Text 19] Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
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TEXT 16
श्रीराजोवाच
किं तदंहो भगवतो राजन्यैरजितात्मभिः । कृतं येन कुलं नष्टं क्षत्रियाणाममीक्ष्णशः ॥१६॥
śrī-rājovāca kim tad aṁho bhagavato rājanyair ajitātmabhiḥ kṛtam yena kulam naṣṭam kṣatriyāṇām abhikṣṇaśaḥ
śrī-rājā uvāca—Mahārāja Parikṣit inquired; kim—what; tat aṁhaḥ—that offense; bhagavataḥ—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rājanyaiḥ—by the royal family; ajita-ātmabhiḥ—who could not control their senses and thus were degraded; kṛtam—which had been done; yena—by which; kulam—the dynasty; naṣṭam—was annihilated; kṣatriyāṇām—of the royal family; abhikṣṇaśaḥ—again and again.
TRANSLATION
King Parikṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmi: What was the offense that the kṣatriyas who could not control their senses committed before Lord Paraśurāma, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for which the Lord annihilated the kṣatriya dynasty again and again?
TEXTS 17-19
श्रीनादरायणिरुवाच
हैहयानामधिपतिरर्जुनः क्षत्रियर्षभः । दत्तं नारायणांशांशमाराज्य परिकर्मभिः ॥१७॥ बाहून् दशशतं लेभे दुर्घर्षत्वमरातिषु । अव्याहतेन्द्रियजैःश्रीतेजोर्वर्ययशोबत्प्रभु ॥१८॥ योगेश्वरत्वमैश्वर्यं गुणा यत्राणिमादयः । चचाराव्याहतगतिर्लोकेषु पवनो यथा ॥१९॥