Paraśurāma was supposed to kill the duṣṭa, the wicked kṣatriyas, when they forgot to rule over the world as bona fide kṣatriyas. They . . . they . . . they were killed twenty-one times, and it is mentioned in the Mahābhārata, during that killing process many kṣatriyas fled from . . . fled away from India and they settled in other parts of the world, especially in Europe. It is mentioned in the Mahābhārata. So Paraśurāma was especially meant, vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām, to kill the miscreants. So:
- jñāna-śaktya-ādi-kalayā
- yatrāviṣṭo janārdanaḥ
- ta āveśā nigadyante
- jīvā eva mahattamāḥ
- (CC Madhya 20.373)
Another definition is given by Sanātana Gosvāmī. This same Sanātana Gosvāmī who is now being taught by Lord Caitanya, he also has written many books. These two brothers, Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī, and their nephew, Jīva Gosvāmī, composed many valuable literatures. So Sanātana Gosvāmī has written one book, Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛtam. Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛtam, supplementary to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So in that Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛtam book, he has written:
- jñāna-śaktya-ādi-kalayā
- yatrāviṣṭo janārdanaḥ
- ta āveśā nigadyante
- jīvā eva mahattamāḥ
- (CC Madhya 20.373)
He has defined that these śaktyāveśa avatāra, they are all living entities; they are not on the level of Viṣṇu-tattva. But they have special power and special, I mean to say, opulence to glorify the Supreme Lord.
- vibhūti' kahiye yaiche gītā-ekādaśe
- jagat vyāpila kṛṣṇa-śakty-ābhāsāveśe
- (CC Madhya 20.374)
Now that vibhūti is, is mentioned by Lord Caitanya. That vibhūtimat sattvam, śaktyāveśa, there are many, many. We find in the history so many extraordinary, powerful men come and go. They are called vibhūti of the Supreme Lord.
- yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṁ
- śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā
- tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ
- mama tejo-'ṁśa-sambhavam
- (CC Madhya 20.375)
Anyone extraordinary. You'll be, I mean to . . . pleased to learn that in India, the king is considered vibhūtimat sattvam. King. He is also considered as the incarnation of God, king. Because when Sanātana, this Sanātana Gosvāmī, when he resigned from government service, so when the king, Nawab Shah, Nawab Hussain Shah, came to his house: "What is the matter that my minister Sanātana is not joining office? And he's taking leave under so many pretexts?"
So when he personally came to the house of Sanātana Gosvāmī . . . he was not at that time Gosvāmī. His name was Dabira Khān. Khān shah. So he was received very well, and when the Nawab Shah said . . . there was some topics, conversation with the minister and the Nawab. The minister wanted to resign, and Nawab Shah did not like that idea. So at last it was . . . Nawab Shah said that, "If you whimsically . . . whimsically resign your responsible post, then I shall arrest you." At this order, Sanātana Gosvāmī replied that, "If you think I shall be punished, I shall accept it, because you are God's representative." "You are God's representative." So this was the idea of king and Nawab.
Now, although he was Muhammadan and he was brahmin, but, so far the respect of a king is concerned, Sanātana Gosvāmī rightly told him that, "You are Nawab. You are king. You are not ordinary man. Therefore you are empowered by the Supreme Lord. So anything you punish . . ." Because king's punishment has to be accepted. And in the Manu-saṁhitā it is said that when king punishes a citizen, he is reduced in his sinful action, so that he may not be subjected in his next birth for that sinful reaction if he undergoes the punishment of a king. These are things stated there.