Bhārgava’s Resolve after His Father’s Slaying
Parashurama’s Vow against the Kshatriyas
अलं रामेण राजेन्द्र स्मरता निधनं पितुः / त्रिः सप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी तेन निःक्षत्रिया कृता
alaṃ rāmeṇa rājendra smaratā nidhanaṃ pituḥ / triḥ saptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī tena niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā
O lord of kings, Rama, ever mindful of his father’s death, did enough: twenty-one times he made the earth bereft of kṣatriyas.