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
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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 Sunahsepha 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
Sunahsepha as their eldest brother, but the other half accepted his order.
