Shloka 32

अम्बाया रामजामदग्न्यशरणगमनम्

Ambā Seeks Refuge with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

राम उवाच प्रेषयिष्यामि भीष्माय कुरुश्रेष्ठाय भाविनि । करिष्यति वचो महां श्रुत्वा च स नराधिप:,परशुरामजी बोले--भाविनि! मैं तुझे कुरुश्रेष्ठ भीष्मके पास भेजूँगा। नरपति भीष्म सुनते ही मेरी आज्ञाका पालन करेगा

Transliteration

rāma uvāca preṣayiṣyāmi bhīṣmāya kuruśreṣṭhāya bhāvini | kariṣyati vaco mahān śrutvā ca sa narādhipaḥ ||

Translation

Rāma (Paraśurāma) sprach: „O edle Frau, ich werde dich zu Bhīṣma senden, dem Vornehmsten der Kurus. Jener große König wird, sobald er mein Wort vernimmt, meinen Befehl ausführen.“

Word by Word

रामःRama

उवाचsaid

प्रेषयिष्यामिI will send

भीष्मायto Bhishma

कुरुश्रेष्ठायto the best of the Kurus

भाविनिO future (bride)/O destined one

करिष्यतिhe will do / will carry out

वचःthe word/command

महान्great

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

चand

सःhe

नराधिपःking (lord of men)

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Bhīṣma

Kuru (dynasty/people)

Bhāvini (addressed woman)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical force of a guru/elder’s command and the expectation that a great ruler upholds honor and duty by responding to rightful authority—an expression of dharma framed as obedience to a superior’s word.

What is happening in the narrative?

Paraśurāma addresses a woman (Bhāvini), stating he will send her to Bhīṣma, confident that Bhīṣma—renowned among the Kurus—will comply with Paraśurāma’s instruction upon hearing it.