Canto 9, Chapter 15

Paraśurāma, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation

Verse 38 (SB 9.15.38)
SB 9.15.38 • मूल श्लोक

राम राम महाबाहो भवान् पापमकारषीत् । अवधीन्नरदेवं यत्सर्वदेवमयं वृथा ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

rāma rāma mahābāho bhavān pāpam akāraṣīt avadhīn naradevaṁ yat sarva-devamayaṁ vṛthā

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

rāma rāma — my dear son Paraśurāma; mahābāho — O great hero; bhavān — you; pāpam — sinful activities; akāraṣīt — have executed; avadhīt — have killed; naradevam — the king; yat — who is; sarva-deva-mayam — the embodiment of all the demigods; vṛthā — unnecessarily.

Translation

“O great hero, my dear son Paraśurāma, you have unnecessarily killed the king, who is supposed to be the embodiment of all the demigods. Thus you have committed a sin.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda