Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.1.9
स एकच्छत्रां पृथिवीमनुल्लङ्घितशासन: ।
शासिष्यति महापद्मो द्वितीय इव भार्गव: ॥ ९ ॥
sa eka-cchatrāṁ pṛthivīm
[sa eka-chchatraam prithiveem]
anullaṅghita-śāsanaḥ
[anullanghita-shaasanah]
śāsiṣyati mahāpadmo
[shaasishyati mahaapadmo]
dvitīya iva bhārgavaḥ
[dviteeya iva bhaargavah]
Word-for-word
saḥ
—
he (Nanda)
eka-chatrām
—
under a single leadership
pṛthivīm
—
the entire earth
anullaṅghita
—
undefied
śāsanaḥ
—
his rulership
śāsiṣyati
—
he will have sovereignty over
mahāpadmaḥ
—
the lord of Mahāpadma
dvitīyaḥ
—
a second
iva
—
as if
bhārgavaḥ
—
Paraśurāma.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa eka-cchatrāṁ pṛthivīm
saḥ
he (Nanda)
eka-chatrām
under a single leadership
pṛthivīm
the entire earth
anullaṅghita-śāsanaḥ
anullaṅghita
undefied
śāsanaḥ
his rulership
śāsiṣyati mahāpadmo
śāsiṣyati
he will have sovereignty over
mahāpadmaḥ
the lord of Mahāpadma
dvitīya iva bhārgavaḥ
dvitīyaḥ
a second
iva
as if
bhārgavaḥ
Paraśurāma.
That lord of Mahāpadma, King Nanda, will rule over the entire earth just like a second Paraśurāma, and no one will challenge his authority.
Purport
In the eighth verse of this chapter it was mentioned that King Nanda would destroy the remnants of the kṣatriya order. Therefore he is here compared to Lord Paraśurāma, who annihilated the kṣatriya class twenty-one times in a previous age.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Wealthy King Nanda, without challenge to his authority, will rule over the entire earth just like a second Paraśurāma.
He is called mahā-padma because he was the master of great wealth or a great number of troops. He is compared to Paraśurāma because he destroyed the kṣatriyas.
Personal Guidance
When godless power consolidates and crushes all opposition, it can look total — yet Bhāgavatam frames even this as a passing phase. We are reminded that no human emperor, however absolute, escapes Kṛṣṇa's higher order of time.
Reflection Questions
- What 'unchallengeable' force in my world am I quietly afraid of?
- How does seeing it as time-bound change the way I act in front of it?
My note
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