SB 9.15.14 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

यमाहुर्वासुदेवांशं हैहयानां कुलान्तकम् । त्रि:सप्तकृत्वो य इमां चक्रे नि:क्षत्रियां महीम् ॥ १४ ॥

Verse text

yam āhur vāsudevāṁśaṁ 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 .

Translation

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Learned scholars accept Paraśurāma as a portion of Vāsudeva, destroyer of the dynasty of Kārtavīrya. [Note: He is a śaktyāveśa form according to Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta.] Paraśurāma killed all the kṣatriyas on earth twenty-one times.