TEXT 24
tasmai sa naradevaya
munir arhanam aharat
sasainyamatya-vahaya
havismatya tapo-dhanah
SYNONYMS
tasmaiunto him; sahhe (Jamadagni); naradevayaunto King Kartaviryarjuna; munihthe great sage; arhanamparaphernalia for worship; aharatoffered; sa-sainyawith his soldiers; amatyahis ministers; vahayaand the chariots, the elephants, the horses or the men who carried the palanquins; havismatyabecause of possessing a kamadhenu, a cow that could supply everything; tapah-dhanahthe great sage, whose only power was his austerity, or who was engaged in austerity.
TRANSLATION
The sage Jamadagni, who was engaged in great austerities in the forest, received the King very well, along with the Kings soldiers, ministers and carriers. He supplied all the necessities to worship these guests, for he possessed a kamadhenu cow that was able to supply everything.
PURPORT
The Brahma-samhita informs us that the spiritual world, and especially the planet Goloka Vrndavana, where Krsna lives, is full of surabhi cows (surabhir abhipalayantam [Bs. 5.29]). The surabhi cow is also called kamadhenu. Although Jamadagni possessed only one kamadhenu, he was able to get from it everything desirable. Thus he was able to receive the King, along with the Kings great number of followers, ministers, soldiers, animals and palanquin carriers. When we speak of a king, we understand that he is accompanied by many followers. Jamadagni was able to receive all the Kings followers properly and feed them sumptuously with food prepared in ghee. The King was astonished at how opulent Jamadagni was because of possessing only one cow, and therefore he became envious of the great sage. This was the beginning of his offense. Parasurama, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, killed Kartaviryarjuna because Kartaviryarjuna was too proud. One may possess unusual opulence in this material world, but if one becomes puffed up and acts whimsically he will be punished by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the lesson to learn from this history, in which Parasurama became angry at Kartaviryarjuna and killed him and rid the entire world of ksatriyas twenty-one times.

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