Texts 3-6

niḥkṣatriyām — rid of kings; mahīm — the earth; kurvan — having made; rāmaḥ — Lord Paraśurāma; śastra — of weapons; bhṛtām — of the holders; varaḥ — the greatest; nṛpāṇām — of kings; rudhira — of the blood; oghena — with the floods; yatra — where; cakre — he made; mahā — great; hradān — lakes; īje — worshiped; ca — and; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; rāmaḥ — Paraśurāma; yatra — where; aspṛṣṭaḥ — untouched; api — even though; karmaṇā — by material work and its reactions; lokam — the world in general; saṅgrāhayan — instructing; īśaḥ — the Lord; yathā — as if; anyaḥ — another person; agha — sins; apanuttaye — in order to dispel; mahatyām — mighty; tīrtha-yātrāyām — on the occasion of the holy pilgrimage; tatra — there; āgan — came; bhāratīḥ — of Bhārata-varṣa; prajāḥ — people; vṛṣṇayaḥ — members of the Vṛṣṇi clan; ca — and; tathā — also; akrūra-vasudeva-āhuka-ādayaḥ — Akrūra, Vasudeva, Āhuka (Ugrasena) and others; yayuḥ — went; bhārata — O descendant of Bharata (Parīkṣit); tat — that; kṣetram — to the holy place; svam — their own; agham — sins; kṣapayiṣṇavaḥ — desirous of eradicating; gada-pradyumna-sāmba-ādayaḥ — Gada, Pradyumna, Sāmba and others; sucandra-śuka-sāraṇaiḥ — with Sucandra, Śuka and Sāraṇa; āste — remained; aniruddhaḥ — Aniruddha; rakṣāyām — for guarding; kṛtavarmā — Kṛtavarmā; ca — and; yūtha-paḥ — leader of the army.