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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 16: Lord Parasurama Destroys the World's Ruling Class |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.16.17
gatva mahishmatim ramo
SYNONYMS
gatva -- going; mahishmatim -- to the place known as Mahishmati; ramah -- Lord Parasurama; brahma-ghna -- because of the killing of a brahmana; vihata-sriyam -- doomed, bereft of all opulences; tesham -- of all of them (the sons of Kartaviryarjuna and the other kshatriya inhabitants); sah -- he, Lord Parasurama; sirshabhih -- by the heads cut off from their bodies; rajan -- O Maharaja Parikshit; madhye -- within the jurisdiction of Mahishmati; cakre -- made; maha-girim -- a great mountain.
TRANSLATION
O King, Lord Parasurama then went to Mahishmati, which was already doomed by the sinful killing of a brahmana. In the midst of that city he made a mountain of heads, severed from the bodies of the sons of Kartaviryarjuna.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness