Shloka 42

अम्बाया रामजामदग्न्यशरणगमनम्

Ambā Seeks Refuge with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ काम॑ ममाद्येमं राम सम्पादयानघ । जहि भीष्म महाबाहो यथा वृत्र पुरंदर:

Transliteration

tasmāt kāmaṁ mamādyemaṁ rāma sampādayānagha | jahi bhīṣma mahābāho yathā vṛtraṁ purandaraḥ ||

Translation

Therefore, O blameless Rāma, fulfill this desire of mine today. O mighty-armed one, strike down Bhīṣma, just as Purandara (Indra) slew Vṛtra.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Ablative (pañcamī), singular, masculine/neuter (pronominal base)

• कामम्: desire / wish
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive (ṣaṣṭhī), singular

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: Adverb

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• राम: O Rama
• राम: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• सम्पादय: accomplish / bring about
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद्
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• जहि: slay / kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperative (loṭ), 2nd person, singular, parasmaipada

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• यथा: as / just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Conjunction/adverb

• वृत्रम्: Vritra
• वृत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• पुरंदरः: Purandara (Indra)
• पुरंदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंदर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Bhīṣma
• Vṛtra
• Purandara (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes decisive action aligned with one’s role (kṣatriya-duty) and uses a mythic precedent—Indra’s slaying of Vṛtra—to frame the removal of a powerful obstacle as ethically warranted within a war-context.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma addresses a mighty warrior, urging him to fulfill a request immediately by killing Bhīṣma, and strengthens the exhortation through an analogy to Indra (Purandara) defeating Vṛtra.