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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 21 Shloka 32
Original Shloka
जामद्ग्न्येन रामेण रेणुका जननी स्वयम्। कृत्ता परशुनाऽरण्ये पितुर्वचनकारिणा।।2.21.32।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

पितुः father's, वचनकारिणा in obedience to the words, जामदग्न्येन by the son of Jamadagni, रामेण by Parasurama, जननी his mother, रेणुका Renuka, स्वयम् himself, अरण्ये in the forest, परशुना by an axe, कृत्ता was severed.

English Commentary

Parasurama, son of Jamadagni himself in obedience to the words of his father, decapitated his mother Renuka in the forest with an axe.