Text 19] Lord Parasurama Destroys the Ruling Class 259
TEXT 17
Ta aeadi wa aang |
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ATi eT aa Tr Ae EH ETAT 11 2
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 Paragurama; 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 |
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td gen fart atsageatin ec
Praga: Teri Heat ahrat qa: |
AATITH Fh MHA KAT AT 11281
tad-raktena nadirh ghoram
abrahmanya-bhayavaham
heturh krtva pitr-vadham
ksatre ’mangala-karini
