वरेण च्छन्दयामास प्रीतः सत्यवतीसुतः ।
वव्रे हतानां रामो ऽपि जीवितं चास्मृतिं वधे ॥ ७ ॥
varena cchandayam asa-asked to take a benediction as he liked; pritah-being very pleased (with him); satyavati-sutah-Jamadagni, the son of Satyavati; vavre-said; hatanam-of my dead mother and brothers; ramah-Parasurama; api-also; jivitam-let them be alive; ca-also; asmrtim-no remembrance; vadhe-of their having been killed by me.
Jamadagni, the son of Satyavati, was very much pleased with Parasurama and asked him to take any benediction he liked. Lord Parasurama replied, "Let my mother and brothers live again and not remember having been killed by me. This is the benediction I ask."