Paraśurāma’s Vow and Jamadagni’s Teaching on Kṣamā
Forbearance
ताडयेत्ताडयन्तं यो न च साधुः स पापभाक् / क्षमयार्ऽहणतां प्राप्ताः साधवो ब्राह्मणा वयम्
tāḍayettāḍayantaṃ yo na ca sādhuḥ sa pāpabhāk / kṣamayār'haṇatāṃ prāptāḥ sādhavo brāhmaṇā vayam
He who strikes back the one who strikes him is no sadhu; he becomes a bearer of sin. We are brahmanas and sadhus, made worthy of reverence through forbearance.