Text 15] Lord Parasurama Destroys the Ruling Class 257

TRANSLATION
Lamenting in grief for the death of her husband, the most
chaste Renuka struck her own body with her hands and cried very
loudly, ““O Rama, my dear son Rama!”

TEXT 14

TI FN a TaeMaaAT |
MARAT «TEN «aT eA NII

tad upasrutya diirastha
ha ramety artavat svanam
tvarayasramam dsadya
dadrsuh pitaram hatam

tat—that crying of Renuka; upasrutya—upon hearing; diira-sthah—
although staying a long distance away; ha rama—O Rama, O Rama; iti—
thus; drta-vat—very aggrieved; svanam—the sound; tvaraya—very
hastily; a@sramam—to the residence of Jamadagni; dsaédya—coming;
dadrsuh—saw; pitaram—the father; hatam—killed.

TRANSLATION

Although the sons of Jamadagni, including Lord Parasurama,
were a long distance from home, as soon as they heard Renuka
loudly calling ‘“O Rama, O my son,” they hastily returned to the
asrama, where they saw their father already killed.

TEXT 15
a qraaeatftarnaaaaea:
RGR ECERo CIC ICECUGIECICA RAAT

te duhkha-rosamarsarti-
Soka-vega-vimohitah
