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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.16.13

renuka duhkha-sokarta

nighnanty atmanam atmana

rama rameti tateti

vicukrosoccakaih sati

SYNONYMS

renuka -- Renuka, the wife of Jamadagni; duhkha-soka-arta -- being very much aggrieved in lamentation (over her husband's death); nighnanti -- striking; atmanam -- her own body; atmana -- by herself; rama -- O Parasurama; rama -- O Parasurama; iti -- thus; tata -- O my dear son; iti -- thus; vicukrosa -- began to cry; uccakaih -- very loudly; sati -- the most chaste woman.

TRANSLATION

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

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