गत्वा माहिष्मतीं रामो ब्रह्मघ्नविहतश्रियम् । तेषां स शीर्षभी राजन् मध्ये चक्रे महागिरिम् ॥ १७ ॥
gatva mahismatim ramo brahma-ghna-vihata-sriyam tesam sa sirsabhi rajan madhye cakre maha-girim
- gatva
- going
- mahismatim
- to the place known as Mahismati
- ramah
- Lord Parasurama
- brahma-ghna
- because of the killing of a brahmana
- vihata-sriyam
- doomed, bereft of all opulences
- tesam
- of all of them (the sons of Kartaviryarjuna and the other ksatriya inhabitants)
- sah
- he, Lord Parasurama
- sirsabhih
- by the heads cut off from their bodies
- rajan
- O Maharaja Pariksit
- madhye
- within the jurisdiction of Mahismati
- cakre
- made
- maha-girim
- a great mountain
O King, Lord Parasurama then went to Mahismati, which was already doomed by the sinful killing of a brahmana. In the midst of that city he made a mountain of heads, severed from the bodies of the sons of Kartaviryarjuna.