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SB 12.1.9

Devanāgarī

स एकच्छत्रां पृथिवीमनुल्ल‍‌‌ङ्घितशासन: । शासिष्यति महापद्मो द्वितीय इव भार्गव: ॥ ९ ॥

Text

sa eka-cchatrāṁ pṛthivīm anullaṅghita-śāsanaḥ śāsiṣyati mahāpadmo dvitīya iva bhārgavaḥ

Synonyms

saḥ—he (Nanda);eka-chatrām—under a single leadership;pṛthivīm—the entire earth;anullaṅghita—undefied;śāsanaḥ—his rulership;śāsiṣyati—he will have sovereignty over;mahāpadmaḥ—the lord of Mahāpadma;dvitīyaḥ—a second;iva—as if;bhārgavaḥ—Paraśurāma.

Translation

That lord of Mahāpadma, King Nanda, will rule over the entire earth just like a second Paraśurāma, and no one will challenge his authority.

Purport

In the eighth verse of this chapter it was mentioned that King Nanda would destroy the remnants of the kṣatriya order. Therefore he is here compared to Lord Paraśurāma, who annihilated the kṣatriya class twenty-one times in a previous age.
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