Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16


Sanskrit:

श्रीराजोवाचकिं तदंहो भगवतो राजन्यैरजितात्मभि: ।कृतं येन कुलं नष्टं क्षत्रियाणामभीक्ष्णश: ॥ १६ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-rājovācakiṁ tad aṁho bhagavatorājanyair ajitātmabhiḥkṛtaṁ yena kulaṁ naṣṭaṁkṣatriyāṇām abhīkṣṇaśaḥ

Translation:

King Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: What was the offense that the kṣatriyas who could not control their senses committed before Lord Paraśurāma, the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for which the Lord annihilated the kṣatriya dynasty again and again?

Purport: