Character

食火仙人

जमदग्निJamadagni

verses
442
books
26
chapters
184
Parent of
帕蘇阿瑪
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 食火仙人, book by book.

    • 6.1.66.7

      从前,婆罗门们啊,他的父亲阇摩达格尼(Jamadagni)被一位刹帝利所杀;然而那位最胜的再生者安住于自身之法,毫无过失。

    • 3.1.5.119

      他以慈悲之心,将哭泣的王后带到自己的精舍,并禀告师尊阇摩达格尼。阇摩达格尼乃正法之士,便在近旁安慰她。

    • 6.1.32.5

      “唵,礼敬阿特里。唵,礼敬婆悉吒。唵,礼敬迦叶。唵,礼敬婆罗堕阇。唵,礼敬瞿昙。唵,礼敬拘尸迦。唵,礼敬阇摩达格尼。唵,礼敬阿伦达蒂。”——此为供奉之真言。“诸位圣仙(ṛṣi),汝等身由阇诃奴之女(恒河)所净,手持持诵念珠:愿纳我所献阿尔伽(arghya)——赐予一切所愿之成就者。”

    • 3.116.10

      于是,阇摩达格尼的长子,名曰鲁曼梵,前来;苏舍那亦至,婆苏亦至,毗湿婆婆苏同样来到。

    • 13.97.5

      大王啊,请聆听这则上古史传:阇摩达格尼与大魂的苏利耶(日神)之间的对话。

    • 13.98.5

      阇摩达耆尼曰:无论你静止或行进,我以智慧之眼识得你。今日我必当对你施以约束与教诫。

    • 2.31.7

      听罢心志昂扬的罗摩如此言说,阇摩达格尼便对那言辞果敢的儿子说道如下。

    • 2.29.1

      婆悉吒说道:随后阇摩达格尼含怒再对他说:“明知法度之人,不可夺取婆罗门之财(梵财,brahmasva)。”

    • 1.32.105

      又有奥尔瓦、阇摩达格尼、毗陀、萨罗娑伐多;以及阿尔什提舍那、尤达吉、毗多哈毗耶与苏伐尔恰萨——他们亦为咒作者。

    • 6.241.1

      自在天说:'Bhṛgu之子Jamadagni是一位伟大且最杰出的婆罗门——他精通所有吠陀及其辅助经典,具有伟大的苦行。'

    • 1.7.106

      又有婆罗堕阇(Bharadvāja)这位瑜伽行者,威德炽盛的毗湿瓦密多罗(Viśvāmitra),以及阇摩达格尼(Jamadagni)——此七位即当今你们的大圣仙。

    • 1.19.207

      罗伊毗耶、布里哈斯帕提、赤耶瓦那、迦叶、婆利古;以及杜尔瓦萨、阇摩达格尼、摩尔坎德耶,继而伽罗婆——这些受敬的圣仙之名如是宣说。

Key chapters

The chapters where 食火仙人 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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