CC Madhya 20.372
Bengali
শেষে ‘স্ব-সেবন’-শক্তি, পৃথুতে ‘পালন’ ।
পরশুরামে ‘দুষ্টনাশক-বীর্যসঞ্চারণ’ ॥ ৩৭২ ॥
পরশুরামে ‘দুষ্টনাশক-বীর্যসঞ্চারণ’ ॥ ৩৭২ ॥
Verse text
śeṣe ‘sva-sevana’-śakti, pṛthute ‘pālana’
paraśurāme ‘duṣṭa-nāśaka-vīrya-sañcāraṇa’
paraśurāme ‘duṣṭa-nāśaka-vīrya-sañcāraṇa’
Synonyms
Translation
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead invested the power of personal service in Lord Śeṣa, and He invested the power to rule the earth in King Pṛthu. Lord Paraśurāma received the power to kill rogues and miscreants.
Purport
Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.8), paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām. Sometimes the Lord invests His power to rule in a king like Pṛthu and enables such a king to kill rogues and miscreants. He also invests His power in incarnations like Paraśurāma.