Shloka 2
Gratitude, Discernment, and the Escalation of Power (Śvā–Dvipī–Vyāghra–Nāga–Siṃha–Śarabha Itihāsa)
अस्यैवार्थस्य सदृशं यच्छुतं मे तपोवने । जामदग्न्यस्य रामस्य यदुक्तमृषिसत्तमै:,मैंने तपोवनमें इस विषयके अनुरूप बातें सुनी हैं, जिन्हें श्रेष्ठ महर्षियोंने जमदग्निनन्दन परशुरामजीसे कहा था
asyai vārthasya sadṛśaṁ yac chrutaṁ me tapovane | jāmadagnyasya rāmasya yad uktaṁ ṛṣisattamaiḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: “On this very matter, I once heard in a forest hermitage words closely matching it—what the foremost sages had spoken to Rāma, the son of Jamadagni (Paraśurāma).”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma grounds his instruction in authoritative precedent: ethical guidance is strengthened by recalling what eminent sages taught in a setting of tapas, and by linking the present question to a respected earlier discourse addressed to Parashurama.
Bhishma introduces a remembered account: in a hermitage-forest he heard teachings on the same topic, spoken by great sages to Parashurama (Rama, son of Jamadagni). He is about to recount or apply that sage-instruction to the current discussion.