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    Parashara was raised by his grandfather Vasishtha after his father was killed by a demon. As a young man, Parashara performed a sacrifice to destroy hundreds of demons in anger over his father's death. His grandfather stopped him and urged him to abandon his anger. Later in life, Parashara blessed a fisherman's daughter named Satyavati with a son during a chance encounter, and granted her a fine fragrance. This son was the famous Vyasa, who later compiled the Vedic literatures of India. Parashara was known as the "limping sage" due to an old leg wound, and he eventually merged back into nature at the end of his life.

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    Parashara was raised by his grandfather Vasishtha after his father was killed by a demon. As a young man, Parashara performed a sacrifice to destroy hundreds of demons in anger over his father's death. His grandfather stopped him and urged him to abandon his anger. Later in life, Parashara blessed a fisherman's daughter named Satyavati with a son during a chance encounter, and granted her a fine fragrance. This son was the famous Vyasa, who later compiled the Vedic literatures of India. Parashara was known as the "limping sage" due to an old leg wound, and he eventually merged back into nature at the end of his life.

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    Parashara was raised by his grandfather Vasishtha after his father was killed by a demon. As a young man, Parashara performed a sacrifice to destroy hundreds of demons in anger over his father's death. His grandfather stopped him and urged him to abandon his anger. Later in life, Parashara blessed a fisherman's daughter named Satyavati with a son during a chance encounter, and granted her a fine fragrance. This son was the famous Vyasa, who later compiled the Vedic literatures of India. Parashara was known as the "limping sage" due to an old leg wound, and he eventually merged back into nature at the end of his life.

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    Parashara was raised by his grandfather Vasishtha because he lost his father at an early age.

    His
    father, Śakti Muni, was on a journey and came across an angry Rakshasa (demon) who had once
    been a king but was turned into a demon feeding on human flesh as a curse from Viśvamitra. The
    demon devoured Parashara’s father. In the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Parashara speaks about his anger from
    this:[2]

    "I had heard that my father had been devoured by a Rākṣasa employed by Viśvamitra: violent anger
    seized me, and I commenced a sacrifice for the destruction of the Rākṣasas: hundreds of them were
    reduced to ashes by the rite, when, as they were about to be entirely exterminated, my grandfather
    Vasishtha said to me: Enough, my child; let thy wrath be appeased: the Rākṣasas are not culpable:
    thy father's death was the work of destiny. Anger is the passion of fools; it becometh not a wise man.
    By whom, it may be asked, is anyone killed? Every man reaps the consequences of his own acts.
    Anger, my son, is the destruction of all that man obtains by arduous exertions, of fame, and of
    devout austerities; and prevents the attainment of heaven or of emancipation. The chief sages
    always shun wrath: be not subject to its influence, my child. Let no more of these unoffending spirits
    of darkness be consumed. Mercy is the might of the righteous.”[citation needed]

    Parashara Muni (Sage), at the wish of Lord Vishnu, Brahma and Mahadev, who maintain, create and
    destroy in time the entire universe, on one of his travels across the country, halted for the night in a
    little hamlet on the banks of the river Yamuna. He was put up in the house of the fisherman-chieftain
    Dusharaj. When dawn broke, the chief asked his daughter, Matsyagandha, whose name means
    "one with the smell of fish", to ferry the sage to his next destination. When in the ferry, Parashara
    was attracted by the beautiful girl. He created an island within the river by his mystic potency and
    asked her to land the boat there. Seeing people on the river's bank, she demurred, at which time the
    sage created a dense fog which enveloped the entire river. Parashara blessed her with a son,
    Krishna Dvaipāyana, who was dark-complexioned and hence may be called by the name Krishna
    (black), and also the name Dwaipayana, meaning 'island-born'. He later compiled the classic Vedic
    literatures of India, and so is called Vyasa who is the 17th incarnations of Lord Vishnu. Parashara
    granted her the boon that the finest fragrance may emit from her person. She was thereafter known
    as Satyavati (pure fragrance).
    Leaving Satyavati in the care of Vyasa, Parashara proceeded to perform Tapas (intense meditation).
    Later Vyasa also became a Rishi and Satyavati returned to her father's house, and in due course,
    married Śantanu.
    Parashara was known as the "limping sage". He had his leg wounded during an attack on his
    āśrama. When a ṛṣi dies he merges back into an element or an archetype. When Sage Parashara
    was walking through a dense forest he and his students were attacked by wolves. He was unable to
    get away in his old age with a lame leg he left this world merging into the wolves.[3]

    The birthplace of Parashara Muni is believed to be at Panhala fort in Kolhapur district of


    Maharashtra. A cave supposed to be of Parāśāra Muni is present at the fort.

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