Devanagari
राज्ञो मूर्धाभिषिक्तस्य वधो ब्रह्मवधाद् गुरु: ।
तीर्थसंसेवया चांहो जह्यङ्गाच्युतचेतन: ॥ ४१ ॥
Verse text
rājṣo mūrdhābhiṣiktasya
vadho brahma-vadhād guruḥ
tīrtha-saṁsevayā cāṁho
jahy aṅgācyuta-cetanaḥ
Synonyms
rājṣaḥ
—
of the king
;
mūrdha
—
abhiṣiktasya — who is noted as the emperor
;
vadhaḥ
—
the killing
;
brahma
—
vadhāt — than killing a brāhmaṇa
;
guruḥ
—
more severe
;
tīrtha
—
saṁsevayā — by worshiping the holy places
;
ca
—
also
;
aṁhaḥ
—
the sinful act
;
jahi
—
wash out
;
aṅga
—
O my dear son
;
acyuta
—
cetanaḥ — being fully Kṛṣṇa conscious .
Translation
My dear son, killing a king who is an emperor is more severely sinful than killing a brāhmaṇa. But now, if you become Kṛṣṇa conscious and worship the holy places, you can atone for this great sin.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O son! Killing a king who is an emperor is more sinful than killing a brāhmaṇa.
Thinking of the Lord, remove the sin by serving holy places.
The word ca indicates also that he should purify himself by yama and niyama.
Acyuta-cenanaḥ (thinking of the Lord) also means “with consciousness that never fails.” This indicates the cit-śakti of the Lord. The Lord endowed with his cit-śakti, does not have to perform atonements, but does so to teach the people.
Thus ends the commentary on the Fifteenth Chapter of the Ninth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Sixteen
Paraśurāma Kills the Kṣatriyas
Purport
One who fully surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is freed from all sins (
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi
). From the very day or moment he fully surrenders to Śrī Kṛṣṇa, even the most sinful person is freed. Nonetheless, as an example, Jamadagni advised his son Paraśurāma to worship the holy places. Because an ordinary person cannot immediately surrender to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is advised to go from one holy place to another to find saintly persons and thus gradually be released from sinful reactions.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Fifteenth Chapter, of the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
entitled “Paraśurāma, the Lord’s Warrior Incarnation.”