yam āhur vāsudevāṁśaṁ
haihayānāṁ kulāntakam
triḥ-sapta-kṛtvo ya imāṁ
cakre niḥkṣatriyāṁ mahīm
haihayānāṁ kulāntakam
triḥ-sapta-kṛtvo ya imāṁ
cakre niḥkṣatriyāṁ mahīm
Synonyms
yam-whom (Paraśurāma); āhuḥ-all the learned scholars say; vāsudeva-aṁśam-an incarnation of Vāsudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; haihayānām-of the Haihayas; kula-antakam-the annihilator of the dynasty; triḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ-twenty-one times; yaḥ-who (Paraśurāma); imām-this; cakre-made; niḥkṣatriyām-devoid of kṣatriyas; mahīm-the earth.
Learned scholars accept this Paraśurāma as the celebrated incarnation of Vāsudeva who annihilated the dynasty of Kārtavīrya. Paraśurāma killed all the kṣatriyas on earth twenty-one times.
Learned scholars accept this Paraśurāma as the celebrated incarnation of Vāsudeva who annihilated the dynasty of Kārtavīrya. Paraśurāma killed all the kṣatriyas on earth twenty-one times.