Shloka 35
भीष्म–जामदग्न्यसंवादः (Amba-prasaṅga and Kurukṣetra Dvandva Declaration) / Bhishma–Jamadagnya Dialogue
तब मैंने पुन: अपने-आपको स्थिर करके कुपित हो उस युद्धमें परशुरामजीपर सैकड़ों बाण बरसाये ।। स तैरग्न्यर्कसंकाशै: शरैराशीविषोपमै: । शितैरभ्यर्दितो रामो मन्दचेता इवाभवत्,वे बाण अग्नि, सूर्य तथा विषधर सर्पोके समान भयंकर एवं तीक्ष्ण थे। उनसे पीड़ित होकर परशुरामजी अचेत-से हो गये
sa tair agny-arka-saṅkāśaiḥ śarair āśīviṣopamaiḥ | śitair abhyardito rāmo manda-ceta iva abhavat ||
Steadying myself once more, I rained hundreds of arrows upon Rāma Paraśurāma in that battle. Those shafts—blazing like fire and the sun, dreadful as venomous serpents, and keen-edged—struck him again and again; and under their torment Rāma seemed as though his senses had grown dull.
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and escalation in battle can overwhelm even the strongest, making one appear senseless; it implicitly commends restraint and clarity as essential to righteous conduct amid conflict.
In the course of a confrontation, Paraśurāma is repeatedly struck by extremely sharp arrows described as fire- and sun-like and as terrifying as venomous snakes, leaving him looking dazed and mentally dulled.