Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 15
SB 9 15.1
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच ऐलस्य चोर्वशीगर्भात् षड् आसन्नात्मजा नृप आयुः श्रुतायुः सत्यायू रयो ऽथ विजयो जयः
śrībādarāyaṇiruvāca ailasya corvaśīgarbhāt ṣaḍ āsannātmajā nṛpa āyuḥ śrutāyuḥ satyāyū rayo 'tha vijayo jayaḥ
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: And of Aila (Purūravas), from Urvaśī's womb, O king, there were six sons: Āyu, Śrutāyu, Satyāyu, Raya, then Vijaya and Jaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 15.2
श्रुतायोर्वसुमान् पुत्रः सत्यायोश्च श्रुतञ्जयः रयस्य सुत एकश्च जयस्य तनयो ऽमितः
śrutāyorvasumān putraḥ satyāyośca śrutañjayaḥ rayasya suta ekaśca jayasya tanayo 'mitaḥ
Vasumān was Śrutāyu's son, and Śrutañjaya was Satyāyu's; Raya had one son, Eka, and Jaya's son was Amita.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 15.3
भीमस्तु विजयस्याथ काञ्चनो होत्रकस्ततः तस्य जह्नुः सुतो गङ्गां गण्डूषीकृत्य यो ऽपिबत् जह्नोस्तु पुरुस्तस्याथ बलाकश्चात्मजो ऽजकः
bhīmastu vijayasyātha kāñcano hotrakastataḥ tasya jahnuḥ suto gaṅgāṃ gaṇḍūṣīkṛtya yo 'pibat jahnostu purustasyātha balākaścātmajo 'jakaḥ
Bhīma, however, was Vijaya's son; then Kāñcana, and from him Hotraka; his son was Jahnu, who drank up the Ganges making it a mouthful; of Jahnu came Puru, and of him Balāka, and his son was Ajaka.
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SB 9 15.4
ततः कुशः कुशस्यापि कुशाम्बुस्तनयो वसुः कुशनाभश्च चत्वारो गाधिरासीत् कुशाम्बुजः
tataḥ kuśaḥ kuśasyāpi kuśāmbustanayo vasuḥ kuśanābhaśca catvāro gādhirāsīt kuśāmbujaḥ
From him came Kuśa, and Kuśa too had four sons: Kuśāmbu, Tanaya, Vasu and Kuśanābha; Gādhi was born of Kuśāmbu.
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SB 9 15.5
तस्य सत्यवतीं कन्यामृचीको ऽयाचत द्विजः वरं विसदृशं मत्वा गाधिर्भार्गवमब्रवीत्
tasya satyavatīṃ kanyāmṛcīko 'yācata dvijaḥ varaṃ visadṛśaṃ matvā gādhirbhārgavamabravīt
The brahmin Ṛcīka asked him for his daughter Satyavatī; but thinking the suitor unequal (to her), Gādhi said to the Bhārgava:
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SB 9 15.6
एकतः श्यामकर्णानां हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् सहस्रं दीयतां शुल्कं कन्यायाः कुशिका वयम्
ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānāṃ hayānāṃ candravarcasām sahasraṃ dīyatāṃ śulkaṃ kanyāyāḥ kuśikā vayam
"Let a thousand horses of moonlike lustre, each with one dark ear, be given as the bride-price for the girl — for we are Kuśikas."
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SB 9 15.7
इत्युक्तस्तन्मतं ज्ञात्वा गतः स वरुणान्तिकम् आनीय दत्त्वा तान् अश्वान् उपयेमे वराननाम्
ityuktastanmataṃ jñātvā gataḥ sa varuṇāntikam ānīya dattvā tān aśvān upayeme varānanām
Thus addressed, and understanding his intent, he went to Varuṇa; having brought and given those horses, he married the fair-faced girl.
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SB 9 15.8
स ऋषिः प्रार्थितः पत्न्या श्वश्र्वा चापत्यकाम्यया श्रपयित्वोभयैर्मन्त्रैश्चरुं स्नातुं गतो मुनिः
sa ṛṣiḥ prārthitaḥ patnyā śvaśrvā cāpatyakāmyayā śrapayitvobhayairmantraiścaruṃ snātuṃ gato muniḥ
That sage, entreated by his wife and by his mother-in-law out of desire for offspring, cooked the oblation-porridge with mantras for both, and the sage went off to bathe.
