10.145

sa susruvan matari bhargavena

pitur niyogat prahrtam dvisad-vat

pratyagrhid agraja-sasanam tad

ajna gurunam hy avicaraniya

SYNONYMS

sah—He (Laksmana, the brother of Lord Ramacandra); susruvan—hearing; matari—unto the mother; bhargavena—by Parasurama; pituh—of the father; niyogat—by the order; prahrtam—killing; dvisat-vat—like an enemy; pratyagrhit—accepted; agraja-sasanam—the order of the elder brother; tat—that; ajna—order; gurunam—of superior persons, such as the spiritual master or father; hi—because; avicaraniya—to be obeyed without consideration " ’Being ordered by his father, Parasurama killed his mother, Renuka, just as if she were an enemy.

When Laksmana, the younger brother of Lord Ramacandra, heard of this, He immediately engaged Himself in the service of His elder brother and accepted His orders.

The order of the spiritual master must be obeyed without consideration.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from the Raghu-vamsa (14.46).

Lord Ramacandra’s statement to Sita given below is from the Ramayana (Ayodhya-kanda 22.9).