sa eka-cchatrāḿ pṛthivīm

anullańghita-śāsanaḥ

śāsiṣyati mahāpadmo

dvitīya iva bhārgavaḥ

sah -- he (Nanda); eka-chatram -- under a single leadership; prithivim -- the entire earth; anullanghita -- undefied; sasanah -- his rulership; sasishyati -- he will have sovereignty over; mahapadmah -- the lord of Mahapadma; dvitiyah -- a second; iva -- as if; bhargavah -- Parasurama.


Texto

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

Significado

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