Text 35] Lord Parasurama Destroys the Ruling Class 273

agreed to accept his proposal. “‘Dear father,” they said, ‘‘we shall
abide by whatever arrangement you like.”

TEXT 35
AE WaAeT Aare TH a |
Reanfa: gare ahaa aaa |
2 ar asayeat seaeaad ATT UZ4II

Jyestham mantra-drsam cakrus
tvdm anvajico vayam sma hi

visvamitrah sutan dha
viravanto bhavisyatha

ye manam me ‘nugrhnanto
viravantam akarta mam

Jyestham—the eldest; mantra-drsam—a seer of mantras; cakruh—
they accepted; tvam—you; anvaiicah—have agreed to follow; vayam—
we; sma—indeed; hi—certainly; visvdmitrah—the great sage
Visvamitra; sutan—to the obedient sons; dha—said; vira-vantah—
fathers of sons; bhavisyatha—become in the future; ye—all of you who;
manam—honor; me—my; anugrhnantah—accepted; vira-vantam—
the father of good sons; akarta—you have made; mém—me.

TRANSLATION

Thus the younger Madhucchandas accepted Sunahéepha as their
eldest brother and told him, ‘‘We shall follow your orders.”
Visvamitra then said to his obedient sons, ‘Because you have ac-
cepted Sunahéepha as your eldest brother, I am very satisfied. By
accepting my order, you have made me a father of worthy sons,
and therefore I bless all of you to become the fathers of sons also.”

PURPORT

Of the one hundred sons, half disobeyed Visvamitra by not accepting
Sunahéepha as their eldest brother, but the other half accepted his order.
