Text 9] Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the Ruling Class
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TEXT 8
उत्तस्थुस्ते कुशलिनो निद्रापाय इवाञ्जसा । पितुर्विद्वांस्तपोवीर्यं रामश्चक्रे सुहृद्वधम् ॥ ८ ॥
uttasthus te kuśalino nidrāpāya ivāñjasā pitur vidvāṁs tapo-vīryaṁ rāmaś cakre suhṛt-vadham
uttasthuḥ—got up immediately; te—Lord Paraśurāma's mother and brothers; kuśalinaḥ—being happily alive; nidrā-apāye—at the end of sound sleep; iva—like; añjasā—very soon; pituḥ—of his father; vidvān—being aware of; tapaḥ—austerity; vīryam—power; rāmaḥ—Lord Paraśurāma; cakre—executed; suhṛt-vadham—killing of his family members.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, by the benediction of Jamadagni, Lord Paraśurāma's mother and brothers immediately came alive and were very happy, as if awakened from sound sleep. Lord Paraśurāma had killed his relatives in accordance with his father's order because he was fully aware of his father's power, austerity and learning.
TEXT 9
येऽर्जुनस्य सुता राजन् सरन्तः स्वपितुर्वधम् । रामवीर्यपराभृता लेभिरे शर्म न क्वचित् ॥ ९ ॥
ye 'rjunasya sutā rājan smarantaḥ sva-pitur vadham rāma-vīrya-parābhūtā lebhire śarma na kvacit
ye—those who; arjunasya—of Kārtavīryārjuna; sutāḥ—sons; rājan—O Mahārāja Parīkṣit; smarantaḥ—always remembering; sva-pituḥ vadham—their father's having been killed (by Paraśurāma);