Shloka 22

अम्बाया रामजामदग्न्यशरणगमनम्

Ambā Seeks Refuge with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

रामेयं मम दौहित्री काशिराजसुता प्रभो । अस्या: शृणु यथातत्त्वं कार्य कार्यविशारद,“कार्यसाधनकुशल प्रभो! परशुराम! यह मेरी पुत्रीकी पुत्री काशिराजकी कन्या है। इसका कुछ कार्य है, उसे आप इसीके मुँहसे ठीक-ठीक सुन लें”

Transliteration

rāmeyaṁ mama dauhitrī kāśirājasutā prabho | asyāḥ śṛṇu yathātattvaṁ kāryaṁ kāryaviśārada ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O lord Paraśurāma, skilled in accomplishing tasks—this maiden is my daughter’s daughter, the princess of the King of Kāśī. She has a matter to be done; hear it directly from her, exactly as it truly is.”

Word by Word

• रामेयं: this descendant of Rama / Ramāyāḥ apatyam (a woman named Ramā’s descendant)
• रामेयं: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• दौहित्री: granddaughter (daughter’s daughter)
• दौहित्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौहित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• काशिराजसुता: daughter of the king of Kāśī
• काशिराजसुता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशिराजसुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अस्याः: of her / her
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• शृणु: hear (you)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as / in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• तत्त्वम्: the truth / the real state
• तत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्यम्: a task / something to be done
• कार्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कार्यविशारद: O one skilled in affairs/tasks
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्यविशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Paraśurāma (Rāma Jāmadagnya)
• Kāśirāja (King of Kāśī)
• Bhīṣma’s granddaughter (Kāśirāja’s daughter)