Text 15] Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the Ruling Class
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TRANSLATION
Lamenting in grief for the death of her husband, the most chaste Reṇukā struck her own body with her hands and cried very loudly, “O Rāma, my dear son Rāma!”
TEXT 14
तदुपश्रुत्य दूरस्था हा रामेत्यार्तवत्स्वनम् । त्वरयाश्रममासाद्य ददृशुः पितरं हतम् ॥१४॥
tad upaśrutya dūrasthā hā rāmety ārtavat svanam tvarayāśramam āsādya dadṛśuḥ pitaraṁ hatam
tat —that crying of Reṇukā;  upaśrutya —upon hearing;  dūra-sthāḥ —although staying a long distance away;  hā rāma —O Rāma, O Rāma;  iti —thus;  ārta-vat —very aggrieved;  svanam —the sound;  tvarayā —very hastily;  āśramam —to the residence of Jamadagni;  āsādya —coming;  dadṛśuḥ —saw;  pitaram —the father;  hatam —killed.
TRANSLATION
Although the sons of Jamadagni, including Lord Paraśurāma, were a long distance from home, as soon as they heard Reṇukā loudly calling “O Rāma, O my son,” they hastily returned to the āśrama, where they saw their father already killed.
TEXT 15
ते दुःखरोषामर्षार्तिशोकवेगविमोहिताः । हा तात साधो धर्मिष्ठ त्यक्त्वास्मान् स्वर्गतो भवान् ॥१५॥
te duḥkha-roṣāmarṣārti- śoka-vega-vimohitāḥ