Shloka 44

अम्बा–राम–भीष्म संवादः

Amba–Rama–Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge

Devanagari script

गुरुत्वं त्वयि सम्प्रेक्ष्य जामदग्न्य पुरातनम्‌ । प्रसादये त्वां भगवंस्त्यक्तैषा तु पुरा मया,“जमदग्निनन्दन! भगवन्‌! आप मेरे प्राचीन गुरु हैं, यह सोचकर ही मैं आपको प्रसन्न करनेकी चेष्टा कर रहा हूँ। इस अम्बाको तो मैंने पहले ही त्याग दिया था

Transliteration

gurutvaṁ tvayi samprekṣya jāmadagnya purātanam | prasādaye tvāṁ bhagavaṁs tyaktaiṣā tu purā mayā ||

Translation

Rāma said: “Recognizing in you the ancient authority of my teacher, O Jāmadagnya, I seek to win your favor, O venerable one. As for this Ambā, I had already renounced her long ago.”

Word by Word

गुरुत्वम्the state of being a guru/teacherhood

त्वयिin you

सम्प्रेक्ष्यhaving considered/seeing

जामदग्न्यO Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

पुरातनम्ancient/old (long-standing)

प्रसादयेI propitiate/seek to please

त्वाम्you

भगवन्O Lord/Venerable one

त्यक्ताabandoned/left

एषाthis (woman)

तुbut/indeed

पुराformerly/earlier

मयाby me

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma (Paraśurāma/Jāmadagnya)

Jāmadagnya (addressed figure; Paraśurāma as son of Jamadagni)

Ambā

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes