Text 6] Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the Ruling Class
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vyabhicāraṁ munir jñātvā patnyāḥ prakupito 'bravīt ghnataināṁ putrakāḥ pāpām ity uktās te na cakrire
vyabhicāram—adultery; muniḥ—the great sage Jamadagni; jñātvā—could understand; patnyāḥ—of his wife; prakupitaḥ—he became angry; abravīt—he said; ghnata—kill; enām—her; putrakāḥ—my dear sons; pāpām—sinful; iti uktāḥ—being thus advised; te—all the sons; na—did not; cakrire—carry out his order.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Jamadagni understood the adultery in the mind of his wife. Therefore he was very angry and told his sons, “My dear sons, kill this sinful woman!” But the sons did not carry out his order.
TEXT 6
रामः सञ्चोदितः पित्रा भ्रातृन् मात्रा सहावधीत् । प्रभावज्ञो मुनेः सम्यक् समाधेस्तपसश्च सः ॥ ६ ॥
rāmaḥ sañcoditaḥ pitrā bhrātīn mātrā sahāvadhīt prabhāva-jño muneḥ samyak samādhes tapasaś ca saḥ
rāmaḥ—Lord Paraśurāma; sañcoditaḥ—being encouraged (to kill his mother and brothers); pitrā—by his father; bhrātīn—all his brothers; mātrā saha—with the mother; avadhīt—killed immediately; prabhāva-jñaḥ—aware of the prowess; muneḥ—of the great sage; samyak—completely; samādheḥ—by meditation; tapasaḥ—by austerity; ca—also; saḥ—he.
TRANSLATION
Jamadagni then ordered his youngest son, Paraśurāma, to kill his brothers, who had disobeyed this order, and his mother, who