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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 20.372

śeṣe ‘sva-sevana’-śakti, pṛthute ‘pālana’ paraśurāme ‘duṣṭa-nāśaka-vīrya-sañcāraṇa’
[sheshe ‘sva-sevana’-shakti, prithute ‘paalana’ parashuraame ‘dushta-naashaka-veerya-sanchaarana’]
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śeṣe ‘sva-sevana’-śakti, pṛthute ‘pālana’ paraśurāme ‘duṣṭa-nāśaka-vīrya-sañcāraṇa’
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead invested the power of personal service in Lord Śeṣa, and He invested the power to rule the earth in King Pṛthu. Lord Paraśurāma received the power to kill rogues and miscreants.

Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.8), paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām. Sometimes the Lord invests His power to rule in a king like Pṛthu and enables such a king to kill rogues and miscreants. He also invests His power in incarnations like Paraśurāma.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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