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SB 9 15.9
तावत् सत्यवती मात्रा स्वचरुं याचिता सती श्रेष्ठं मत्वा तयायच्छन् मात्रे मातुरदत् स्वयम्
tāvat satyavatī mātrā svacaruṃ yācitā satī śreṣṭhaṃ matvā tayāyacchan mātre māturadat svayam
Meanwhile Satyavatī, being asked by her mother for her own portion of the porridge, and thinking it the better one, gave it to her, and herself ate her mother's.
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SB 9 15.10
तद्विदित्वा मुनिः प्राह पत्नीं कष्टमकारषीः घोरो दण्डधरः पुत्रो भ्राता ते ब्रह्मवित्तमः
tadviditvā muniḥ prāha patnīṃ kaṣṭamakāraṣīḥ ghoro daṇḍadharaḥ putro bhrātā te brahmavittamaḥ
Learning of this, the sage said to his wife: "You have done a grievous thing. Your son will be fierce, a wielder of the rod, and your brother the foremost knower of Brahman."
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SB 9 15.11
प्रसादितः सत्यवत्या मैवं भूरिति भार्गवः अथ तर्हि भवेत् पौत्रोजमदग्निस्ततो ऽभवत्
prasāditaḥ satyavatyā maivaṃ bhūriti bhārgavaḥ atha tarhi bhavet pautrojamadagnistato 'bhavat
Propitiated by Satyavatī with "Let it not be so," the Bhārgava said, "Then let it be so with your grandson" — and thereafter Jamadagni was born.
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SB 9 15.12
सा चाभूत् सुमहत्पुण्या कौशिकी लोकपावनी रेणोः सुतां रेणुकां वै जमदग्निरुवाह याम्
sā cābhūt sumahatpuṇyā kauśikī lokapāvanī reṇoḥ sutāṃ reṇukāṃ vai jamadagniruvāha yām
And she became the exceedingly holy Kauśikī, purifier of the worlds. Jamadagni married Reṇukā, the daughter of Reṇu.
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SB 9 15.13
तस्यां वै भार्गवऋषेः सुता वसुमदादयः यवीयान् जज्ञ एतेषां राम इत्यभिविश्रुतः
tasyāṃ vai bhārgavaṛṣeḥ sutā vasumadādayaḥ yavīyān jajña eteṣāṃ rāma ityabhiviśrutaḥ
By her the Bhārgava sage had sons, Vasumat and the rest; and the youngest of these who was born became widely renowned as Rāma.
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SB 9 15.14
यमाहुर्वासुदेवांशं हैहयानां कुलान्तकम् त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो य इमां चक्रे निःक्षत्रियां महीम्
yamāhurvāsudevāṃśaṃ haihayānāṃ kulāntakam triḥsaptakṛtvo ya imāṃ cakre niḥkṣatriyāṃ mahīm
whom they call a portion of Vāsudeva, the destroyer of the Haihayas' line, who thrice seven times made this earth free of kṣatriyas.
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SB 9 15.15
दृप्तं क्षत्रं भुवो भारमब्रह्मण्यमनीनशत् रजस्तमोवृतमहन् फल्गुन्यपि कृते ऽंहसि
dṛptaṃ kṣatraṃ bhuvo bhāramabrahmaṇyamanīnaśat rajastamovṛtamahan phalgunyapi kṛte 'ṃhasi
He destroyed the arrogant kṣatriya order, a burden upon the earth and hostile to brahmins; he slew them, shrouded in passion and darkness as they were, though the offence committed was slight.
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SB 9 15.16
श्रीराजोवाच किं तदंहो भगवतो राजन्यैरजितात्मभिः कृतं येन कुलं नष्टं क्षत्रियाणामभीक्ष्णशः
śrīrājovāca kiṃ tadaṃho bhagavato rājanyairajitātmabhiḥ kṛtaṃ yena kulaṃ naṣṭaṃ kṣatriyāṇāmabhīkṣṇaśaḥ
The King said: What was that offence against the venerable one, committed by the princes of unconquered selves, by which the line of the kṣatriyas was destroyed again and again?
