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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 15: Parasurama, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.15.16
sri-rajovaca
rajanyair ajitatmabhih
SYNONYMS
sri-raja uvaca -- Maharaja Parikshit inquired; kim -- what; tat amhah -- that offense; bhagavatah -- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rajanyaih -- by the royal family; ajita-atmabhih -- who could not control their senses and thus were degraded; kritam -- which had been done; yena -- by which; kulam -- the dynasty; nashtam -- was annihilated; kshatriyanam -- of the royal family; abhikshnasah -- again and again.
TRANSLATION
King Parikshit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: What was the offense that the kshatriyas who could not control their senses committed before Lord Parasurama, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for which the Lord annihilated the kshatriya dynasty again and again?
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness