Bhārgava’s Resolve after His Father’s Slaying
Parashurama’s Vow against the Kshatriyas
तस्मिन्नष्टचतुष्कं च यावत्क्षत्रसमुद्गमम् / प्रत्येत्य भूयस्तद्धत्यै बद्धदीक्षो धृतव्रतः
tasminnaṣṭacatuṣkaṃ ca yāvatkṣatrasamudgamam / pratyetya bhūyastaddhatyai baddhadīkṣo dhṛtavrataḥ
Until the warrior line arose again—after eight catuṣkas, thirty-two years—he returned once more, consecrated by dīkṣā and steadfast in his vow, to slay them anew.