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SB 9 15.17
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच हैहयानामधिपतिरर्जुनः क्षत्रियर्षभः दत्तं नारायणांशांशमाराध्य परिकर्मभिः
śrībādarāyaṇiruvāca haihayānāmadhipatirarjunaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ dattaṃ nārāyaṇāṃśāṃśamārādhya parikarmabhiḥ
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Arjuna, overlord of the Haihayas, bull among kṣatriyas, having propitiated with attendant services Datta, a portion of a portion of Nārāyaṇa,
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SB 9 15.18
बाहून् दशशतं लेभे दुर्धर्षत्वमरातिषु अव्याहतेन्द्रियौजः श्री तेजोवीर्ययशोबलम्
bāhūn daśaśataṃ lebhe durdharṣatvamarātiṣu avyāhatendriyaujaḥ śrī tejovīryayaśobalam
obtained a thousand arms, unassailability among foes, unobstructed vigour of the senses, prosperity, splendour, valour, fame and strength,
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SB 9 15.19
योगेश्वरत्वमैश्वर्यं गुणा यत्राणिमादयः चचाराव्याहतगतिर्लोकेषु पवनो यथा
yogeśvaratvamaiśvaryaṃ guṇā yatrāṇimādayaḥ cacārāvyāhatagatirlokeṣu pavano yathā
mastery of yoga and lordship, in which are the powers beginning with aṇimā; and he moved through the worlds with unimpeded course, like the wind.
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SB 9 15.20
स्त्रीरत्नैरावृतः क्रीडन् रेवाम्भसि मदोत्कटः वैजयन्तीं स्रजं बिभ्रद्रुरोध सरितं भुजैः
strīratnairāvṛtaḥ krīḍan revāmbhasi madotkaṭaḥ vaijayantīṃ srajaṃ bibhradrurodha saritaṃ bhujaiḥ
Surrounded by jewel-like women, sporting in the waters of the Revā, flushed with wine and wearing a Vaijayantī garland, he dammed the river with his arms.
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SB 9 15.21
विप्लावितं स्वशिबिरं प्रतिस्रोतःसरिज्जलैः नामृष्यत् तस्य तद्वीर्यं वीरमानी दशाननः
viplāvitaṃ svaśibiraṃ pratisrotaḥsarijjalaiḥ nāmṛṣyat tasya tadvīryaṃ vīramānī daśānanaḥ
The ten-faced one, who prided himself on his heroism, could not bear that prowess of his, since his own camp had been flooded by the river's waters flowing backward.
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SB 9 15.22
गृहीतो लीलया स्त्रीणां समक्षं कृतकिल्बिषः माहिष्मत्यां सन्निरुद्धो मुक्तो येन कपिर्यथा
gṛhīto līlayā strīṇāṃ samakṣaṃ kṛtakilbiṣaḥ māhiṣmatyāṃ sanniruddho mukto yena kapiryathā
Having committed the offence, he was seized as if in sport before the eyes of the women, confined in Māhiṣmatī, and then released by him like a monkey.
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SB 9 15.23
स एकदा तु मृगयां विचरन् विजने वने यदृच्छयाश्रमपदं जमदग्नेरुपाविशत्
sa ekadā tu mṛgayāṃ vicaran vijane vane yadṛcchayāśramapadaṃ jamadagnerupāviśat
But once, while roaming in the hunt in a lonely forest, he came by chance upon the hermitage-ground of Jamadagni.
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SB 9 15.24
तस्मै स नरदेवाय मुनिरर्हणमाहरत् ससैन्यामात्यवाहाय हविष्मत्या तपोधनः
tasmai sa naradevāya munirarhaṇamāharat sasainyāmātyavāhāya haviṣmatyā tapodhanaḥ
To that god among men, together with his army, ministers and mounts, the sage whose wealth was austerity presented hospitality by means of Haviṣmatī (his cow).
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SB 9 15.25
स वै रत्नं तु तद्दृष्ट्वा आत्मैश्वर्यातिशायनम् तन् नाद्रियताग्निहोत्र्यां साभिलाषः सहैहयः
sa vai ratnaṃ tu taddṛṣṭvā ātmaiśvaryātiśāyanam tan nādriyatāgnihotryāṃ sābhilāṣaḥ sahaihayaḥ
But he, seeing that jewel (of a cow), which surpassed his own opulence, showed it no honour; desirous of the agnihotra cow, he together with the Haihayas (resolved otherwise).
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SB 9 15.26
हविर्धानीमृषेर्दर्पान् नरान् हर्तुमचोदयत् ते च माहिष्मतीं निन्युः सवत्सां क्रन्दतीं बलात्
havirdhānīmṛṣerdarpān narān hartumacodayat te ca māhiṣmatīṃ ninyuḥ savatsāṃ krandatīṃ balāt
Out of arrogance he urged his men to carry off the sage's oblation-cow; and they took her by force to Māhiṣmatī, along with her calf, as she bellowed.
