Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 7.70
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7.70.1
रामो महातपाः शूरो वीरो लोकनमस्कृतः ।
जामदग्न्योऽप्यतियशा अवितृप्तो मरिष्यति ॥ ७.७०.१ ॥
Rāma, the great ascetic, the valiant hero, revered by the worlds, the son of Jamadagni of surpassing fame, will also die unsatisfied.
7.70.2
यश्चास्त्रमनुपर्येति भूमिं कुर्वन्विपांसुलाम् ।
नचासीद्विक्रिया यस्य प्राप्य श्रियमनुत्तमाम् ॥ ७.७०.२ ॥
He who went around the earth with his weapon, making it free of dust, and in whom no change arose even after attaining supreme fortune.
7.70.3
जामदग्न्यो न ते राजन्कच्चिच्छ्रोत्रमुपागतः ।
येनैकेन पुरा राजन्क्रुद्धेन हतबन्धुना ॥ ७.७०.३ ॥
O king, has not the word of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) reached your ears, who in former times, angered by the slaying of his kinsmen, alone...?
7.70.4
भृगुभिस्ताम्भमानेन त्राहि रामेति विस्वरम् ।
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो भूमिर्यत्कृता निःक्षत्रिया पुरा ॥ ७.७०.४ ॥
When the Bhṛgus wailed loudly, crying, 'O Rāma, save us!', he who in former times made the earth free of kṣatriyas twenty-one times.
7.70.5
यः क्षत्रियैः परामृष्टे वत्से पितरि चाब्रुवन् ।
ततोऽवधीत्कार्तवीर्यमजितं समरे परैः ॥ ७.७०.५ ॥
He who, when the kṣatriyas insulted his father and spoke to him, 'O dear son,' then slew in battle the unconquered Kārtavīrya, whom enemies could not overcome.
7.70.6
क्षत्रियाणां चतुःषष्टिमयुतानि सहस्रशः ।
तदा मृत्योः समेतानि एकेन धनुषाऽजयत् ॥ ७.७०.६ ॥
Sixty-four ayuta — thousands upon thousands — of kṣatriyas, gathered together in the grip of death, he alone conquered with his bow.
7.70.7
ब्रह्मद्विषां चाथ तस्मिन्हस्राणि चतुर्दश ।
पुनरन्यान्निजग्राह दन्तकूरे जघान ह ॥ ७.७०.७ ॥
In that battle he seized fourteen thousand enemies of the brahmins, then others again, and slew them at Dantakūra.
7.70.8
सहस्रं मुसलेनाहन्सहस्रमसिनाऽवधीत् ।
उद्बन्धनात्सहस्रं च सहस्रमुदके कृतम् ॥ ७.७०.८ ॥
He struck a thousand with a club, slew a thousand with a sword, a thousand by hanging, and made a thousand die in water.
7.70.9
दन्तान्भङ्क्त्वा सहस्रस्य भिन्नकर्णांस्तथाऽकरोत् ।
ततः सप्तसहस्राणां कुटुधृपमपाययत् ॥ ७.७०.९ ॥
Of a thousand he broke the teeth and likewise tore their ears; then he made seven thousand drink the smoke of the kuṭu-incense.
7.70.10
शिष्टान्वध्वा च हत्वा वै तेषां मृर्ध्नि विभिद्य च ।
गुणावतीमुत्तरेण खाण्डवाद्दक्षिणेन च।
गिर्यन्ते शतसाहस्रा हैहयाः समरे हताः ॥ ७.७०.१० ॥
Binding and slaying the rest, piercing their heads — to the north of Guṇāvatī and south of Khāṇḍava, at the mountain's edges — hundreds of thousands of the Haihayas lay slain in battle.
7.70.11
सरथाश्वगजा वीरा निहतास्तत्र शेरते ।
पितुर्वधामर्षितेन जामदग्न्येन धीमता ॥ ७.७०.११ ॥
Heroes, with chariots, horses and elephants, lie slain there — by the wise Jāmadagnya, enraged at his father's killing.
7.70.12
निजघ्ने दशसाहस्रान्रामः परशुना तदा ।
न ह्यमृष्यत ता वाचो यास्तैर्भृशमुदीरिताः ॥ ७.७०.१२ ॥
Then Rāma (Paraśurāma) slew ten thousand with his axe, for he could not bear those harsh words that had been spoken so bitterly by them.
7.70.13
भृगौ रामाभिधावेति यदाक्रन्दन्द्विजोत्तमाः ।
ततः काश्मीरदरदान्कुन्तिक्षुद्रकमालवान् ॥ ७.७०.१३ ॥
When the best of the twice-born cried out, 'Rāma, come running to the Bhṛgus!', then he struck down the Kāśmīras, Daradas, Kuntis, Kṣudrakas and Mālavas.
