Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.15.38
राम राम महाबाहो भवान् पापमकारषीत् ।
अवधीन्नरदेवं यत्सर्वदेवमयं वृथा ॥ ३८ ॥
rāma rāma mahābāho
[raama raama mahaabaaho]
bhavān pāpam akāraṣīt
[bhavaan paapam akaarasheet]
avadhīn naradevaṁ yat
[avadheen naradevam yat]
sarva-devamayaṁ vṛthā
[sarva-devamayam vrithaa]
Word-for-word
rāma rāma
—
my dear son Paraśurāma
mahābāho
—
O great hero
bhavān
—
you
pāpam
—
sinful activities
akāraṣīt
—
have executed
avadhīt
—
have killed
naradevam
—
the king
yat
—
who is
sarva-deva-mayam
—
the embodiment of all the demigods
vṛthā
—
unnecessarily.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rāma rāma mahābāho
rāma rāma
my dear son Paraśurāma
mahābāho
O great hero
bhavān pāpam akāraṣīt
bhavān
you
pāpam
sinful activities
akāraṣīt
have executed
avadhīn naradevaṁ yat
avadhīt
have killed
naradevam
the king
yat
who is
sarva-devamayaṁ vṛthā
sarva-deva-mayam
the embodiment of all the demigods
vṛthā
unnecessarily.
O great hero, my dear son Paraśurāma, you have unnecessarily killed the king, who is supposed to be the embodiment of all the demigods. Thus you have committed a sin.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
O great hero! O Paraśurāma! You have unnecessarily killed the king, who is supposed to be the embodiment of all the devatās. Thus you have committed a sin.
Personal Guidance
Jamadagni surprises us — he tells Paraśurāma he sinned by killing the king. Elders sometimes see costs in our 'righteous' actions that we did not — even necessary violence carries weight.
Reflection Questions
- Whose elder's judgment of a 'righteous' action of mine deserves more weight than I have given it?
- Where might I have been technically right but spiritually owed a correction?
My note
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