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SB 9 15.27
अथ राजनि निर्याते राम आश्रम आगतः श्रुत्वा तत् तस्य दौरात्म्यं चुक्रोधाहिरिवाहतः
atha rājani niryāte rāma āśrama āgataḥ śrutvā tat tasya daurātmyaṃ cukrodhāhirivāhataḥ
Then, when the king had departed, Rāma came to the hermitage; and hearing of that wickedness of his, he blazed with anger like a serpent that has been struck.
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SB 9 15.28
घोरमादाय परशुं सतूणं वर्म कार्मुकम् अन्वधावत दुर्मर्षो मृगेन्द्र इव यूथपम्
ghoramādāya paraśuṃ satūṇaṃ varma kārmukam anvadhāvata durmarṣo mṛgendra iva yūthapam
Taking up his terrible axe, along with his quiver, armour and bow, unable to bear it, he ran after (the king) as a lion after the leader of a herd.
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SB 9 15.29
तमापतन्तं भृगुवर्यमोजसा धनुर्धरं बाणपरश्वधायुधम् ऐणेयचर्माम्बरमर्कधामभिर् युतं जटाभिर्ददृशे पुरीं विशन्
tamāpatantaṃ bhṛguvaryamojasā dhanurdharaṃ bāṇaparaśvadhāyudham aiṇeyacarmāmbaramarkadhāmabhir yutaṃ jaṭābhirdadṛśe purīṃ viśan
As (the king) was entering the city, he saw the best of the Bhṛgus rushing on with force, holding a bow, armed with arrows and axe, clad in a black-antelope skin, girt with matted locks (blazing) like the sun's rays.
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SB 9 15.30
अचोदयद्धस्तिरथाश्वपत्तिभिर् गदासिबाणर्ष्टिशतघ्निशक्तिभिः अक्षौहिणीः सप्तदशातिभीषणास् ता राम एको भगवान् असूदयत्
acodayaddhastirathāśvapattibhir gadāsibāṇarṣṭiśataghniśaktibhiḥ akṣauhiṇīḥ saptadaśātibhīṣaṇās tā rāma eko bhagavān asūdayat
He sent forth seventeen exceedingly terrifying akṣauhiṇīs, with elephants, chariots, horses and foot-soldiers, with maces, swords, arrows, spears, śataghnīs and lances; and Rāma, the Lord, alone destroyed them.
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SB 9 15.31
यतो यतो ऽसौ प्रहरत्परश्वधो मनो ऽनिलौजाः परचक्रसूदनः ततश् ततस् छिन्नभुजोरुकन्धरा निपेतुरुर्व्यां हतसूतवाहनाः
yato yato 'sau praharatparaśvadho mano 'nilaujāḥ paracakrasūdanaḥ tataś tatas chinnabhujorukandharā nipetururvyāṃ hatasūtavāhanāḥ
Wherever that axe-wielder struck, he whose force was (swift as) mind and wind, the destroyer of the enemy's host — there and there they fell to the earth with arms, thighs and necks severed, their charioteers and mounts slain.
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SB 9 15.32
दृष्ट्वा स्वसैन्यं रुधिरौघकर्दमे रणाजिरे रामकुठारसायकैः विवृक्णवर्मध्वजचापविग्रहं निपातितं हैहय आपतद्रुषा
dṛṣṭvā svasainyaṃ rudhiraughakardame raṇājire rāmakuṭhārasāyakaiḥ vivṛkṇavarmadhvajacāpavigrahaṃ nipātitaṃ haihaya āpatadruṣā
Seeing his own army felled in the battlefield, a mire of streams of blood, by Rāma's axe and arrows, with its armour, banners, bows and bodies cut to pieces, the Haihaya (king) rushed forward in fury.
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SB 9 15.33
अथार्जुनः पञ्चशतेषु बाहुभिर् धनुःषु बाणान् युगपत् स सन्दधे रामाय रामो ऽस्त्रभृतां समग्रणीस् तान्येकधन्वेषुभिराच्छिनत् समम्
athārjunaḥ pañcaśateṣu bāhubhir dhanuḥṣu bāṇān yugapat sa sandadhe rāmāya rāmo 'strabhṛtāṃ samagraṇīs tānyekadhanveṣubhirācchinat samam
Then Arjuna (Kārtavīrya), with his five hundred arms, fitted arrows to (his) bows all at once against Rāma; but Rāma, the foremost of all bearers of weapons, cut them all down together with the arrows of a single bow.
