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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 16]
had mentally committed adultery. Lord Paraśurāma, knowing the power of his father, who was practiced in meditation and austerity, killed his mother and brothers immediately.
PURPORT
The word  prabhāva-jñaḥ  is significant. Paraśurāma knew the prowess of his father, and therefore he agreed to carry out his father's order. He thought that if he refused to carry out the order he would be cursed, but if he carried it out his father would be pleased, and when his father was pleased, Paraśurāma would ask the benediction of having his mother and brothers brought back to life. Paraśurāma was confident in this regard, and therefore he agreed to kill his mother and brothers.
TEXT 7
वरेणच्छन्दयामास प्रीतः सत्यवतीसुतः ।
वत्रे हतानां रामोऽपि जीवितं चास्मृतिं वधे ॥ ७ ॥
vareṇa cchandayām āsa prītaḥ satyavatī-sutaḥ vavre hatānām rāmo 'pi jīvitam cāsmṛtim vadhe
vareṇa cchandayām āsa —asked to take a benediction as he liked;  prītaḥ —being very pleased (with him);  satyavatī-sutaḥ —Jamadagni, the son of Satyavatī;  vavre —said;  hatānām —of my dead mother and brothers;  rāmaḥ —Paraśurāma;  api —also;  jīvitam —let them be alive;  ca —also;  asmṛtim —no remembrance;  vadhe —of their having been killed by me.
TRANSLATION
Jamadagni, the son of Satyavatī, was very much pleased with Paraśurāma and asked him to take any benediction he liked. Lord Paraśurāma replied, “Let my mother and brothers live again and not remember having been killed by me. This is the benediction I ask.”