Text 6] Lord Parasurama Destroys the Ruling Class 251

vyabhicdram munir jnatva
patnyah prakupito ’bravit

ghnatainam putrakah papam
ity uktds te na cakrire

vyabhicaram—adultery; munih—the great sage Jamadagni; jratva—
could understand; patnyah—of his wife; prakupitah—he became
angry; abravit—he said; ghnata—kill; endm—her; putrakah—my dear
sons; papdm—sinful; iti uktah—being thus advised; te—all the sons;
na—did not; cakrire—carry out his order.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Jamadagni understood the adultery in the mind
of his wife. Therefore he was very angry and told his sons, ‘‘My
dear sons, kill this sinful woman!”’ But the sons did not carry out
his order.

TEXT 6
THs eae: Fea NG TAT ATA |
TAS Gt: AAG TAIRA A? 1 & Il

ramah sancoditah pitra
bhratrn matraé sahavadhit

prabhdava-jio muneh samyak
samddhes tapasas ca sah

raémah—Lord Paragurama; savicoditah—being encouraged (to kill his
mother and brothers); pitra—by his father; bhratfn—all his brothers;
matraé saha—with the mother; avadhit—killed immediately; prabhava-
jnah—aware of the prowess; muneh—of the great sage; samyak—com-
pletely; samadheh—by meditation; tapasah—by austerity; ca—also;
sah—he.

TRANSLATION

Jamadagni then ordered his youngest son, Parasurama, to kill
his brothers, who had disobeyed this order, and his mother, who
