Shloka 4

Bhīṣma–Jāmadagnya-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma’s account of the encounter with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

अस्त्रैरस्त्रेषु बहुधा हतेष्वेव च भारत । अक्रुध्यत महातेजास्त्यक्तप्राण: स संयुगे,भरतनन्दन! इस प्रकार बार-बार मेरे अस्त्रोंद्रार अपने अस्त्रोंके विनष्ट होनेपर महातेजस्वी परशुरामजी उस युद्धमें प्राणोंका मोह छोड़कर अत्यन्त कुपित हो उठे

Transliteration

astrair astreṣu bahudhā hateṣv eva ca bhārata | akrudhyata mahātejās tyaktaprāṇaḥ sa saṁyuge ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O Bhārata, when my weapons repeatedly destroyed his weapons in that battle, the mighty and radiant Paraśurāma—casting aside all concern for his own life—became fiercely enraged.”

Word by Word

अस्त्रैःwith weapons

अस्त्रेषुamong/against weapons

बहुधाin many ways; repeatedly

हतेषुwhen (they were) destroyed

एवindeed; just

चand

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

अक्रुध्यतbecame angry

महातेजाःthe great-splendored one

त्यक्तप्राणःhaving abandoned attachment to life; life-risking

सःhe

संयुगेin battle

भरतनन्दनO delight of the Bharatas

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Paraśurāma

Bhārata (addressee/lineage epithet)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes