Shloka 42
अम्बाया रामजामदग्न्यशरणगमनम्
Ambā Seeks Refuge with Rāma Jāmadagnya
तस्मात् काम॑ ममाद्येमं राम सम्पादयानघ । जहि भीष्म महाबाहो यथा वृत्र पुरंदर:
tasmāt kāmaṁ mamādyemaṁ rāma sampādayānagha | jahi bhīṣma mahābāho yathā vṛtraṁ purandaraḥ ||
অতএব, হে নিষ্পাপ রাম! আজ আমার এই কামনা পূর্ণ করুন। হে মহাবাহু! পুরন্দর ইন্দ্র যেমন বৃত্রকে বধ করেছিলেন, তেমনি আপনিও ভীষ্মকে বধ করুন।
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes decisive action aligned with one’s role (kṣatriya-duty) and uses a mythic precedent—Indra’s slaying of Vṛtra—to frame the removal of a powerful obstacle as ethically warranted within a war-context.
Rāma addresses a mighty warrior, urging him to fulfill a request immediately by killing Bhīṣma, and strengthens the exhortation through an analogy to Indra (Purandara) defeating Vṛtra.