Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 12.1.9
Visarga· Brahmā's creationUnderstanding the Comparison With Paraśurāma
“That lord of Mahāpadma, King Nanda, will rule over the entire earth just like a second Paraśurāma, and no one will challenge his authority.”
What the purport teaches
- King Nanda, the lord of Mahāpadma, will rule the entire earth under a single leadership.
- No one will challenge his authority. The translation compares him to a second Paraśurāma.
- The purport explains the specific basis of this comparison: Nanda will destroy the remnants of the kṣatriya order. Lord Paraśurāma annihilated the kṣatriya class twenty-one times in a previous age.
Try this today
Write down the one action that forms the basis of the comparison between Nanda and Paraśurāma.
Ask yourself
Am I understanding this comparison according to the specific explanation given in the purport?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.