राम: सञ्चोदित: पित्रा भ्रातृन् मात्रा सहावधीत् । प्रभावज्ञो मुने: सम्यक् समाधेस्तपसश्च स: ॥ ६ ॥
ramah sancoditah pitra bhratrn matra sahavadhit prabhava-jno muneh samyak samadhes tapasas ca sah
- ramah
- Lord Parasurama
- sancoditah
- being encouraged (to kill his mother and brothers)
- pitra
- by his father
- bhratrn
- all his brothers
- matra saha
- with the mother
- avadhit
- killed immediately
- prabhava-jnah
- aware of the prowess
- muneh
- of the great sage
- samyak
- completely
- samadheh
- by meditation
- tapasah
- by austerity
- ca
- also
- sah
- he.
Jamadagni then ordered his youngest son, Parasurama, to kill his brothers, who had disobeyed this order, and his mother, who had mentally committed adultery. Lord Parasurama, knowing the power of his father, who was practiced in meditation and austerity, killed his mother and brothers immediately.