Shloka 33

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त: स तपो घोरं जामदग्न्य: पितामहै: । आस्थित: सुमहाभागो ययौ सिद्धि च दुर्गमाम्‌,अपने पितामहोंके इस प्रकार कहनेपर महान्‌ सौभाग्यशाली जमदग्निनन्दन परशुरामजीने कठोर तपस्या की और इससे उन्हें परम दुर्लभ सिद्धि प्राप्त हुई

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ sa tapo ghoraṃ jāmadagnyaḥ pitāmahaiḥ | āsthitaḥ sumahābhāgo yayau siddhiṃ ca durgamām ||

Translation

فلما خوطِبَ على هذا النحو من أسلافه، شرع جامَدَغْنْيَة (باراشوراما)—وهو أوفر الناس حظًّا—في رياضاتٍ شديدةٍ قاسية. وبثباته على ذلك التَّبَس (tapas) الصارم نال سِدّهيًّا روحانيًّا نادرًا بالغَ العُسر.

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

सःhe

तपःausterity, penance

घोरम्terrible, severe

जामदग्न्यःJāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

पितामहैःby the grandfathers/ancestors

आस्थितःhaving undertaken / having resorted to

सुमहाभागःvery fortunate, highly blessed

ययौwent, attained

सिद्धिम्success, accomplishment, siddhi

चand

दुर्गमाम्hard to attain

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ज

जामदग्न्य (Paraśurāma)

ज

जमदग्नि (as implied by the patronymic Jāmadagnya)

प

पितामह (forefathers/ancestors)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Severe self-discipline (tapas), undertaken with steadiness and respect for ancestral guidance, can lead to rare inner accomplishments; ethical strength is portrayed as arising from restraint and perseverance rather than mere force.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being instructed by his forefathers, Paraśurāma undertakes intense austerities and, through that practice, attains a difficult-to-achieve spiritual perfection (siddhi).