How can Parshurama be affected by sinful reactions?

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Hare Krishna Question Lord Parashuram is an avatar of Shri Krishna.
Shri Prabhupada has mentioned that when we chant that when we chant the Maha Mantra Rama can indicate Balram, Rama or Parashuram In Srimad Bhagavatam 9.16.9 Prabhupada mentions the purport that Lord Parashuram was also infected by it because of killing Karthivirarjuna, although this was not very offensive. Therefore, whether one be Karthivirarjuna, Lord Parashuram, Jamadagniya whoever one may be, one must be very cautious and one must act very cautiously and sagaciously. Otherwise, one must suffer the results of sinful activities.
However, Shri Krishna and his incarnations cannot be touched by material sins. They are transcendental. So how should we understand this purport? Answer The Laghubhagavatam Rupa Goswami mentions that actually Parashuram is not exactly a Swamshi incarnation He is a Shaktyavesha avatar He is a living entity who is empowered by the Lord to perform extraordinary activities So Shaktyavesha avatars are not exactly as transcendental as the Supreme Lord Now, there are missions to be performed and at different times, different living entities may perform different missions So, for a particular mission the Lord empowers a particular living being and in this case, Parashuram in some millennia can also be the Supreme Lord, just as we know that Brahmaji sometimes can be the Supreme Lord coming to take on the role of Brahma and other times can be a living entity who is empowered to do the role of Brahmaji So, Brahmaji is of course a guna avatar He is not exactly a Shaktyavesha avatar.
He is a different kind of avatar So, the point is that in this case Parashuram is getting infected Now, if you look at the other names that are mentioned in the list Kartavirarjuna Jamadagni They are Jivas So, by parity of reasoning Here, Srila Prabhupada is referring to Parashuram as a Jiva and because he is a Shaktyavesha avatar a Jiva who has been empowered by the Lord He is not above the laws of karma entirely And more importantly even the Lord often acts according to certain example For example, when Balramji killed Romaharshan Sutra to punish him for his impudence at that time what was the result? Actually, Balramji said that I can bring him back to life but the sages said, no, no, no You should not bring him to life but at the same time to set an example you should do atonement and the Lord agreed and then, as an atonement, he did further service to sages He killed Balaval and other demons who were actually troubling the sages and disrupting their yajnas So, similarly over here the Lord is actually Parashuram is setting an example and we will see that what he does in the atonement is he goes to Srimad Panchayat and does austerities and purifies himself and sets an example for others how to perform austerity So, this is to be understood at two levels First is that Parashuram is a tyavish avatar and second is that he is setting an example for others that how we should not assume that we are immune to the law of karma but should commit a new atonement whenever we do any sinful activities Thank you. Hare Krishna