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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.16.18-19

తద్రక్తేన నదీం ఘోరామబ్రహ్మణ్యభయావహామ్ । హేతుం కృత్వా పితృవధం క్షత్రేఽమఙ్గలకారిణి ॥ ౧౮ ॥ త్రి:సప్తకృత్వ: పృథివీం కృత్వా ని:క్షత్రియాం ప్రభు: । సమన్తపఞ్చకే చక్రే శోణితోదాన్ హ్రదాన్ నవ ॥ ౧౯ ॥
tad-raktena nadīṁ ghorām
[tad-raktena nadeem ghoraam]
abrahmaṇya-bhayāvahām
[abrahmanya-bhayaavahaam]
hetuṁ kṛtvā pitṛ-vadhaṁ
[hetum kritvaa pitri-vadham]
kṣatre ’maṅgala-kāriṇi
[kshatre ’mangala-kaarini]
triḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṁ
[trih-sapta-kritvah prithiveem]
kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṁ prabhuḥ
[kritvaa nihkshatriyaam prabhuh]
samanta-paṣcake cakre
[samanta-pashchake chakre]
śoṇitodān hradān nava
[shonitodaan hradaan nava]
tat-raktena — by the blood of the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna nadīm — a river ghorām — fierce abrahmaṇya-bhaya-āvahām — causing fear to the kings who had no respect for brahminical culture hetum — cause kṛtvā — accepting pitṛ-vadham — the killing of his father kṣatre — when the whole royal class amaṅgala-kāriṇi — was acting very inauspiciously triḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ — twenty-one times pṛthivīm — the entire world kṛtvā — making niḥkṣatriyām — without a kṣatriya dynasty prabhuḥ — the Supreme Lord, Paraśurāma samanta-paṣcake — at the place known as Samanta-paṣcaka cakre — he made śoṇita-udān — filled with blood instead of water hradān — lakes nava — nine.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tad-raktena nadīṁ ghorām
tat-raktena
by the blood of the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna
nadīm
a river
ghorām
fierce
abrahmaṇya-bhayāvahām
abrahmaṇya-bhaya-āvahām
causing fear to the kings who had no respect for brahminical culture
hetuṁ kṛtvā pitṛ-vadhaṁ
hetum
cause
kṛtvā
accepting
pitṛ-vadham
the killing of his father
kṣatre ’maṅgala-kāriṇi
kṣatre
when the whole royal class
triḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṁ
kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṁ prabhuḥ
amaṅgala-kāriṇi
was acting very inauspiciously
triḥ-sapta-kṛtvaḥ
twenty-one times
pṛthivīm
the entire world
samanta-paṣcake cakre
kṛtvā
making
śoṇitodān hradān nava
niḥkṣatriyām
without a kṣatriya dynasty
prabhuḥ
the Supreme Lord, Paraśurāma
samanta-paṣcake
at the place known as Samanta-paṣcaka
cakre
he made
śoṇita-udān
filled with blood instead of water
hradān
lakes
nava
nine.
With the blood of the bodies of these sons, Lord Paraśurāma created a ghastly river, which brought great fear to the kings who had no respect for brahminical culture. Because the kṣatriyas, the men of power in government, were performing sinful activities, Lord Paraśurāma, on the plea of retaliating for the murder of his father, rid all the kṣatriyas from the face of the earth twenty-one times. Indeed, in the place known as Samanta-paṣcaka he created nine lakes filled with their blood.

Paraśurāma is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and his eternal mission is paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām — to protect the devotees and annihilate the miscreants. To kill all the sinful men is one among the tasks of the incarnation of Godhead. Lord Paraśurāma killed all the kṣatriyas twenty-one times consecutively because they were disobedient to the brahminical culture. That the kṣatriyas had killed his father was only a plea; the real fact is that because the kṣatriyas, the ruling class, had become polluted, their position was inauspicious. Brahminical culture is enjoined in the śāstra, especially in Bhagavad-gītā ( cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ ). According to the laws of nature, whether at the time of Paraśurāma or at the present, if the government becomes irresponsible and sinful, not caring for brahminical culture, there will certainly be an incarnation of God like Paraśurāma to create a devastation by fire, famine, pestilence or some other calamity. Whenever the government disrespects the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead and fails to protect the institution of varṇāśrama-dharma, it will certainly have to face such catastrophes as formerly brought about by Lord Paraśurāma.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
He made a terrifying river of their blood, causing fear in those who disrespect brāhmaṇas. Making the kṣatriyas responsible for killing his father, since they had acted wrongfully, twenty-one times he made the earth devoid of kṣatriyas and made nine lakes of their blood at Samanta-paṣcaka. Making the killing of his father the cause, twenty-one times he rid the earth of kṣatriyas, since they were acting sinfully (amaṅgala-karini). This means they wrongfully made his mother Reṇukā beat her chest in lamentation.
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