258 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 16

ha tata sadho dharmista
tyaktvdsman svar-gato bhavan

te—all the sons of Jamadagni; duhkha—of grief; rosa—anger;
amarsa—indignation; drti—affliction; soka—and lamentation; vega—
with the force; vimohitah—bewildered; ha tata—O father; sadho—the
great saint; dharmistha—the most religious person; tyaktva—leaving;
asmaén—us; svah-gatah—have gone to the heavenly planets; bhavan—
you.

TRANSLATION

Virtually bewildered by grief, anger, indignation, affliction and
lamentation, the sons of Jamadagni cried, ‘“‘O father, most reli-
gious, saintly person, you have left us and gone to the heavenly
planets!”

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vilapyaivam pitur deham
nidhaya bhratrsu svayam

pragrhya parasum ramah
ksatrantaya mano dadhe

vilapya—lamenting; evam—like this; pituh—of his father; deham—
the body; nidhédya—entrusting; bhrdtrsu—to his brothers; svayam—
personally; pragrhya—taking; parasum—the axe; ramah—Lord
Parasurama; ksatra-antaya—to put an end to all the ksatriyas;
manah—the mind; dadhe—fixed.

TRANSLATION

Thus lamenting, Lord Parasurama entrusted his father’s dead
body to his brothers and personally took up his axe, having
decided to put an end to all the ksatriyas on the surface of the
world.
