Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.22
SB 2.7.22
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kṣatraṁ kṣayāya vidhinopabhṛtaṁ mahātmā brahma-dhrug ujjhita-pathaṁ narakārti-lipsu uddhanty asāv avanikaṇṭakam ugra-vīryas triḥ-sapta-kṛtva urudhāra-paraśvadhena
Translation
When the ruling administrators, who are known as the kṣatriyas, turned astray from the path of the Absolute Truth, being desirous to suffer in hell, the Lord, in His incarnation as the sage Paraśurāma, uprooted those unwanted kings, who appeared as the thorns of the earth. Thus He thrice seven times uprooted the kṣatriyas with His keenly sharpened chopper.