TEXT 17
gatva mahismatim ramo
brahma-ghna-vihata-sriyam
tesam sa sirsabhi rajan
madhye cakre maha-girim
SYNONYMS
gatvagoing; mahismatimto the place known as Mahismati; ramahLord Parasurama; brahma-ghnabecause of the killing of a brahmana; vihata-sriyamdoomed, bereft of all opulences; tesamof all of them (the sons of Kartaviryarjuna and the other ksatriya inhabitants); sahhe, Lord Parasurama; sirsabhihby the heads cut off from their bodies; rajanO Maharaja Pariksit; madhyewithin the jurisdiction of Mahismati; cakremade; maha-girima 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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