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Chapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation

Verse 14 of 35
SB 9.15.14

यमाहुर्वासुदेवांशं हैहयानां कुलान्तकम् त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो य इमां चक्रे निःक्षत्रियां महीम्

yam āhur vāsudevāṁśaṁ haihayānāṁ kulāntakam triḥ-sapta-kṛtvo ya imāṁ cakre niḥkṣatriyāṁ mahīm

Synonyms

yam—whom (Paraśurāma); āhuḥ—all the learned scholars say; vāsudeva-aṁśam—an incarnation of Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; haihayānām—of the Haihayas; kula-antakam—the annihilator of the dynasty; triḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ—twenty-one times; yaḥ—who (Paraśurāma); imām—this; cakre—made; niḥkṣatriyām—devoid of kṣatriyas; mahīm—the earth..

Translation

Learned scholars accept this Paraśurāma as the celebrated incarnation of Vāsudeva who annihilated the dynasty of Kārtavīrya. Paraśurāma killed all the kṣatriyas on earth twenty-one times.

Verse 14 of 35