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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.16.34

sa hovāca madhucchandāḥ

sārdhaḿ pañcāśatā tataḥ

yan no bhavān sañjānīte

tasmiḿs tiṣṭhāmahe vayam

SYNONYMS

saḥ — the middle son of Viśvāmitra; ha — indeed; uvāca — said; madhucchandāḥ — Madhucchandā; sārdham — with; pañcāśatā — the second fifty of the sons known as the Madhucchandās; tataḥ — then, after the first half were thus cursed; yat — what; naḥ — unto us; bhavānO father; sañjānīteas you please; tasminin that; tiṣṭhāmahe — shall remain; vayam — all of us.

TRANSLATION

When the elder Madhucchandās were cursed, the younger fifty, along with Madhucchandā himself, approached their father and agreed to accept his proposal. "Dear father," they said, "we shall abide by whatever arrangement you like."

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