Shloka 773
Rāma–Jāmadagnya-janma-kāraṇa and Kṣatra-kṣaya
Paraśurāma’s origins and the depletion/restoration of kṣatriya lineages
सर्वकर्मेत्यभिख्यात: स मां रक्षतु पार्थिव: । इसी प्रकार अमित शक्तिशाली यज्ञपरायण महर्षि पराशरने दयावश सौदासके पुत्रकी जान बचायी है
sarvakarmety abhikhyātaḥ sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ |
“Known by the name ‘Sarvakarmā’ (‘one who performs all kinds of work’), may that king protect me. In the same way, the immensely powerful, sacrifice-devoted sage Parāśara, out of compassion, saved the life of Saudāsa’s son. Though born a twice-born (brāhmaṇa) by status, that prince performs every kind of task like the śūdras; therefore he is famed as ‘Sarvakarmā’. May that royal protector guard me.”
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights compassion and protective responsibility as dharmic virtues: Parāśara’s mercy saves a life, and the epithet ‘Sarvakarmā’ underscores that ethical worth can be tied to conduct and service-like action rather than mere birth-status.
Vāsudeva invokes or praises a protector-figure called ‘Sarvakarmā’, explaining the origin of the name through a story: the sage Parāśara compassionately saved Saudāsa’s son, who—though regarded as dvija—performed all kinds of work like a śūdra and thus became renowned as ‘Sarvakarmā’; Vāsudeva then asks that king to protect him.