Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

पितर ऊचु. नाहसे क्षत्रबन्धूंस्त्वं निहन्तुं जयतां वर । नेह युक्त त्वया हन्तुं ब्राह्मणेन सता नृूपान्‌,पितर बोले--विजय पानेवालोंमें श्रेष्ठ परशुराम! बेचारे क्षत्रियोंको मारना तुम्हारे योग्य नहीं है; क्योंकि तुम ब्राह्मण हो, अतः तुम्हारे हाथसे राजाओंका वध होना उचित नहीं है

Transliteration

pitar ūcuḥ | nārhasi kṣatrabandhūṁs tvaṁ nihantuṁ jayatāṁ vara | neha yuktaṁ tvayā hantuṁ brāhmaṇena satā nṛpān |

Translation

The Pitṛs said: “O best among the victorious, you ought not to slay these kṣatriyas. It is not proper here that you—being a virtuous brāhmaṇa—should kill kings. Such an act does not accord with your station and righteousness.”

Word by Word

पितरःthe forefathers

ऊचुःsaid

नnot

अर्हसेyou are fit/ought

क्षत्रबन्धून्base/degenerate kshatriyas

त्वम्you

निहन्तुम्to slay

जयताम्of those who conquer

वरO best

नnot

इहhere/in this matter

युक्तम्proper/appropriate

त्वयाby you

हन्तुम्to kill

ब्राह्मणेनby a brahmin

सताby a good/virtuous (man)

नृपान्kings

Speaker

समुद्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Pitṛs (ancestral spirits)

Paraśurāma (implied by address 'jayatāṁ vara' in the received context)

kṣatriyas

kings (nṛpāḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes