PARASURAMA One of the best known of the Hindu Rishis, it wasParasurama who obeyed his father's order and slew his mother, but later asked for herto be restored, and also for the restoration of his brothers, whom angry Bharadwaja had driven insane, for their disobediance. When the thousand-armed Kartavirya invaded and carried off the sacred cow Surabhi, Parasurama killed the king, andvowed revenge on his family.