Paraśurāma Kills the Kṣatriyas
Chapter Sixteen
Paraśurāma Kills the Kṣatriyas
|| 9.16.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
pitropaśikṣito rāmas
tatheti kuru-nandana
saṁvatsaraṁ tīrtha-yātrāṁ
caritvāśramam āvrajat
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O son of the Kuru dynasty! When Paraśurāma was given this order by his father, he immediately agreed, saying, "Let it be so." After traveling to holy places for a year, he returned to his father's residence.
In the Sixteenth Chapter, Paraśurāma kills the sons of Kartavīryārjuna, because they killed his father, and makes the world devoid of kṣatriyas. Also the story of Viśvāmitra is told.
|| 9.16.2 ||
kadācid reṇukā yātā
gaṅgāyāṁ padma-mālinam
gandharva-rājaṁ krīḍantam
apsarobhir apaśyata
Once when Reṇukā, the wife of Jamadagni, went to the bank of the Gaṅgā to get water, she saw the King of the Gandharvas, decorated with a garland of lotuses and sporting with Apsarās.
|| 9.16.3 ||
vilokayantī krīḍantam
udakārthaṁ nadīṁ gatā
homa-velāṁ na sasmāra
kiñcic citraratha-spṛhā
She had gone to bring water from the Gaṅgā, but while looking at the sporting, and desiring to see his colorful chariot, she completely forgot that the time for the fire sacrifice was passing.
Kiñcid modifies the verb. She completely forgot the time for sacrifice, because she desired to see the colorful chariot of the Gandharva.
|| 9.16.4 ||
kālātyayaṁ taṁ vilokya
muneḥ śāpa-viśaṅkitā
āgatya kalaśaṁ tasthau
purodhāya kṛtāñjaliḥ
Understanding that the time for offering the sacrifice had passed, Reṇukā, fearing a curse from her husband, returned, placed the water pot before him, and stood with folded hands.
She became overcome with fear, thinking, “I have completely forgotten. Now the time has passed.”
|| 9.16.5 ||
vyabhicāraṁ munir jñātvā
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