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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.15.31

यतो यतोऽसौ प्रहरत्परश्वधो मनोऽनिलौजा: परचक्रसूदन: । ततस्ततश्छिन्नभुजोरुकन्धरा निपेतुरुर्व्यां हतसूतवाहना: ॥ ३१ ॥
yato yato ’sau praharat-paraśvadho
[yato yato ’sau praharat-parashvadho]
mano-’nilaujāḥ para-cakra-sūdanaḥ
[mano-’nilaujaah para-chakra-soodanah]
tatas tataś chinna-bhujoru-kandharā
[tatas tatash chinna-bhujoru-kandharaa]
nipetur urvyāṁ hata-sūta-vāhanāḥ
[nipetur urvyaam hata-soota-vaahanaah]
Word-for-word
yataḥ — wherever yataḥ — wherever asau — Lord Paraśurāma praharat — slashing paraśvadhaḥ — being expert in using his weapon, the paraśu, or chopper manaḥ — like the mind anila — like the wind ojāḥ — being forceful para-cakra — of the enemies’ military strength sūdanaḥ — killer tataḥ — there tataḥ — and there chinna — scattered and cut off bhuja — arms ūru — legs kandharāḥ — shoulders nipetuḥ — fell down urvyām — on the ground hata — killed sūta — chariot drivers vāhanāḥ — carrier horses and elephants.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yato yato ’sau praharat-paraśvadho
yataḥ
wherever
yataḥ
wherever
asau
Lord Paraśurāma
praharat
slashing
mano-’nilaujāḥ para-cakra-sūdanaḥ
paraśvadhaḥ
being expert in using his weapon, the paraśu, or chopper
manaḥ
like the mind
anila
like the wind
ojāḥ
being forceful
para-cakra
of the enemies’ military strength
tatas tataś chinna-bhujoru-kandharā
nipetur urvyāṁ hata-sūta-vāhanāḥ
sūdanaḥ
killer
tataḥ
there
tataḥ
and there
chinna
scattered and cut off
bhuja
arms
ūru
legs
kandharāḥ
shoulders
nipetuḥ
fell down
urvyām
on the ground
hata
killed
sūta
chariot drivers
vāhanāḥ
carrier horses and elephants.
Lord Paraśurāma, being expert in killing the military strength of the enemy, worked with the speed of the mind and the wind, slicing his enemies with his chopper [paraśu]. Wherever he went, the enemies fell, their legs, arms and shoulders being severed, their chariot drivers killed, and their carriers, the elephants and horses, all annihilated.
Purport

In the beginning, when the army of the enemy was full of fighting soldiers, elephants and horses, Lord Paraśurāma proceeded into their midst at the speed of mind to kill them. When somewhat tired, he slowed down to the speed of wind and continued to kill the enemies vigorously. The speed of mind is greater than the speed of the wind.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Skilled in the use of his axe, moving with the speed of the mind and the wind, wherever the destroyer of armies moved about, the severed necks, legs and arms of the enemy along with their chariot drivers and carriers fell to the ground. Skilled in using his axe, he acted with the speed of the mind and the wind. First seeing the great numbers of troops, he worked quickly to destroy them, and when they were almost all killed, slowing down somewhat he acted like the wind. Wherever he went, there the heroes fell.
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Personal Guidance
Paraśurāma fights first at the speed of mind, then at the speed of wind. Real spiritual force has gears we have not seen used at full power — and we should not be surprised when it does.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I assuming the Lord's pace by what I have witnessed in calm seasons?
  • What in my life might suddenly move at 'mind-speed' if I let the Lord into it?
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