SB 9.15.16 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

श्रीराजोवाच किं तदंहो भगवतो राजन्यैरजितात्मभि: । कृतं येन कुलं नष्टं क्षत्रियाणामभीक्ष्णश: ॥ १६ ॥

Verse text

śrī-rājovāca 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 .

Translation

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?

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

King Parīkṣit said: What was the offense that the kṣatriyas who could not control their senses committed towards Paraśurāma, the incarnation of the Lord, by which the kṣatriyas were repeatedly destroyed?