Text 8] Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
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PURPORT
The son of King Gādhi was Viśvāmitra, who was said to be a  brāhmaṇa  and  kṣatriya  combined. Viśvāmitra attained the status of a  brahmarṣi , as explained later. From the marriage of Satyavatī with Rcīka Muni would come a son with the spirit of a  kṣatriya . King Gādhi demanded that an uncommon request be fulfilled before the  brāhmaṇa  Rcīka could marry his daughter.
TEXT 7
इत्युक्तस्तन्यतं ज्ञात्वा गतः स वरुणान्तिकम् । 
    आनीय दत्त्वा तानश्वानुपयेमे वराननाम् ॥ ७ ॥
ity uktas tan-matam jñātvā 
    gataḥ sa varuṇāntikam 
    ānīya dattvā tān aśvān 
    upayeme varānanām
iti—thus; uktaḥ—having been requested; tat-matam—his mind; jñātvā—(the sage) could understand; gataḥ—went; saḥ—he; varuṇa-antikam—to the place of Varuṇa; ānīya—having brought; dattvā—and after delivering; tān—those; aśvān—horses; upayeme—married; vara-ānanām—the beautiful daughter of King Gādhi.
TRANSLATION
When King Gādhi made this demand, the great sage Rcīka could understand the King's mind. Therefore he went to the demigod Varuṇa and brought from him the one thousand horses that Gādhi had demanded. After delivering these horses, the sage married the King's beautiful daughter.
TEXT 8
स ऋषिः प्रार्थितः पत्न्या श्वश्र्वा चापत्यकाम्यथा । 
    श्रपयित्वोभयैर्मन्त्रैश्वरुं स्नातुं गतो मुनिः ॥ ८ ॥
sa rṣiḥ prārthitaḥ patnyā 
    śvaśrvā cāpatya-kāmyayā