Bhagavatapurana 2.7.22

2.7.22

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22. The Pāramatman, assuming the form of Parasurama of tremendous prowess, thrice seven times cut down with His axe of long and keen edge the kshatriya race which was as a thorn to (in the side of) the world, which, bent upon undergoing the afflictions of Hell, strayed from the path of virtue, intended and did evil to Brahmins, and which Providence had doomed to destruction.