Text 10] Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
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PURPORT
A husband naturally has some affection for his wife. Therefore Satyavati's mother thought that the oblation prepared for Satyavati by the sage Rcīka must have been better than her own oblation. In Rcīka's absence, the mother took the better oblation from Satyavati and ate it.
TEXT 10
तद् विदित्वा मुनिः प्राह पत्नीं कष्टमकारणीः । धोरो दण्डधरः पुत्रो भ्राता ते ब्रह्मवित्तमः ॥१०॥
tad viditvā muniḥ prāha patnīṁ kaṣṭam akāraṣīḥ ghoro daṇḍa-dharaḥ putro bhrātā te brahma-vittamaḥ
tat—this fact; viditvā—having learned; muniḥ—the great sage; prāha—said; patnīṁ—unto his wife; kaṣṭam—very regrettable; akāraṣīḥ—you have done; ghoraḥ—fierce; daṇḍa-dharaḥ—a great personality who can punish others; putraḥ—such a son; bhrātā—brother; te—your; brahma-vittamaḥ—a learned scholar in spiritual science.
TRANSLATION
When the great sage Rcīka returned home after bathing and understood what had happened in his absence, he said to his wife, Satyavati, "You have done a great wrong. Your son will be a fierce kṣatriya, able to punish everyone, and your brother will be a learned scholar in spiritual science."
PURPORT
A  brāhmaṇa  is highly qualified when he can control his senses and mind, when he is a learned scholar in spiritual science and when he is tolerant and forgiving. A  kṣatriya , however, is highly qualified when he is fierce in giving punishment to wrongdoers. These qualities are stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.42–43). Because Satyavati, instead of eating her