Shloka 7

Devanagari script

युधिछिर उवाच भवाननुगतो रामं॑ जामदग्न्यं महाबलम्‌ । प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य पूर्ववृत्तस्य कर्मण:,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--मुने! आप महाबली परशुरामजीके अनुगत भक्त हैं। उन्होंने पहले जो-जो कार्य किये हैं, उन सबको आपने प्रत्यक्ष देखा है

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: bhavān anugato rāmaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahābalam | pratyakṣadarśī sarvasya pūrvavṛttasya karmaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “You are a devoted follower of Rāma Jāmadagnya, the mighty one. You have personally witnessed all of his deeds as they unfolded in the past.”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुगतः: having followed; devoted follower of
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-गम् (धातु) / अनुगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रामम्: Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जामदग्न्यम्: son of Jamadagni
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जामदग्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबलम्: mighty-armed; very powerful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रत्यक्षदर्शी: direct witness; one who has seen with his own eyes
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्षदर्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वस्य: of all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पूर्ववृत्तस्य: of what happened earlier; of the past events
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ववृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कर्मणः: of the deed/action
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Rāma Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical value of reliable testimony: Yudhiṣṭhira appeals to a witness who has directly seen Paraśurāma’s past actions, implying that moral and historical judgments should rest on firsthand knowledge rather than rumor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a sage/observer, noting that he is a close follower of Paraśurāma and has personally witnessed Paraśurāma’s earlier deeds—setting up a request for an authoritative account of those events.