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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.15.16

श्रीराजोवाच किं तदंहो भगवतो राजन्यैरजितात्मभि: । कृतं येन कुलं नष्टं क्षत्रियाणामभीक्ष्णश: ॥ १६ ॥
śrī-rājovāca
[shree-raajovaacha]
kiṁ tad aṁho bhagavato
[kim tad amho bhagavato]
rājanyair ajitātmabhiḥ
[raajanyair ajitaatmabhih]
kṛtaṁ yena kulaṁ naṣṭaṁ
[kritam yena kulam nashtam]
kṣatriyāṇām abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
[kshatriyaanaam abheekshnashah]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-rājovāca
śrī-rājā uvāca
Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired
kiṁ tad aṁho bhagavato
kim
what
tat aṁhaḥ
that offense
bhagavataḥ
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
rājanyair ajitātmabhiḥ
rājanyaiḥ
by the royal family
ajita-ātmabhiḥ
who could not control their senses and thus were degraded
kṛtaṁ yena kulaṁ naṣṭaṁ
kṛtam
which had been done
yena
by which
kulam
the dynasty
naṣṭam
was annihilated
kṣatriyāṇām abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
kṣatriyāṇām
of the royal family
abhīkṣṇaśaḥ
again and again.
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?
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
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?
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Personal Guidance
Parīkṣit asks what offense the kṣatriyas committed to deserve such repeated annihilation. The right question is asked humbly — not 'why was the Lord so harsh' but 'what did they actually do?'
Reflection Questions
  • When something painful happens, do I ask 'why is God being harsh' or 'what was actually being done'?
  • Where could a more humble first question save me from a defensive theology?
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