Shloka 33
विचरामि महीं देवि यथा हन्यामहं नृपम् । एतद् व्रतफलं देवि परमस्मिन् यथा हि मे
vicarāmi mahīṃ devi yathā hanyām ahaṃ nṛpam | etad vrata-phalaṃ devi paramasmin yathā hi me |
“দেবি! আমি এই পৃথিবীতে তীর্থে তীর্থে বিচরণ করছি, যাতে যোগ্য হয়ে আমি নিজেই সেই নৃপ (ভীষ্ম)-কে বধ করতে পারি। ভগবতি! যেমন আমি আপনাকে বলেছি, এই জগতে আমার ব্রত ও তপস্যার পরম ফল এটাই।”
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights unwavering resolve shaped by a vow: the speaker treats the fulfillment of a difficult, morally weighty purpose—achieved through disciplined wandering and austerity—as the ‘highest fruit’ of spiritual practice, emphasizing agency and determination even within a dharmic world.
Rama addresses a देवी, explaining that the reason for roaming across the earth is to gain the capability to kill a particular king; the speaker frames this intended act as the ultimate outcome of a vowed observance and tapas, aligning with the broader Mahābhārata context of the Bhīṣma-related revenge thread.