नि:क्षत्रियां महीं कुर्वन् राम: शस्त्रभृतां वर: । नृपाणां रुधिरौघेण यत्र चक्रे महाह्रदान् ॥ ३ ॥ ईजे च भगवान् रामो यत्रास्पृष्टोऽपि कर्मणा । लोकं सङ्ग्राहयन्नीशो यथान्योऽघापनुत्तये ॥ ४ ॥ महत्यां तीर्थयात्रायां तत्रागन् भारती: प्रजा: । वृष्णयश्च तथाक्रूरवसुदेवाहुकादय: ॥ ५ ॥ ययुर्भारत तत् क्षेत्रं स्वमघं क्षपयिष्णव: । गदप्रद्युम्नसाम्बाद्या: सुचन्द्रशुकसारणै: । आस्तेऽनिरुद्धो रक्षायां कृतवर्मा च यूथप: ॥ ६ ॥
niḥkṣatriyāṁ mahīṁ kurvan rāmaḥ śastra-bhṛtāṁ varaḥ nṛpāṇāṁ rudhiraugheṇa yatra cakre mahā-hradān īje ca bhagavān rāmo yatrāspṛṣṭo ’pi karmaṇā lokaṁ saṅgrāhayann īśo yathānyo ’ghāpanuttaye mahatyāṁ tīrtha-yātrāyāṁ tatrāgan bhāratīḥ prajāḥ vṛṣṇayaś ca tathākrūra- vasudevāhukādayaḥ yayur bhārata tat kṣetraṁ svam aghaṁ kṣapayiṣṇavaḥ gada-pradyumna-sāmbādyāḥ sucandra-śuka-sāraṇaiḥ āste ’niruddho rakṣāyāṁ kṛtavarmā ca yūtha-paḥ
- niḥkṣatriyām
- rid of kings
- mahīm
- the earth
- kurvan
- having made
- rāmaḥ
- Lord Paraśurāma
- śastra
- of weapons
- bhṛtām
- of the holders
- varaḥ
- the greatest
- nṛpāṇām
- of kings
- rudhira
- of the blood
- oghena
- with the floods
- yatra
- where
- cakre
- he made
- mahā
- great
- hradān
- lakes
- īje
- worshiped
- ca
- and
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- rāmaḥ
- Paraśurāma
- yatra
- where
- aspṛṣṭaḥ
- untouched
- api
- even though
- karmaṇā
- by material work and its reactions
- lokam
- the world in general
- saṅgrāhayan
- instructing
- īśaḥ
- the Lord
- yathā
- as if
- anyaḥ
- another person
- agha
- sins
- apanuttaye
- in order to dispel
- mahatyām
- mighty
- tīrtha-yātrāyām
- on the occasion of the holy pilgrimage
- tatra
- there
- āgan
- came
- bhāratīḥ
- of Bhārata-varṣa
- prajāḥ
- people
- vṛṣṇayaḥ
- members of the Vṛṣṇi clan
- ca
- and
- tathā
- also
- akrūra-vasudeva-āhuka-ādayaḥ
- Akrūra, Vasudeva, Āhuka (Ugrasena) and others
- yayuḥ
- went
- bhārata
- O descendant of Bharata (Parīkṣit)
- tat
- that
- kṣetram
- to the holy place
- svam
- their own
- agham
- sins
- kṣapayiṣṇavaḥ
- desirous of eradicating
- gada-pradyumna-sāmba-ādayaḥ
- Gada, Pradyumna, Sāmba and others
- sucandra-śuka-sāraṇaiḥ
- with Sucandra, Śuka and Sāraṇa
- āste
- remained
- aniruddhaḥ
- Aniruddha
- rakṣāyām
- for guarding
- kṛtavarmā
- Kṛtavarmā
- ca
- and
- yūtha-paḥ
- leader of the army
After ridding the earth of kings, Lord Paraśurāma, the foremost of warriors, created huge lakes from the kings’ blood at Samantaka-pañcaka. Although he is never tainted by karmic reactions, Lord Paraśurāma performed sacrifices there to instruct people in general; thus he acted like an ordinary person trying to free himself of sins. From all parts of Bhārata-varṣa a great number of people now came to that Samanta-pañcaka on pilgrimage. O descendant of Bharata, among those arriving at the holy place were many Vṛṣṇis, such as Gada, Pradyumna and Sāmba, hoping to be relieved of their sins; Akrūra, Vasudeva, Āhuka and other kings also went there. Aniruddha remained in Dvārakā with Sucandra, Śuka and Sāraṇa to guard the city, together with Kṛtavarmā, the commander of their armed forces.