SB 9.15.38

SB 9.15.38

Devanagari

राम राम महाबाहो भवान् पापमकारषीत् ।
अवधीन्नरदेवं यत्सर्वदेवमयं वृथा ॥ ३८ ॥

Verse text

rāma rāma mahābāho
bhavān pāpam akāraṣīt
avadhīn naradevaṁ yat
sarva-devamayaṁ vṛthā

Synonyms

rāma rāma — my dear son Paraśurāma ; mahābāho — O great hero ; bhavān — you ; pāpam — sinful activities ; akāraṣīt — have executed ; avadhīt — have killed ; naradevam — the king ; yat — who is ; sarva-deva-mayam — the embodiment of all the demigods ; vṛthā — unnecessarily.

Translation

O great hero, my dear son Paraśurāma, you have unnecessarily killed the king, who is supposed to be the embodiment of all the demigods. Thus you have committed a sin.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O great hero! O Paraśurāma! You have unnecessarily killed the king, who is supposed to be the embodiment of all the devatās. Thus you have committed a sin.