SB 9.15.16

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Ninth Canto - Chapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation

SB 9.15.15 - SB 9.15.17-19

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 16

śrī-rājovāca

kiṁ tad aṁho bhagavato

rājanyair ajitātmabhiḥ

kṛtaṁ yena kulaṁ naṣṭaṁ

kṣatriyāṇām abhīkṣṇaśaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-rājā uvāca — Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired; kim — what; tat aṁhaḥ — 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?

SB 9.15.15 - SB 9.15.17-19