Shloka 18

Kārtavīrya–Samudra Saṃvāda and the Jāmadagnya Precedent (आश्वमेधिक पर्व, अध्याय २९)

Devanagari script

एकविंशतिमेधान्ते रामं वागशरीरिणी । दिव्या प्रोवाच मधुरा सर्वलोकपरिश्रुता,इस प्रकार एक-एक करके जब इक्कीस बार क्षत्रियोंका संहार हो गया, तब परशुरामजीको दिव्य आकाशवाणीने मधुर स्वरमें सब लोगोंके सुनते हुए यह कहा --

Transliteration

ekaviatimadh01nte r01ma43 v01gabar2bri472b | divy01 prov01ca madhur01 sarvalokaparibrut01 ||

Translation

When the twenty-first sacrificial rite had been completed and the repeated destruction of the kshatriyas had thus come to its end, an unembodied, divine voice addressed Rāma (Paraśurāma), sweet in tone and heard by all the worlds.

Word by Word

एकविंशतिat (the number) twenty-one

मेधान्तेat the end of the sacrifice

रामम्Rama (Parashurama)

वाक्a voice

अशरीरिणीbodiless

दिव्याdivine

प्रोवाचsaid/spoke

मधुराsweet (in tone)

सर्वलोकपरिश्रुताheard by all the worlds/people

Speaker

समुद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Para5bur01ma (R01ma J01madagnya)

Divine unembodied voice (Ak01bav01472b)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes