Shloka 76

Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya

Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages

Devanagari script

तथानुकम्पमानेन यज्वनाथामितौजसा

Transliteration

tathānukampamānena yajvanāthāmitaujasā | sarvakarmetyabhikhyātaḥ sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ ||

Translation

Vāsudeva sprach: „Ebenso rettete einst der mächtige Weise Parāśara – voll Erbarmen und dem Opfer ergeben – das Leben von Saudāsas Sohn. Obwohl er ein Fürst der Zweimalgeborenen war, verrichtete er alle Arten von Arbeit, sogar wie ein Śūdra; darum wurde er unter dem Namen ‘Sarvakarmā’ (‘der alle Aufgaben tut’) berühmt. Möge jener König mich beschützen.“

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अनुकम्पमानेन: by (one) showing compassion
• अनुकम्पमानेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुकम्प्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यज्वना: by the sacrificer (one devoted to sacrifice)
• यज्वना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अथ: then/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अमितौजसा: by (one) of immeasurable vigor
• अमितौजसा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-ओजस्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वकर्मा: one who does all kinds of acts (Sarvakarmā)
• सर्वकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-कर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (as), in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• अभिख्यातः: renowned, well-known
• अभिख्यातः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-ख्या
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• रक्षतु: may (he) protect
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्थिवः: the king, ruler
• पार्थिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Parāśara (sage)
• Saudāsa (king)
• Saudāsa’s son (the prince called Sarvakarmā)
• Sarvakarmā (epithet/name)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Compassion and righteous protection can transcend rigid social expectations: a person may be praised for undertaking any necessary duty (‘all works’) when guided by dharma, and such virtue becomes worthy of honor and protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva cites an earlier example: the powerful, sacrificially devoted sage Parāśara saved the life of King Saudāsa’s son. That prince, though ‘twice-born,’ became known as ‘Sarvakarmā’ because he performed all kinds of tasks; Vāsudeva invokes him as a protector.