Canto 9: LiberationChapter 16: Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World's Ruling Class

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.16.13

reṇukā duḥkha-śokārtā

nighnanty ātmānam ātmanā

rāma rāmeti tāteti

vicukrośoccakaiḥ satī

SYNONYMS

reṇukāReṇukā, the wife of Jamadagni; duḥkha-śoka-artā — being very much aggrieved in lamentation (over her husband's death); nighnantī — striking; ātmānam — her own body; ātmanā — by herself; rāmaO Paraśurāma; rāmaO Paraśurāma; iti — thus; tātaO my dear son; iti — thus; vicukrośa — began to cry; uccakaiḥ — very loudly; satī — the most chaste woman.

TRANSLATION

Lamenting in grief for the death of her husband, the most chaste Reṇukā struck her own body with her hands and cried very loudly, "O Rāma, my dear son Rāma!"

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