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ŚB 9.15.38

Devanagari

राम राम महाबाहो भवान् पापमकारषीत् ।
अवधीन्नरदेवं यत्सर्वदेवमयं वृथा ॥ ३८ ॥

Text

rāma rāma mahābāho
bhavān pāpam akāraṣīt
avadhīn naradevaṁ yat
sarva-devamayaṁ vṛthā

Synonyms

rāma rāma — my dear son Paraśurāma; mahābāho — O great hero; bhavān — you; pāpam — sinful activities; akāraṣīt — have executed; avadhīt — have killed; naradevam — the king; yat — who is; sarva-deva-mayam — the embodiment of all the demigods; vṛthā — unnecessarily.

Translation

O great hero, my dear son Paraśurāma, you have unnecessarily killed the king, who is supposed to be the embodiment of all the demigods. Thus you have committed a sin.