Canto 9, Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Verse 14 (SB 9.15.14)
SB 9.15.14 • मूल श्लोक

यमाहुर्वासुदेवांशं हैहयानां कुलान्तकम् । त्रि:सप्तकृत्वो य इमां चक्रे नि:क्षत्रियां महीम् ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

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

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda