Text 23] Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the Ruling Class
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as Āryāvarta to the upadraṣṭā. Whatever remained he distributed among the sadasyas, the associate priests.
PURPORT
The tract of land in India between the Himalaya Mountains and the Vindhya Hills is called Āryāvarta.
TEXT 23
ततश्चावभृत्सानविधूताशेषकिल्बिषः । सरस्वत्यां महानद्यां रेजे व्यब्भ्र इवांशुमान् ॥२३॥
tataś cāvabhṛtha-snāna- vidhūtāśeṣa-kilbiṣaḥ sarasvatyāṁ mahā-nadyāṁ reje vyabbhra ivāṁśumān
tataḥ —thereafter;  ca —also;  avabhṛtha-snāna —by bathing after finishing the sacrifice;  vidhūta —cleansed;  aśeṣa —unlimited;  kilbiṣaḥ —whose reactions of sinful activities;  sarasvatyāṁ —on the bank of the great river Sarasvati;  mahā-nadyāṁ —one of the biggest rivers in India;  reje —Lord Paraśurāma appeared;  vyabbhraḥ —cloudless;  iva aṁśumān —like the sun.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, having completed the ritualistic sacrificial ceremonies, Lord Paraśurāma took the bath known as the avabhṛtha-snāna. Standing on the bank of the great river Sarasvati, cleared of all sins, Lord Paraśurāma appeared like the sun in a clear, cloudless sky.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.9),  yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yaṁ karma-bandhanaḥ : “Work done as a sacrifice for Viṣṇu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world.”  Karma-bandhanaḥ  refers to the repeated acceptance of one material body after