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vested in Lord Brahmā, and the power to carry innumerable planets was invested in Lord Ananta.
TEXT 372
শেষে ‘স্ব-সেবন’-শক্তি, পৃথ্তে ‘পালন’। পরশুরামে ‘দুষ্টনাশক-বীর্যসঞ্চারণ’ ॥ ৩৭২ ॥
śeṣe ‘sva-sevana’-śakti, pṛthute ‘pālana’ paraśurāme ‘duṣṭa-nāśaka-vīrya-sañcāraṇa’
SYNONYMS
śeṣe—in Lord Śeṣa; sva-sevana śakti—the power to serve the Lord personally; pṛthute—in King Pṛthu; pālana—the power to rule; paraśurāme—in Paraśurāma; duṣṭa-nāśaka-vīrya—the extraordinary power to kill rogues and miscreants; sañcāraṇa—empowering.
TRANSLATION
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead invested the power of personal service to Lord Śeṣa, and He invested the power to rule the earth in King Pṛthu. Lord Paraśurāma received the power to kill rogues and miscreants.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 4.8):  paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām . Sometimes the Lord invests His power to rule in a king like Pṛthu and enables such a king to kill rogues and miscreants. He also invests His power in incarnations like Paraśurāma.
TEXT 373
জ্ঞানশক্ত্যাদিকলয়া যত্রাবিষ্টো জনার্দনঃ । ত আবেশা নিগত্বান্তে জীব। এব মহত্ত্বমাঃ ॥ ৩৭৩ ॥
jñāna-śakty-ādi-kalayā yatrāviṣṭo janārdanaḥ ta āveśā nigadyante jīvā eva mahattamāḥ
SYNONYMS
jñāna-śakti-ādi-kalayā—by portions of the potencies of knowledge, devotional service, creation, personal service, ruling over the material world, carrying the dif-