Shloka 65

Devanagari script

त्रि:सप्तकृत्वो य:ः क्षत्रं धर्मव्युत्क्रान्तगौरवम्‌ । क्रुद्धो निजघ्ने समरे तस्मै क्रौर्यात्मने नम:,जिन्होंने धर्मात्मा होकर भी क्रोधमें भरकर धर्मके गौरवका उल्लंघन करनेवाले क्षत्रिय- समाजका युद्धमें इक्‍्कीस बार संहार किया, कठोरताका अभिनय करनेवाले उन भगवान्‌ परशुरामको प्रणाम है

Transliteration

triḥ-saptakṛtvo yaḥ kṣatraṁ dharma-vyutkrānta-gauravam | kruddho nijaghne samare tasmai krauryātmane namaḥ ||

Translation

যিনি ধর্মের গৌরব লঙ্ঘনকারী ক্ষত্রিয়সমাজকে ক্রোধে উদ্দীপ্ত হয়ে সমরে একুশবার সংহার করেছিলেন—সেই কঠোর-সংকল্প ভগবান পরশুরামকে প্রণাম।

Word by Word

त्रिःthrice

सप्तकृत्वःseven times (i.e., in seven-fold repetition)

यःwho

क्षत्रम्the Kshatriya class

धर्मव्युत्क्रान्तगौरवम्whose dignity had transgressed dharma / having overstepped the glory of dharma

क्रुद्धःangered

निजघ्नेslew, killed

समरेin battle

तस्मैto him

क्रौर्यात्मनेto him whose nature was (as if) cruelty / to the fierce-natured one

नमःsalutation

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Parashurama

Kshatriyas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic ideal of restoring moral order when a ruling/warrior class becomes corrupt, while also underscoring the ethical danger of acting from anger: even a righteous aim can be morally fraught if driven by wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma offers homage to Parashurama, recalling the traditional account that Parashurama repeatedly annihilated the Kshatriyas in battle—twenty-one times—as punishment for their deviation from dharma and loss of rightful honor.