Text 39] Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation
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rāma rāma mahābāho bhavān pāpam akāraṣīt avadhīn naradevaṁ yat sarva-devamayaṁ vṛthā
rāma rāma—my dear son Paraśurāma; mahābāho—O great hero; bhavān—you; pāpam—sinful activities; akāraṣīt—have executed; avadhīt—have killed; naradevam—the king; yat—who is; sarva-devamayam—the embodiment of all the demigods; vṛthā—unnecessarily.
TRANSLATION
O great hero, my dear son Paraśurāma, you have unnecessarily killed the king, who is supposed to be the embodiment of all the demigods. Thus you have committed a sin.
TEXT 39
वयं हि ब्राह्मणास्तात् क्षमयार्हणतां गताः । यथा लोकगुरुर्देवः पारमेष्ट्यमगात् पदम् ॥३९॥
vayaṁ hi brāhmaṇās tāta kṣamayārhaṇatāṁ gatāḥ yayā loka-gurur devaḥ pārameṣthyam agāt padam
vayam—we; hi—indeed; brāhmaṇāḥ—are qualified brāhmaṇas; tāta—O my dear son; kṣamayā—with the quality of forgiveness; arhaṇatām—the position of being worshiped; gatāḥ—we have achieved; yayā—by this qualification; loka-guruḥ—the spiritual master of this universe; devaḥ—Lord Brahmā; pārameṣthyam—the supreme person within this universe; agāt—achieved; padam—the position.
TRANSLATION
My dear son, we are all brāhmaṇas and have become worshipable for the people in general because of our quality of forgiveness. It is because of this quality that Lord Brahmā, the supreme spiritual master of this universe, has achieved his post.