Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
पित्रोपशिक्षितो रामस्तथेति कुरुनन्दन ।
संवत्सरं तीर्थयात्रां चरित्वाश्रममाव्रजत् ॥ १ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
pitropaśikṣito rāmas
tatheti kuru-nandana
saṁvatsaraṁ tīrtha-yātrāṁ
caritvāśramam āvrajat
Synonyms
śrī
—
śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
;
pitrā
—
by his father
;
upaśikṣitaḥ
—
thus advised
;
rāmaḥ
—
Lord Paraśurāma
;
tathā iti
—
let it be so
;
kuru
—
nandana — O son of the Kuru dynasty, Mahārāja Parīkṣit
;
saṁvatsaram
—
for one complete year
;
tīrtha
—
yātrām — traveling to all the holy places
;
caritvā
—
after executing
;
āśramam
—
to his own residence
;
āvrajat
—
returned .
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear Mahārāja Parīkṣit, son of the Kuru dynasty, when Lord Paraśurāma was given this order by his father, he immediately agreed, saying, “Let it be so.” For one complete year he traveled to holy places. Then he returned to his father’s residence.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O son of the Kuru dynasty! When Paraśurāma was given this order by his father, he immediately agreed, saying, "Let it be so." After traveling to holy places for a year, he returned to his father's residence.
In the Sixteenth Chapter, Paraśurāma kills the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna, because they killed his father, and makes the world devoid of kṣatriyas. Also the story of Viśvāmitra is told.