SB 9.16.17

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Ninth Canto - Chapter 16: Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World's Ruling Class

SB 9.16.16 - SB 9.16.18-19

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 17

gatvā māhiṣmatīṁ rāmo

brahma-ghna-vihata-śriyam

teṣāṁ sa śīrṣabhī rājan

madhye cakre mahā-girim

SYNONYMS

gatvā — going; māhiṣmatīm — to the place known as Māhiṣmatī; rāmaḥ — Lord Paraśurāma; brahma-ghna — because of the killing of a brāhmaṇa; vihata-śriyam — doomed, bereft of all opulences; teṣām — of all of them (the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna and the other kṣatriya inhabitants); saḥ — he, Lord Paraśurāma; śīrṣabhiḥ — by the heads cut off from their bodies; rājan — O Mahārāja Parīkṣit; madhye — within the jurisdiction of Māhiṣmatī; cakre — made; mahā-girim — a great mountain.

TRANSLATION

O King, Lord Paraśurāma then went to Māhiṣmatī, which was already doomed by the sinful killing of a brāhmaṇa. In the midst of that city he made a mountain of heads, severed from the bodies of the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna.

SB 9.16.16 - SB 9.16.18-19