Text 14] Parasurama, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation 221

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sé cabhit sumahat-punya
kausiki loka-pavani

renoh sutam renukam vai
Jamadagnir uvaha yam

tasyam vai bhargava-rseh
suta vasumad-ddayah

yaviyan jaja etesam
rama ity abhivisrutah

sé—she (Satyavati); ca—also; abhit—became; sumahat-punya—
very great and sacred; kausiki—the river by the name Kausiki; loka-
pavani—purifying the whole world; renoh—of Renu; sutam—the
daughter; renukam—by the name Renuka; vai—indeed; jamadagnih—
Satyavati’s son, Jamadagni; uvdha—married; yam—whom; tasyam—in
the womb of Renuka; vai—indeed; bhdrgava-rseh—by the semen of
Jamadagni; sutéh—sons; vasumat-ddayah—many, headed by
Vasuman; yaviyan—the youngest; jajfie—was born; etesaém—among
them; rdmah—Parasurdma; iti—thus; abhivisrutah—was known
everywhere.

TRANSLATION

Satyavati later became the sacred river Kausiki to purify the en-
tire world, and her son, Jamadagni, married Renuka, the daughter
of Renu. By the semen of Jamadagni, many sons, headed by
Vasuman, were born from the womb of Renuka. The youngest of
them was named Rama, or Parasurama.

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