Text 3] Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the Ruling Class
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TEXT 2
कदाचिद् रेणुका याता गङ्गायां पद्ममालिनम् । गन्धर्वराजं क्रीडन्तमप्सरोभिरपश्यत ॥ २ ॥
kadācid reṇukā yātā gaṅgāyām padma-mālinam gandharva-rājam krīḍantam apsarobhir apaśyata
kadācit —once upon a time;  reṇukā —Jamadagni’s wife, the mother of Lord Paraśurāma;  yātā —went;  gaṅgāyām —to the bank of the River Ganges;  padma-mālinam —decorated with a garland of lotus flowers;  gandharva-rājam —the King of the Gandharvas;  krīḍantam —sporting;  apsarobhiḥ —with the Apsarās (heavenly society girls);  apaśyata —she saw.
TRANSLATION
Once when Reṇukā, the wife of Jamadagni, went to the bank of the Ganges to get water, she saw the King of the Gandharvas, decorated with a garland of lotuses and sporting in the Ganges with celestial women [Apsarās].
TEXT 3
विलोकयन्ती क्रीडन्तमुदकार्थं नदीं गता । होमवेलां न सस्मार किञ्चिच्चित्ररथस्पृहा ॥ ३ ॥
vilokayantī krīḍantam udakārtham nadīm gatā homa-velām na sasmāra kiñcic citraratha-spṛhā
vilokayantī —while looking at;  krīḍantam —the King of the Gandharvas, engaged in such activities;  udaka-artham —for getting some water;  nadīm —to the river;  gatā —as she went;  homa-velām —the time for performing the  homa , fire sacrifice;  na sasmāra —did not