Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9 Chapter 15 Verse 16

Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.15.16

śrī-rājovāca

kiḿ tad aḿho bhagavato

rājanyair ajitātmabhiḥ

kṛtaḿ yena kulaḿ naṣṭaḿ

kṣatriyāṇām abhīkṣṇaśaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-rājā uvāca — Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired; kim — what; tat aḿhaḥ — that offense; bhagavataḥ — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rājanyaiḥ — by the royal family; ajita-ātmabhiḥ — who could not control their senses and thus were degraded; kṛtam — which had been done; yena — by which; kulam — the dynasty; naṣṭam — was annihilated; kṣatriyāṇām — of the royal family; abhīkṣṇaśaḥ — again and again.

TRANSLATION

King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: What was the offense that the kṣatriyas who could not control their senses committed before Lord Paraśurāma, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for which the Lord annihilated the kṣatriya dynasty again and again?

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