śrī-rājovāca
kiṁ tad aṁho bhagavato
rājanyair ajitātmabhiḥ
kṛtaṁ yena kulaṁ naṣṭaṁ
kṣatriyāṇām abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
kiṁ tad aṁho bhagavato
rājanyair ajitātmabhiḥ
kṛtaṁ yena kulaṁ naṣṭaṁ
kṣatriyāṇām abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
Synonyms
śrī-rājā uvāca-Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired; kim-what; tat aṁhaḥ-that offense; bhagavataḥ-unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rājanyaiḥ-by the royal family; ajita-ātmabhiḥ-who could not control their senses and thus were degraded; kṛtam-which had been done; yena-by which; kulam-the dynasty; naṣṭam-was annihilated; kṣatriyāṇām-of the royal family; abhīkṣṇaśaḥ-again and again.
King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: What was the offense that the kṣatriyas who could not control their senses committed before Lord Paraśurāma, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for which the Lord annihilated the kṣatriya dynasty again and again?
TEXTS 17–19
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
haihayānām adhipatir
arjunaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ
dattaṁ nārāyaṇāṁśāṁśam
ārādhya parikarmabhiḥ
bāhūn daśa-śataṁ lebhe
durdharṣatvam arātiṣu
avyāhatendriyaujaḥ śrī-
tejo-vīrya-yaśo-balam
yogeśvaratvam aiśvaryaṁ
guṇā yatrāṇimādayaḥ
cacārāvyāhata-gatir
lokeṣu pavano yathā
SYNONYMS
śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca-Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied; haihayānām adhipatiḥ-the King of the Haihayas; arjunaḥ-by the name Kārtavīryārjuna; kṣatriya-ṛṣabhaḥ-the best of the kṣatriyas; dattam-unto Dattātreya; nārāyaṇa-aṁśa-aṁśam-the plenary portion of the plenary portion of Nārāyaṇa; ārādhya-after worshiping; parikarmabhiḥ-by worship according to the regulative principles; bāhūn-arms; daśa-śatam-one thousand (ten times one hundred); lebhe-achieved; durdharṣatvam-the quality of being very difficult to conquer; arātiṣu-in the midst of enemies; avyāhata-undefeatable; indriya-ojaḥ-strength of the senses; śrī-beauty; tejaḥ-influence; vīrya-power; yaśaḥ-fame; balam-bodily strength; yoga-īśvaratvam-controlling power gained by the practice of mystic yoga; aiśvaryam-opulence; guṇāḥ-qualities; yatra-wherein; aṇimā-ādayaḥ-eight kinds of yogic perfection (aṇimā, laghimā, etc.); cacāra-he went; avyāhata-gatiḥ-whose progress was indefatigable; lokeṣu-all over the world or universe; pavanaḥ-the wind; yathā-like.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The best of the kṣatriyas, Kārtavīryārjuna, the King of the Haihayas, received one thousand arms by worshiping Dattātreya, the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa. He also became undefeatable by enemies and received unobstructed sensory power, beauty, influence, strength, fame and the mystic power by which to achieve all the perfections of yoga, such as aṇimā and laghimā. Thus having become fully opulent, he roamed all over the universe without opposition, just like the wind.
King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: What was the offense that the kṣatriyas who could not control their senses committed before Lord Paraśurāma, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for which the Lord annihilated the kṣatriya dynasty again and again?
TEXTS 17–19
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
haihayānām adhipatir
arjunaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ
dattaṁ nārāyaṇāṁśāṁśam
ārādhya parikarmabhiḥ
bāhūn daśa-śataṁ lebhe
durdharṣatvam arātiṣu
avyāhatendriyaujaḥ śrī-
tejo-vīrya-yaśo-balam
yogeśvaratvam aiśvaryaṁ
guṇā yatrāṇimādayaḥ
cacārāvyāhata-gatir
lokeṣu pavano yathā
SYNONYMS
śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca-Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied; haihayānām adhipatiḥ-the King of the Haihayas; arjunaḥ-by the name Kārtavīryārjuna; kṣatriya-ṛṣabhaḥ-the best of the kṣatriyas; dattam-unto Dattātreya; nārāyaṇa-aṁśa-aṁśam-the plenary portion of the plenary portion of Nārāyaṇa; ārādhya-after worshiping; parikarmabhiḥ-by worship according to the regulative principles; bāhūn-arms; daśa-śatam-one thousand (ten times one hundred); lebhe-achieved; durdharṣatvam-the quality of being very difficult to conquer; arātiṣu-in the midst of enemies; avyāhata-undefeatable; indriya-ojaḥ-strength of the senses; śrī-beauty; tejaḥ-influence; vīrya-power; yaśaḥ-fame; balam-bodily strength; yoga-īśvaratvam-controlling power gained by the practice of mystic yoga; aiśvaryam-opulence; guṇāḥ-qualities; yatra-wherein; aṇimā-ādayaḥ-eight kinds of yogic perfection (aṇimā, laghimā, etc.); cacāra-he went; avyāhata-gatiḥ-whose progress was indefatigable; lokeṣu-all over the world or universe; pavanaḥ-the wind; yathā-like.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The best of the kṣatriyas, Kārtavīryārjuna, the King of the Haihayas, received one thousand arms by worshiping Dattātreya, the plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa. He also became undefeatable by enemies and received unobstructed sensory power, beauty, influence, strength, fame and the mystic power by which to achieve all the perfections of yoga, such as aṇimā and laghimā. Thus having become fully opulent, he roamed all over the universe without opposition, just like the wind.