Text 25] Parasurama, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation 231
history, in which Parasurama became angry at Kartaviryarjuna and
killed him and rid the entire world of ksatriyas twenty-one times.
TEXT 25
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Tenigraniteaa aTteTt: AT: 14
sa vai rainam tu tad drstva
atmaisvaryatisayanam
tan nadriyatagnihotryam
sabhilasah sahaihayah
sah—he (Kartaviryarjuna); vai—indeed; ratnam—a great source of
wealth; tu—indeed; tat—the kdmadhenu in the possession of
Jamadagni; drstva—by observing; dtma-aisvarya—his own personal
opulence; ati-sdyanam—which was exceeding; tat—that; na—not;
ddriyata—appreciated very much; agnihotryam—in that cow, which
was useful for executing the agnihotra sacrifice; sa-abhilasah—became
desirous; sa-haihayah—with his own men, the Haihayas.
TRANSLATION
Kartaviryarjuna thought that Jamadagni was more powerful and
wealthy than himself because of possessing a jewel in the form of
the kamadhenu. Therefore he and his own men, the Haihayas,
were not very much appreciative of Jamadagni’s reception. On the
contrary, they wanted to possess that kamadhenu, which was
useful for the execution of the agnihotra sacrifice.
PURPORT
Jamadagni was more powerful than Kartaviryarjuna because of per-
forming the agnihotra-yajna with clarified butter received from the
kamadhenu. Not everyone can be expected to possess such a cow. None-
theless, an ordinary man may possess an ordinary cow, give protection to
this animal, take sufficient milk from it, and engage the milk to produce
butter and clarified ghee, especially for performing the agnihotra-yajna.
This is possible for everyone. Thus we find that in Bhagavad-gita Lord
