SB 9.16.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

गत्वा माहिष्मतीं रामो ब्रह्मघ्नविहतश्रियम् ।
तेषां स शीर्षभी राजन् मध्ये चक्रे महागिरिम् ॥ १७ ॥

gatva mahismatim ramo

brahma-ghna-vihata-sriyam

tesam sa sirsabhi rajan

madhye cakre maha-girim

gatva-going; mahismatim-to the place known as Mahismati; ramah-Lord Parasurama; brahma-ghna-because of the killing of a brahmana; vihata-sriyam-doomed, bereft of all opulences; tesam-of all of them (the sons of Kartaviryarjuna and the other ksatriya inhabitants); sah-he, Lord Parasurama; sirsabhih-by the heads cut off from their bodies; rajan-O Maharaja Pariksit; madhye-within the jurisdiction of Mahismati; cakre-made; maha-girim-a great mountain.

TRANSLATION

O King, Lord Parasurama then went to Mahismati, which was already doomed by the sinful killing of a brahmana. In the midst of that city he made a mountain of heads, severed from the bodies of the sons of Kartaviryarjuna.

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