# SB 9.16.17 > गत्वा माहिष्मतीं रामो ब्रह्मघ्नविहतश्रियम > तेषां स शीर्षभी राजन्मध्ये चक्रे महागिरिम ॥१७॥ ## Text > gatvā māhiṣmatīṁ rāmo > brahma-ghna-vihata-śriyam > teṣāṁ sa śīrṣabhī rājan > madhye cakre mahā-girim ## Synonyms *gatvā*—going; *māhiṣmatīm*—to the place known as Māhiṣmatī; *rāmaḥ*—Lord Paraśurāma; *brahma-ghna*—because of the killing of a *brāhmaṇa*; *vihata-śriyam*—doomed, bereft of all opulences; *teṣām*—of all of them (the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna and the other *kṣatriya* inhabitants); *saḥ*—he, Lord Paraśurāma; *śīrṣabhiḥ*—by the heads cut off from their bodies; *rājan*—O Mahārāja Parīkṣit; *madhye*—within the jurisdiction of Māhiṣmatī; *cakre*—made; *mahā-girim*—a great mountain. ## Translation **O King, Lord Paraśurāma then went to Māhiṣmatī, which was already doomed by the sinful killing of a brāhmaṇa. In the midst of that city he made a mountain of heads, severed from the bodies of the sons of Kārtavīryārjuna.**