O souls who hold in your hearts the glorious deeds of Śrī Paraśurāmāzhvān, that great sage and formidable avatāra of Sriman Nārāyaṇa! Consider his divine purpose: he took a vow to liberate the residents of this earth, which is entirely encircled by the vast ocean teeming with seafaring vessels. To achieve this, he resolved to destroy the lineage of arrogant and unrighteous