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SB 9 15.34
पुनः स्वहस्तैरचलान् मृधे ऽङ्घ्रिपान् उत्क्षिप्य वेगादभिधावतो युधि भुजान् कुठारेण कठोरनेमिना चिच्छेद रामः प्रसभं त्व् अहेरिव
punaḥ svahastairacalān mṛdhe 'ṅghripān utkṣipya vegādabhidhāvato yudhi bhujān kuṭhāreṇa kaṭhoraneminā ciccheda rāmaḥ prasabhaṃ tv aheriva
Again, when he had lifted up mountains and trees with his own hands in the fray and came charging at speed in the fight, Rāma with his axe of hard rim forcibly cut off his arms, as (one cuts off the heads) of a serpent.
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SB 9 15.35
कृत्तबाहोः शिरस्तस्य गिरेः शृङ्गमिवाहरत् हते पितरि तत्पुत्रा अयुतं दुद्रुवुर्भयात्
kṛttabāhoḥ śirastasya gireḥ śṛṅgamivāharat hate pitari tatputrā ayutaṃ dudruvurbhayāt
He took off the head of him whose arms had been cut, like a peak from a mountain. When the father was slain, his ten thousand sons fled in fear.
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SB 9 15.36
अग्निहोत्रीमुपावर्त्य सवत्सां परवीरहा समुपेत्याश्रमं पित्रे परिक्लिष्टां समर्पयत्
agnihotrīmupāvartya savatsāṃ paravīrahā samupetyāśramaṃ pitre parikliṣṭāṃ samarpayat
Having brought back the agnihotra cow with her calf, the slayer of enemy heroes came to the hermitage and delivered her, distressed as she was, to his father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 15.37
स्वकर्म तत् कृतं रामः पित्रे भ्रातृभ्य एव च वर्णयामास तच् छ्रुत्वाजमदग्निरभाषत
svakarma tat kṛtaṃ rāmaḥ pitre bhrātṛbhya eva ca varṇayāmāsa tac chrutvājamadagnirabhāṣata
Rāma described that deed of his own doing to his father and to his brothers; hearing it, Jamadagni said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 15.38
राम राम महाबाहो भवान् पापमकारषीत् अवधीन् नरदेवं यत् सर्वदेवमयं वृथा
rāma rāma mahābāho bhavān pāpamakāraṣīt avadhīn naradevaṃ yat sarvadevamayaṃ vṛthā
"Rāma, Rāma, mighty-armed one! You have committed a sin, in that you have needlessly killed a king, a god among men, who embodies all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 15.39
वयं हि ब्राह्मणास्तात क्षमयार्हणतां गताः यया लोकगुरुर्देवः पारमेष्ठ्यमगात् पदम्
vayaṃ hi brāhmaṇāstāta kṣamayārhaṇatāṃ gatāḥ yayā lokagururdevaḥ pārameṣṭhyamagāt padam
For we are brāhmaṇas, dear son, who have attained worthiness of honour through forbearance — by which the god who is the world's teacher attained the supreme station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 15.40
क्षमया रोचते लक्ष्मीर्ब्राह्मी सौरी यथा प्रभा क्षमिणामाशु भगवांस्तुष्यते हरिरीश्वरः
kṣamayā rocate lakṣmīrbrāhmī saurī yathā prabhā kṣamiṇāmāśu bhagavāṃstuṣyate harirīśvaraḥ
By forbearance the splendour of the brāhmaṇa shines, as the radiance of the sun; and the Lord Hari, the ruler, is quickly pleased with the forbearing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 15.41
राज्ञो मूर्धाभिषिक्तस्य वधो ब्रह्मवधाद्गुरुः तीर्थसंसेवया चांहो जह्यङ्गाच्युतचेतनः
rājño mūrdhābhiṣiktasya vadho brahmavadhādguruḥ tīrthasaṃsevayā cāṃho jahyaṅgācyutacetanaḥ
The killing of a king consecrated by anointing on the head is graver than the killing of a brāhmaṇa. Dear son, cast off that sin by attending upon holy places, with your mind fixed on the Infallible One."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition