Text 19] Lord Parasurama Destroys the Ruling Class 259

TEXT 17

Teal aed Tat AaAEaT |
Reatard Tar Te TH ETAT 112011

gatva mahismatirh ramo
brahma-ghna-vihata-sriyam

tesam sa Sirsabhi rajan
madhye cakre mahda-girim

gatva—going; mdhismatim—to the place known as Mahismati;
ramah—Lord Parasurama; brahma-ghna—because of the killing of a
brahmana; vihata-sriyam—doomed, bereft of all opulences; tesam—of
all of them (the sons of Kartaviryarjuna and the other ksatriya inhabi-
tants); sah—he, Lord Parasurama; Sirsabhih—by the heads cut off from
their bodies; rajan —O Maharaja Pariksit; madhye—within the jurisdic-
tion of Mahismati; cakre—made; mahd-girim—a great mountain.

TRANSLATION

O King, Lord Parasurama then went to Mahismati, which was
already doomed by the sinful killing of a brahmana. In the midst
of that city he made a mountain of heads, severed from the bodies
of the sons of Kartaviryarjuna.

TEXTS 18-19
aama aat TRO TTAETY |
td gar fart atsageatin ec
Praga: Teri Heat ahrat qa: |
AAT Fh Mirae TAT 1281

tad-raktena nadirh ghoram
abrahmanya-bhayavaham

heturh krtva pitr-vadham
ksatre ’mangala-karini
