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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 15]
yam āhur vāsudevāṁśaṁ haihayānāṁ kulāntakam triḥ-sapta-kṛtvo ya imāṁ cakre niḥkṣatriyāṁ mahīm
yam—whom (Paraśurāma); āhuḥ—all the learned scholars say; vāsudeva-aṁśam—an incarnation of Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; haihayānām—of the Haihayas; kula-antakam—the annihilator of the dynasty; triḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ—twenty-one times; yaḥ—who (Paraśurāma); imām—this; cakre—made; niḥkṣatriyām—devoid of kṣatriyas; mahīm—the earth.
TRANSLATION
Learned scholars accept this Paraśurāma as the celebrated incarnation of Vāsudeva who annihilated the dynasty of Kārtavirya. Paraśurāma killed all the kṣatriyas on earth twenty-one times.
TEXT 15
दृप्तं क्षत्रं भुवो भारमब्रह्मण्यमनीनशत् । रजस्तमोवृतमहन् फल्गुन्यपि कृतेऽहसि ॥१५॥
dṛptaṁ kṣatraṁ bhuvo bhāram abrahmaṇyam anīnaśat rajas-tamo-vṛtam ahan phalguny api kṛte 'ṁhasi
dṛptam—very proud; kṣatram—the kṣatriyas, the ruling class; bhuvaḥ—of the earth; bhāram—burden; abrahmaṇyam—sinful, not caring for the religious principles enunciated by the brāhmaṇas; anīnaśat—drove away or annihilated; rajaḥ-tamaḥ—by the qualities of passion and ignorance; vṛtam—covered; ahan—he killed; phalguni—not very great; api—although; kṛte—had been committed; aṁhasi—an offense.
TRANSLATION
When the royal dynasty, being excessively proud because of the material modes of passion and ignorance, became irreligious and