Text 10] Parasurama, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation 219

PURPORT

A husband naturally has some affection for his wife. Therefore
Satyavati’s mother thought that the oblation prepared for Satyavati by
the sage Rcika must have been better than her own oblation. In Rcika’s
absence, the mother took the better oblation from Satyavati and ate it.

TEXT 10

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QA AVS GAT ATT A RATA: 12 oll

tad viditva munih praha
patnirh kastam akarasih
ghoro danda-dharah putro

bhrata te brahma-vittamah

tat—this fact; viditva—having learned; munih—the great sage;
praha—said; patnim—unto his wife; kastam—very regrettable;
akdarasih—you have done; ghorah—fierce; danda-dharah—a great per-
sonality who can punish others; putrah—such a son; bhrata—brother;
te—your; brahma-vittamah—a learned scholar in spiritual science.

TRANSLATION

When the great sage Reika returned home after bathing and
understood what had happened in his absence, he said to his wife,
Satyavati, ‘“You have done a great wrong. Your son will be a fierce
ksatriya, able to punish everyone, and your brother will be a
learned scholar in spiritual science.”

PURPORT

A braéhmana is highly qualified when he can control his senses and
mind, when he is a learned scholar in spiritual science and when he is
tolerant and forgiving. A ksatriya, however, is highly qualified when he
is fierce in giving punishment to wrongdoers. These qualities are stated

in Bhagavad-gita (18.42-43). Because Satyavati, instead of eating her
