurama, unable to endure his father's killing, slew the Haihaya king. Mahabharata 1.98.1 In the same epic, the ascetic Jamadagni granted Parashurama long life and the boons he desired. Mahabharata 3.116.18

Where to read

Every verse that names Jamadagni, book by book.

  1. Skanda Purana

    105 verses · 35 chapters

    All 105 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 6.1.66.7

      Pehle uska baap Jamadagni ko ek kshatriya ne maar daala. Woh apne dharam par tha, koi galti nahi thi usmein.

    • 3.1.5.119

      Rani ro rahi thi. Rishi ke bete ne uspe daya ki. Use apne ashram le gaya. Jamadagni rishi ko bataya. Jamadagni dharam wale insaan the. Unhone rani ko paas bula ke samjhaya.

    • 6.1.32.5

      Puja ke time in sab rishiyon ka naam lena hai, Atri, Vashishth, Kashyap, Bharadwaj, Gautam, Kaushik, Jamadagni, aur Arundhati. Unse prarthana karni hai ki humari puja accept karein. Yeh sab Ganga ke paani se saaf hain aur jap karte rehte…

  2. Mahabharata

    102 verses · 29 chapters

    All 102 verses in the Mahabharata

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 124 verses

    • 3.116.10

      Phir Jamadagni ka bada beta aaya. Uska naam Rumavan tha. Sushena bhi aaya. Vasu bhi aaya. Vishvavasu bhi aa gaya.

    • 13.97.5

      Raja, suno yeh purani kahani. Yeh Jamadagni aur Surya ki baat-cheet hai. Surya bade mahatva wale the.

    • 13.98.5

      Jamadagni bole, tum chalo ya ruko, main jaanta hoon tumhe. Mera gyaan tumhe dekh leta hai. Aaj main tumhe sikhana zaroori hai, yeh main karke rahunga.

  3. Brahmanda Purana

    42 verses · 20 chapters

    All 42 verses in the Brahmanda Purana
    • 2.31.7

      Rama ne jo baat kahi thi, woh bahut pakki thi. Jamadagni ne suni. Phir unhone apne bete ko kaha kuch. Beta ne himmat se baat ki thi.

    • 2.29.1

      Yeh Brahmanda Purana ka hissa hai. Phir Vashishth ne kaha, Jamadagni bada gussa ho gaya. Usne dobara kaha, jo banda samajhta hai woh kabhi bhi brahmin ka maal nahi chheen sakta.

    • 1.32.105

      Aur bhi hain, Aurva, Jamadagni, Vid aur Sarasvat. Arstishen, Yudhaji, Vitahavya aur Suvarchas bhi mantra banane wale mein gin jaate hain.

  4. Padma Purana

    35 verses · 15 chapters

    All 35 verses in the Padma Purana
    • 6.241.1

      Mahadev ne kaha, Bhrigu ke beta Jamadagni bade brahmin the. Unhone Vedon ko poora seekha tha aur bade tapasya karte the.

    • 1.7.106

      Bharadvaj yogi the, Vishwamitra bada balwan tha, Jamadagni bhi tha. Yeh saat rishi ab tumhare liye bade rishi hain.

    • 1.19.207

      Raibhya, Brihaspati, Chyavan, Kashyap aur Bhrigu. Durvasa, Jamadagni, Markandeya aur Galav bhi the.

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Jamadagni matters most.

  1. Glory of Rāmahrada

    Skanda Purana 6.1.66 · 25 verses

  2. Āraṇyaka Parva, Adhyāya 116: Jamadagni-Reṇukā Narrative and the Kārtavīrya Conflict (Akṛtavraṇa’s Account)

    Mahabharata 3.116 · 23 verses

    Ascetic patriarch whose tapas grants moral and supernatural…

  3. The Incarnation of Parashurama and the Slaying of Kartavirya Arjuna

    Narasimha Purana 1.46 · 18 verses

  4. Chatra-Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative (Jamadagni-Reṇukā-Sūrya Saṃvāda)

    Mahabharata 13.97 · 14 verses

    Ascetic householder whose anger and power dramatize the danger…

  5. Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

    Mahabharata 13.98 · 11 verses

    Ascetic exemplar who unites spiritual cognition with…

  6. Paraśurāma, Kārtavīryārjuna, and the Kāmadhenu Offense (with Lunar-line Genealogy to Gādhi and Jamadagni)

    Bhagavatam 9.15 · 10 verses

    Brāhmaṇa-ṛṣi whose āśrama prosperity centers on kāmadhenu

  7. The Origin and Merit of Donating Umbrellas and Sandals

    Samba Purana 45 · 10 verses

  8. Vidhūma-Alambusā Brahmaśāpa-nivṛttiḥ (Cakratīrtha Māhātmya) · Release from Brahmā’s Curse through Cakratīrtha

    Skanda Purana 3.1.5 · 9 verses

  9. The Story of Parashurama

    Mudgala Purana 3.37 · 8 verses

  10. Nakula-rūpa Krodha: Jamadagni’s Kṣamā and the Release from the Pitṛ-Linked Curse (Chapter 96)

    Mahabharata 14.96 · 7 verses

    Exemplar of kṣamā (forbearance) whose non-reaction ‘defeats’…

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