Bhārgava’s Resolve after His Father’s Slaying
Parashurama’s Vow against the Kshatriyas
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वस्तन्माता यदुरः स्वमताडयत् / तावद्रामेण तस्मात्तु क्षत्रमुत्सादितं भुवि
triḥsaptakṛtvastanmātā yaduraḥ svamatāḍayat / tāvadrāmeṇa tasmāttu kṣatramutsāditaṃ bhuvi
As many times as his mother, in grief, struck her own breast—twenty-one times—so many times did Rama, for that very cause, uproot the kṣatriyas upon the earth.