Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.15.16
śrī-rājovāca
kiḿ tad aḿho bhagavato
rājanyair ajitātmabhiḥ
kṛtaḿ yena kulaḿ naṣṭaḿ
kṣatriyāṇām abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
SYNONYMS
śrī-rājā uvāca — Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired; kim — what; tat aḿhaḥ — that offense; bhagavataḥ — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rājanyaiḥ — by the royal family; ajita-ātmabhiḥ — who could not control their senses and thus were degraded; kṛtam — which had been done; yena — by which; kulam — the dynasty; naṣṭam — was annihilated; kṣatriyāṇām — of the royal family; abhīkṣṇaśaḥ — again and again.
TRANSLATION
King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: What was the offense that the kṣatriyas who could not control their senses committed before Lord Paraśurāma, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for which the Lord annihilated the kṣatriya dynasty again and again?
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