Shloka 65
Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya
Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages
खुक्प्रग्रहवता राजंस्ततो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् । गच्छ तीर समुद्रस्य दक्षिणस्य महामुने
khukpragrahavata rājaṁs tato vākyam athābravīt | gaccha tīra-samudrasya dakṣiṇasya mahāmune ||
ثم خاطب الملك قائلاً: «أيها الحكيم العظيم، امضِ إلى شاطئ المحيط الجنوبي.»
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical importance of heeding rightful instruction and undertaking purposeful travel toward a sacred goal—suggesting that dharmic progress often requires disciplined action (restraint/control) and movement to places associated with purification and resolve.
Vāsudeva addresses a king and issues a direct command to a great sage: to proceed to the shore of the southern ocean. It reads as a transitional narrative instruction, setting up the next stage of a journey or rite connected with the sea-shore.