Text 35] Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the Ruling Class
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agreed to accept his proposal. “Dear father,” they said, “we shall abide by whatever arrangement you like.”
TEXT 35
ज्येष्ठं मन्त्रदृशं चक्रुस्त्वामन्वश्चो वयं स्म हि । 
    विश्वामित्रः सुतानाह वीरवन्तो भविष्यथ । 
    ये मानं मेऽनुगृह्णन्तो वीरवन्तमकर्त माम् ॥३५॥
jyeṣṭhaṁ mantra-dṛśaṁ cakrus 
    tvām anvañco vayaṁ sma hi 
    viśvāmitraḥ sutān āha 
    vīravanto bhaviṣyatha 
    ye mānaṁ me 'nugṛhṇanto 
    vīravantam akarta mām
jyeṣṭhaṁ —the eldest;  mantra-dṛśaṁ —a seer of  mantras ;  cakruḥ —they accepted;  tvām —you;  anvañcaḥ —have agreed to follow;  vayam —we;  sma —indeed;  hi —certainly;  viśvāmitraḥ —the great sage Viśvāmitra;  sutān —to the obedient sons;  āha —said;  vīra-vantaḥ —fathers of sons;  bhaviṣyatha —become in the future;  ye —all of you who;  mānaṁ —honor;  me —my;  anugṛhṇantaḥ —accepted;  vīra-vantam —the father of good sons;  akarta —you have made;  mām —me.
TRANSLATION
Thus the younger Madhucchandās accepted Śunaḥśepha as their eldest brother and told him, “We shall follow your orders.” Viśvāmitra then said to his obedient sons, “Because you have accepted Śunaḥśepha as your eldest brother, I am very satisfied. By accepting my order, you have made me a father of worthy sons, and therefore I bless all of you to become the fathers of sons also.”
PURPORT
Of the one hundred sons, half disobeyed Viśvāmitra by not accepting Śunaḥśepha as their eldest brother, but the other half accepted his order.