Text 14] Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
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TEXTS 12-13
सा चाभूत् सुमहत्पुण्या कौशिकी लोकपावनी ।
रेणोः सुतां रेणुकां वै जमदग्निरुवाह याम् ॥१२॥
तस्यां वै भार्गवऋषेः सुता वसुमदादयः ।
यवीयाञ्जन एतेषां राम इत्यभिविश्रुतः ॥१३॥
sā cābhūt sumahat-puṇyā
kauśikī loka-pāvanī
reṇoh sutāṁ reṇukāṁ vai
jamadagnir uvāha yām
tasyāṁ vai bhārgava-ṛṣeh
sutā vasumad-ādayah
yavīyāñ jajña eteṣāṁ
rāma ity abhiviśrutah
sā —she (Satyavati);  ca —also;  abhūt —became;  sumahat-puṇyā —very great and sacred;  kauśikī —the river by the name Kauśikī;  loka-pāvanī —purifying the whole world;  reṇoh —of Reṇu;  sutām —the daughter;  reṇukām —by the name Reṇukā;  vai —indeed;  jamadagnih —Satyavati's son, Jamadagni;  uvāha —married;  yām —whom;  tasyām —in the womb of Reṇukā;  vai —indeed;  bhārgava-ṛṣeh —by the semen of Jamadagni;  sutāh —sons;  vasumat-ādayah —many, headed by Vasumān;  yavīyān —the youngest;  jajñe —was born;  eteṣām —among them;  rāmah —Paraśurāma;  iti —thus;  abhiviśrutah —was known everywhere.
TRANSLATION
Satyavati later became the sacred river Kauśikī to purify the entire world, and her son, Jamadagni, married Reṇukā, the daughter of Reṇu. By the semen of Jamadagni, many sons, headed by Vasumān, were born from the womb of Reṇukā. The youngest of them was named Rāma, or Paraśurāma.
TEXT 14
यमाहुर्वासुदेवांशं हैहयानां कुलान्तकम् ।
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो य इमां चक्रे निःक्षत्रियां महीम् ॥१४॥