Shloka 6
The Vision of the Lord Granted to Rukmangada
Prepared to Slay His Son
जग्राह विमलं खङ्गं हंतुं धर्मांगदं सुतम् । सुप्रहर्षेण मनसा प्रणम्य गरुडध्वजम् । तं दृष्ट्वा खङ्गहस्तं तु पितरं धर्म्मंभूषणः ॥ ६ ॥
jagrāha vimalaṃ khaṅgaṃ haṃtuṃ dharmāṃgadaṃ sutam | supraharṣeṇa manasā praṇamya garuḍadhvajam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā khaṅgahastaṃ tu pitaraṃ dharmmaṃbhūṣaṇaḥ || 6 ||
Tomó una espada inmaculada para dar muerte a su hijo, Dharmāṅgada. Con la mente colmada de gran júbilo, se postró ante el Señor cuyo estandarte es Garuḍa. Al ver a su padre con la espada en la mano, Dharmabhūṣaṇa (el hijo) respondió como correspondía.
Suta (narrator)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira (heroic)
Secondary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
FAQs
Even amid a severe, dharma-testing moment, the act of bowing to Garuḍadhvaja (Viṣṇu) highlights that divine refuge and remembrance are placed above personal turmoil, suggesting that true dharma is anchored in surrender to the Lord.
Bhakti appears as immediate remembrance and reverence—praṇāma to Viṣṇu—right before decisive action. The verse frames devotion not as a separate ritual only, but as the inner orientation that governs conduct during crisis.
No explicit Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical discernment (dharma-vicāra) and the purāṇic emphasis on Viṣṇu-smaraṇa (remembering Viṣṇu) as a stabilizing discipline.