Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 372 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.372

শেষে ঽস্বসেবনঽশক্তি, পৃথুতে ঽপালনঽ পরশুরামে ঽদুষ্টনাশকবীর্যসংচারণঽ

शेषे ऽस्वसेवनऽशक्ति, पृथुते ऽपालनऽ परशुरामे ऽदुष्टनाशकवीर्यसंचारणऽ

śeṣe 'sva-sevana'-śakti, pṛthute 'pālana' paraśurāme 'duṣṭa-nāśaka-vīrya-sañcāraṇa'

Synonyms

śeṣein Lord Śeṣa; sva-sevana śaktithe power to serve the Lord personally; pṛthutein King Pṛthu; pālanathe power to rule; paraśurāmein Paraśurāma; duṣṭa-nāśaka-vīryathe extraordinary power to kill rogues and miscreants; sañcāraṇaempowering..

Translation

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead invested the power of personal service to Lord Śeṣa, and He invested the power to rule the earth in King Pṛthu. Lord Paraśurāma received the power to kill rogues and miscreants.

Purport

Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gītā (4.8): paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām. Sometimes the Lord invests His power to rule in a king like Pṛthu and enables such a king to kill rogues and miscreants. He also invests His power in incarnations like Paraśurāma.

Verse 372 of 399
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