7.70.14
अङ्गवङ्गकलिङ्गांश्च विदेहांस्ताम्रलिप्तकान् ।
रक्षोवाहान्वीतिहोत्रांस्त्रिगर्तान्मार्तिकावतान् ॥ ७.७०.१४ ॥
He also slew the Aṅgas, Vaṅgas, Kaliṅgas, Videhas, Tāmraliptakas, Rakṣovāhas, Vītihotras, Trigartas and Mārtikāvatas.
7.70.15
शिबीनन्यांश्च राजन्यान्देशान्देशान्सहस्रशः ।
निजघान शितैर्बाणैर्जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् ॥ ७.७०.१५ ॥
With sharp arrows the mighty son of Jamadagni struck down the Śibis and other kṣatriya rulers, by the thousands, country after country.
7.70.16
कोटीशतसहस्राणि क्षत्रियाणां सहस्रशः ।
इन्द्रगोपकवर्णस्य बन्धुजीवनिभस्य च ॥ ७.७०.१६ ॥
Hundreds of thousands of crores of kṣatriyas, by the thousand, whose complexion was like the indragopaka beetle and whose hue was like the bandhujīva flower, were slain.
7.70.17
रुधिरस्य परीवाहैः पूरयित्वा सरांसि च ।
सर्वानष्टादश द्वीपान्वशमानीय भार्गवः ॥ ७.७०.१७ ॥
Filling the lakes with rivers of blood, the descendant of Bhṛgu brought all eighteen continents under his control.
7.70.18
ईजे क्रतुशतैः पुण्यैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः ।
वेदीमष्टनलोत्सेधां सौवर्णां विधिनिर्मिताम् ॥ ७.७०.१८ ॥
With a hundred meritorious sacrifices, their excellent fees fully given, he sacrificed upon a golden altar, eight nalas high, built according to the rule.
7.70.19
सर्वरत्नशतैः पूर्णां पताकाशतमालिनीम् ।
ग्राम्यारण्यैः पशुगणैः सम्पूर्णां च महीमिमाम् ॥ ७.७०.१९ ॥
This earth, filled with hundreds of jewels of every kind, garlanded with hundreds of banners, and full of herds of village and forest animals.
7.70.20
रामस्य जामदग्न्यस्य प्रतिजग्राह कश्यपः ।
ततः शतसहस्राणि द्विपेन्द्रान्हेमभूषणान् ॥ ७.७०.२० ॥
Kaśyapa received it from Rāma, son of Jamadagni. Then hundreds of thousands of lordly elephants adorned with gold.
7.70.21
निर्दस्युं पृथिवीं कृत्वा शिष्टेष्टजनसङ्कुलाम् ।
कश्यपाय ददौ रामो हयमेधे महामखे ॥ ७.७०.२१ ॥
Having made the earth free of robbers and crowded with virtuous and beloved people, Rāma gave it to Kaśyapa at the great horse sacrifice.
7.70.22
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां प्रभुः ।
इष्ट्वा क्रतुशतैर्वीरो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ह्यमन्यत ॥ ७.७०.२२ ॥
Having made the earth free of kṣatriyas twenty-one times, the mighty hero, after performing hundreds of sacrifices, resolved to give it to the brahmins.
7.70.23
सप्तद्वीपां वसुमतीं मारीचोऽगृह्णत द्विजः ।
रामं प्रोवाच निर्गच्छ वसुधातो ममाज्ञया ॥ ७.७०.२३ ॥
The twice-born Marīci received the seven-island earth, and said to Rāma, "Depart from this earth by my command."
7.70.24
स कश्यपस्य वचनात्प्रोत्सार्य सरिताम्पतिम् ।
इषुपाते युधां श्रेष्ठः कुर्वन्ब्राह्मणशासनम् ॥ ७.७०.२४ ॥
At Kaśyapa's word he drove the lord of rivers, the ocean, back to the range of an arrow; the best of warriors, carrying out the command of the brahmins.
7.70.25
अध्यावसद्गिरिश्रेष्ठं महेन्द्रं पर्वतोत्तमम् ।
एवं गुणशतैर्युक्तो भृगूणां कीर्तिवर्धनः ॥ ७.७०.२५ ॥
He dwells on Mahendra, the best of mountains, the finest of peaks. Thus endowed with hundreds of virtues, he is the increaser of the glory of the Bhṛgus.
7.70.26
जामदग्न्यो ह्यतियशा मरिष्यति महाद्युतिः ।
त्वया चतुर्भद्रतरः पुण्यात्पुण्यतरस्तव ॥ ७.७०.२६ ॥
Jāmadagnya, of exceeding fame and great splendor, will die. Four times more auspicious than you, and more meritorious than your merit, is he.
7.70.27
अयज्वानमदक्षिण्यं मा पुत्रमनुतप्यथाः ।
एते चतुर्भद्रतरास्त्वया भद्रशताधिकाः।
मृता नरवरश्रेष्ठ मरिष्यन्ति च सृञ्जय ॥ ७.७०.२७ ॥
Do not grieve for a son who did not sacrifice and gave no gifts. These, fourfold more auspicious than you and exceeding a hundred blessings, have died and will die, O best of men, Sṛñjaya.